The PlayStation 2 console was ten years old yesterday, so happy birthday to Sony's groundbreaking system.

The system debuted in way back on March 4th 2000, with October and November releases in the same year taking the new machine off to America and respectively.

Apparently, the has since passed an incredible 140 million units worldwide; the most popular under-the-TV games console ever created.

Do you have any fond PS2 memories from these salad days of modern gaming? What do you make of the PlayStation's progress since this milestone?

By Luke Guttridge