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Issue 66 - February 17, 2000
 
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PlayStation2 Backward Compatibility

Nothing to worry about according to Sony

Sony were straight on the phone to us on Friday following our "PlayStation2 Compatibility Issues" story (February 10). A spokesperson informed us that as long as PlayStation game developers have followed Sony's strict development guidelines, the software will work perfectly on PlayStation2. The only problems occur in some of the more obscure Japanese titles where developers haven't coded the games 'by the book'.

Half-Life Official For Dreamcast