Oh that boot sound and hoping you'd make it past... Mostly on PS1 but I still had some of it on 2.

Blowing into cartridges before putting them into the console and optionally pushing them to the side or some other voodoo hoping the game would start.

Yes! Why can't I play every game like I played Runscape?

The nightmare PS2 dirty disc screen

To be fair, PS2's are so damn rock-solid new generations can experience this for many years to come. They just gotta get one.