This collector’s issue introduces the PlayStation 2 at its Japanese launch, following the PlayStation Festival 2000. It looks at what the console can do, its potential as a DVD and home entertainment machine, and the games shown at the festival.

Go Connect! - An introduction to PlayStation 2: what it is, what it does and where it fits (p. 10).

Play It - A guide to the games featured in the issue (p. 18).

Five Minutes with Phil - An interview with Sony Computer Entertainment America's Phil Harrison about the upcoming PS2 (p. 26)

Have You Got the Power? - How PS2 compares with its competitors on the shelf (p. 84).

See, Hear- How PlayStation 2 turns your home into a cinema (p. 86).

Earth to Tom... - Street Interviews (p. 88).

Why Sony's Getting Emotional - A feature about the Emotion Engine (p. 92).

No Such Thing as 'Game & Film'- An interview with Hideo Kojima talking about how the future is in DVD (p. 96).

256 degree of Sense- An article on thenew PlayStation 2 Dual Shock 2 (p. 100).

Stealth - An article discussing the PS2 as a whole new lifestyle in your living room (p. 102).

Play Nation - A photography feature showing PlayStation 2 as part of everyday life (p. 110).

Laters, Lara - An Interview with Arena's Peter Lyle talking about Video Game personalisation and the death of the mascot character (p. 116).

PlayStation, cool? No way! - Interview with The Big Issue's Eddy Lawrence who says PS2 has never been and never will be cool (p. 118).

First aid - Why not to forget the original PlayStation just yet (p. 120).

Low Street? - How HMV, Virgin and Tower will cope with Sonys new e-store (p. 122).

Money Box - The PS2’s licence to print money, known as 'the currency of Platime' (p. 124).

Timeline - PlayStation from birth to now (p. 126).

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