I think it was the first gen and I think it was only a problem when the PS2 was mechanically wearing out and the laser moved slighty away from the discs.
Just the older ones had issues - and it was more an annoyance due to the volume the discs spun at (since they were CDs, they had to spin faster to achieve the same data transfer rate and sounded like a turbine). I actually avoided blue-backed discs until I got my PSTwo because with them in it was louder than any console I'd ever owned (including my 360).
Not sure about a list, but off the top of my head I can think of Ico, The Sims, Virtua Fighter 4 and Frequency being on CDs. There weren't an awful lot...I think they existed only as CDs were cheaper to print early on in the PS2's lifecycle.
Just the older ones had issues - and it was more an annoyance due to the volume the discs spun at (since they were CDs, they had to spin faster to achieve the same data transfer rate and sounded like a turbine). I actually avoided blue-backed discs until I got my PSTwo because with them in it was louder than any console I'd ever owned (including my 360).
Not sure about a list, but off the top of my head I can think of Ico, The Sims, Virtua Fighter 4 and Frequency being on CDs. There weren't an awful lot...I think they existed only as CDs were cheaper to print early on in the PS2's lifecycle.
DJ_Lae
Also the first Metal Gear Solid with it's black duel disc set...
"Just the older ones had issues - and it was more an annoyance due to the volume the discs spun at (since they were CDs, they had to spin faster to achieve the same data transfer rate and sounded like a turbine). I actually avoided blue-backed discs until I got my PSTwo because with them in it was louder than any console I'd ever owned (including my 360). Not sure about a list, but off the top of my head I can think of Ico, The Sims, Virtua Fighter 4 and Frequency being on CDs. There weren't an awful lot...I think they existed only as CDs were cheaper to print early on in the PS2's lifecycle." -- i have to agree that a Blue sided discs would sound like an airplane taking off (lol) in the PS2(fat) and that the PSTwo (slim) even though its spinning really fast, it's less noisy. Just recently, i bought Half-Life for PS2 my ONLY blue-sided disc in my Playstation collection
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