Not necessarily old enough to really consider a 'rediscovery' or anything...
ICO.
My PS2 has refused to play PS2 CDs...seemingly on principle (why the fuck do people still release PS2 games on CD anymore? Yeah, it's cheaper and the game may not require the extra space afforded by DVD...but still.)
Purchasing Gradius V at the local Fry's a few weeks back, I was anticipating a good ol' shoot-fest. I got home and quickly unwrapped the case. Putting the disc into the machine, I was greeted with the familar Playstation logo and chime. Then, instead of seeing the final recognition and starting logo that appears before a game actually starts, I see the system menu...Doh. I forgot that my god damned PS2 doesn't play ICO, a CD-based title.
So, in a moment of desperation and on the verge of anguish (I just bought a new fucking game and I can't fucking play the fucking thing!!)...I decided to go with the tried and true method of playing games on a 'dying' PS1.
Upon inserting the Gradius V disc into the disc tray as it lie in the vertical position, I hit the 'close' button and then tipped the system almost 70 degrees to the left, so as to almost have the system in an upside-down orientation. I waited with bated breath for some sign of life...the browser then told me that it was checking the disc...then, as if a lifetime had passed me, the CD icon appeared on-screen and started to boot up...Viola! The damned thing worked!
After putting in some quality time with the game, I can say that I'm satisfied with my game purchase (GO TREASURE/KONAMI!!). Yesterday, I thought about playing G5 when I think of ICO... Fast forward to this afternoon...I've finished the game for the first time since I purchased it two years ago (due to classic Playstation-hardware crapiness). That makes it the third time I've played through. Still a great game and probably the only game that can honestly be considered a true work of art, IMO.
