Two PS2 consoles head to head?

[Slickone]

I've read that with the original (fat) PS2, you can connect them with the 1394 port for H2H gaming allowing a separate screen for each player, but since they removed that port on the slim models, can you connect them with the ethernet port? I can't find much info on that. If so, do you just need an ethernet (or x-over?) cable, with no other hardware?

Also, is there a way to connect a fat PS2 to a slim PS2?

 

[l0cke]

You just need a crossover cable and a game that supports LAN. You can connect a fat PS2 to a slim with a network adapter.

 

[Slickone]

Thanks a lot. Do you know of a list showing which game support LAN play?

Also, by network adapter, you mean the one Sony made that plugs into the back of the fat PS2? Which I guess they don't make anymore, but shouldn't be hard to find one used.?

 

[Slickone]

Also, to hook to fat PS2's together, is it just a regular 1394 Firewire cable? There is no crossover firewire cable, is there?

 

[TerryMathews]

It's very unlikely that you want to link two PS2s with IEEE1394. Most games support only the network adapter, not the IEEE1394 port.

Only notable games I can think of that only work with Firewire are Timesplitters (1) and GT3. Yeah, it's that old. They started integrating network adapter support in games around Tony Hawk 3.

 

[Slickone]

Thanks. After seeing one of those network adapters go for $40+ on ebay, I was hoping to not have to get one. But if the IEEE1394 port is only supported by 2 games, I guess I'll have to.

Is there a list that shows what games support LAN play?