Just bought a PS2 off offerup for $80, when I turn it on without a disk it says Browser and so far it’ll read one of my disks (street vol. 2) but will stop at the end of the loading screen, and the other will play the game (2xtreme) and the demos but won’t let me click anything, then the last game (ben 10 alien force) will turn on but the buttons won’t do anything. The controller lights up red so i’m not sure if it’s the ps2’s problem or the controllers? Thoughts or advice?
When you say “stop at the end of the loading screen” what do you mean sorry? It sounds like a bad disc that’s all
The “loading” bar will fill up and then abruptly stop and stay in one spot when it’s almost completely full, sorry for not being clear on that 😓
You’ve got 2 culprits here:
A. The discs B. The laser (the thing that reads the discs)
If you’re saying there’s issues with 3 separate games then the probability is it’s your laser. You could try a couple more discs to be on the safe side if you wish. Thankfully the laser is replaceable.
The first thing I would try though (apart from a couple new discs) is cleaning the laser head with an alcohol wipe and just see if that makes a difference :)