The pursuit of downloading "highly compressed" PlayStation 2 (PS2) Go to product viewer dialog for this item.

  1. Removing dummy data (empty files developers used to push data to the faster outer edge of the disc).
  2. Downsampling video/audio (reducing cutscene quality slightly).
  3. Using .CHD or .CSO formats (lossless compression for disc images).

Some titles are naturally smaller or compress exceptionally well. Examples of games under when highly compressed include:

Furthermore, "highly compressed" download sites are often hotbeds for security threats: