The date of October 26, 2000 will reign in infamy for North American gamers. On that day, Sony Computer Entertainment released the next-generation of console hardware, the follow-up to a system that went from questionable hardware to a household name that ushered in a new era of console gaming. That original system was the PlayStation. Its successor, the PlayStation 2, has managed to go above and beyond its predecessor in every conceivable way.

As the PS2 enters the winter of its lifetime, we at GameSpy felt that it would be fair to look back, as we have with both the Xbox and GameCube, on what we think are the 25 most essential games on the PS2. Some of them are predictable. Some of them are unexpected. But all of them, we've agreed (sometimes reluctantly) are among the best that Sony's black box has to offer. It's been a long time in the making, but here's GameSpy's Top 25 PlayStation 2 games of all time.





Top 25 Index

Day One: 25-11




Day Two: 10-6




Day Three: 5-1