Archive EntryPreservation Record
Silent Hill 2
Shelf markLIB-0044
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2001Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- サイレントヒル2
- Release
- 2001 (North America) · 2001 (Japan)
- Developer
- Team Silent
- Publisher
- Konami
- Platform
- PlayStation 2
- Region
- NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-20228
- Medium
- Pressed optical disc · PlayStation 2 retail edition
- Subjects
- Survival Horror · Silent Hill · Team Silent · Lineage · Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
- Condition Report
- Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
- Acquisition
- Private acquisition · August 2026
- Filed
- August 4, 2026
Curator Notes
Silent Hill 2 is the chapter that fixed James Sunderland, Lakeview Hotel, and a particular kind of guilt into the series’ permanent vocabulary. Team Silent’s North American PlayStation 2 release (SLUS-20228) arrived in September 2001 — days around the Japanese launch — and remains the edition this archive treats as the reference optical object.
The filing deliberately records the original black-label retail disc rather than the later Greatest Hits repress. Greatest Hits packaging and, in other regions, expanded “Born from a Wish” configurations are neighboring revisions; they are not substituted for the first North American keep-case held here.
With Silent Hill already filed on PlayStation, this disc is the PS2 hinge of the lineage — the work later remakes argue with, and the concrete object that keeps those arguments attached to a serial number.
Collection Documentation
Acquired in August 2026 while expanding the PlayStation 2 physical shelf.
The retained copy is the original North American PlayStation 2 black-label edition published by Konami (SLUS-20228), not a Greatest Hits repress. It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept as the reference copy for this filing.
Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
- Original Hardware
- Sony PlayStation 2 · NTSC-U/C
- Playback Compatibility
- Pressed for North American PlayStation 2 consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
- Preservation Concerns
- Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
- Edition History
- North American PlayStation 2 release published by Konami on September 24, 2001 (SLUS-20228). Japanese release followed on September 27, 2001. European special sets and later Director’s Cut / Greatest Hits editions added or rearranged content and packaging; this filing records the original North American black-label retail edition.
- Access Status
- The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. Later remakes and digital editions do not replace this North American reference copy.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0030Silent Hill (1999)
- LIB-0044Silent Hill 2 (2001)this filing
- LIB-0043Silent Hill 3 (2003)
- LIB-0042Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
- LIB-0040Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2010)
- Series
- Silent Hill
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.
Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Silent Hill series recorded.
Curator Notes entered
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0044.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the public shelf