PS/PS2 Question
 

Can PS2 play PS games ?

I have GC so I wouldn't know. I'm buying a game for a 13 yr old boy. Costco had a lot for $8.99.

Any recommendations ?

Yes, the PS2 is backward-compatible with PS games.

What kind of games does he like?

Mostly sports.
I saw a game called Gunfighter.
Is it any good ?

The PS2 can actually enhance some PS2 games (faster loading and anti-aliasing). Works pretty well on some games (Vagrant Story and MGS come to mind). If you are going to use it for PSone games though, why not just buy a PSone for $49.99 and a bunch of games? Keep in mind the backwards compatibility doesn't work on a handful of games.

Remember you need a PSone memory card to save the PSone games, the PS2 memory card is ineffective for PSone games. I learned this the hard way when I had alreday sold my PSone and the memory card, and tried to play Final Fantasy IX...

I don't want to buy a system, just one game for a christmas present.

You can't really go wrong with the greatest hits titles (for the most part).

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Buy a PS2 game at Blockbuster - used but hey it's PS2 - for $20 :)