Sony PlayStation 2 Launch Console

About

Launch Japanese Playstation 2 SCPH-10000 model. Few were made in Japan then retired from the market due to the high costs of the hardware; The box and console weight are significantly greater on these consoles compared to the more common variations (console weights ~0.4kg more than expansionbay-based units); Very few were shipped with the original utility disc 1.00 which allowed the console to watch DVD movies via RGB without the green tint avoiding the protection copy; In some rare cases, they were shipped with both 1.00 and 1.01 utility disc. Bundled with the memory, card include; there are two variations, only noticeable on software, the most common one is marked with 1.00 ROMVER, and other one with 1.01 (like SCPH-15000)

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• Console Variations↗