PlayStation 2 System Menu Ambience for 2 hours

redux, now with just the spinning snowflake like some people asked.
Entirely recorded in one take, no editing
Software:
PCSX2
Audacity
Cheat Engine
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

[nitronixus]

8 MB: Cant hold your Media, but sure can hold your childhood

[fusiontide]

*Starts up PS2*
*Goes to this screen for about 15 seconds*
WELP MY DISC IS SCRATCHED.

[EhCanadianGamer]

It made it seem like your system was alive in some way.

[BillyStyler]

I remember always thinking this was what the inside of my PS2 looked and sounded like. Ah, innocent childhood bliss.

[ConnorKobriger]

The CPU of the system was called the Emotion Engine. Sony was right.

[StudioSmith]

When your memory card is full: *it is time for a sacrifice*

[Avon_]

always had an eerie vibe as a kid. i don’t know how to describe it. the sense loneliness. the endless dark void with alien like orbs circling in perpetual unison. the sounds of waves from another planet crashing for all eternity.

[sneedchuck]

The menu always felt so mysterious to me. Like I was alone, gazing into a distant world.

[amauro]

This gave me a creepy feeling as a child, like I was the last person on earth

[dreamreaver]

Wtf am i doing here? My PS2 is sitting 5 meters away.

[TreeckoBro]

When modern consoles are getting more and more away from atmospheric menus:
*Downgrades, people. Downgrades.*

[chefboyardee]

It’s kinda calming, creepy and mysterious in a way. Just an empty void with some dim lights chasing each other

[CameronNoscope]

The PS2 menu scared me up a lot as a kid but I always loved it in some way.

[gon]

I can’t be the only one that finds this completely soothing and not creepy.

[LuceoX]

It's a shame game consoles don't try to recapture this sense of wonder in you. I always used to love the theme of the PS2, and would often play the video test screen just to watch that tunnel and pillars. It kinda made me think the console was alive, somehow. Or had its own little pocket dimension inside of itself of this otherworldly landscape or space. It makes me sad to think I'll never recapture the wonder of this experience, ever again.

As a side note, the error screen that plays for the PS2 actually makes me feel sorry for the console. As if it was almost in pain. It was a very mysterious console to me.

I actually wish there was a game or video that took this weird concept of the PS2's menus and expanded upon it. Nothing fancy, but something I can appreciate.

[marcstergeorge]

It doesn't matter how advanced technology gets; I don't think anything can quite replace the PS2 startup sounds, menu ambience, etc.


Edit: I don’t usually do edits like these, but I didn’t think I’d revisit this a few years later to find 2.3k+. Time flies...

Edit 2: Thanks for the gold!!1

[StillmanSpinningSteel]

This followed by *WHOOOM*

*Spray can lid pops off and begins spraying Rockstar logo*

My childhood days

[ranibro]

Fun fact: this animation is based on the ps2 clock, so if yours isn't spinning, that means your console clock battery has died

[beram]

If this was on for like 5 seconds, you knew something was wrong with the disc

[DuskyLore]

...My dad was a surfer when he was younger.

One time, he spent the night visiting my two brothers and I in San Clemente where we used to live. Once it had gotten dark, he stayed awake for an hour or so on the couch listening to this since our ps2 was on. He later said it sounded just like waves and reminded him of when he used to surf...

I'll never forget that.

(2-2-2020 Edit) Oh my God...I've never had so many thumbs up on a comment in my entire life. I'm so glad you all liked my story. Thank you all so very, very much. But really, I guess we should be thanking my dad, Craig. Love you Dad. Love you guys too.