My PS2 itself glitched. I was one of those dumb people you hear about that use it as a DVD player, and it froze. Had to force the tray open to get the movie out. Seemed to work fine after that, till I popped in a game. Everything was wonky and didn't line up (voice, sound effects, graphics looked like crap). So I tried an old PS1 game, figuring it'd be easier on the system. I chose XG. The sound was crap and it ran really slow. So now I dunno if that's just normal or if it was the hardware malfunction I caused. I set it aside for like half a year. Finally decided to give it a try once before buying a new one 'cause I got tired of living without one. Knocked it over upon setting it up. Works great now... Haven't had any problems on my recent playthrough of XG. So I'm guessing it was the thing I caused. In fact I've never had any real problems with PS1 games.