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PAL or NTSC

Post by Maker777 » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:04 pm

I was wondering, is the region thing PAL in Japan? If so can Japanese games be played on my Pal Gamecube/Ps2/Xbox?
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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:08 pm

Japan uses NTSC.

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Post by jwimz » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:08 pm

PAL is only in Europe, Australia and parts of Africa and Asia. All of the older (last generation) consoles are region locked meaning that you need to mod them or buy that regions console to play their games.
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Post by Maker777 » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:10 pm

Ok Thanks.
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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:47 pm

And even then, NTSC games work on PAL TVs (I should know, I've imported a number of japanese games across a variety of consoles), so the other way around should go as well.
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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:35 pm

Pedro The Hutt wrote:And even then, NTSC games work on PAL TVs (I should know, I've imported a number of japanese games across a variety of consoles), so the other way around should go as well.
It actually depends on the refresh rate and the type of television.

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Post by Eclipse » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:14 am

I was wondering, is the region thing PAL in Japan? If so can Japanese games be played on my Pal Gamecube/Ps2/Xbox?
NTSC Japanese games can't be played on North American consoles, right?
Just curious
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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:54 am

Eclipse wrote:
I was wondering, is the region thing PAL in Japan? If so can Japanese games be played on my Pal Gamecube/Ps2/Xbox?
NTSC Japanese games can't be played on North American consoles, right?
Just curious
Not without bypassing the region locks. You'll need a modchip or a disc swap.

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Post by Adamant » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:12 pm

Get a Freeloader for your Gamecube. Most import-friendly console ever.
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Post by MajinVejitaXV » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:25 pm

Adamant wrote:Get a Freeloader for your Gamecube. Most import-friendly console ever.
Not a huge Nintendo person, but that's one definite plus I'll give them. Too bad they pulled progressive scan support. Guess I should be glad that I baby my electronics and my original PSX still works after ten years (I'm sure my Genesis would too after 14, had I not sold it).

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Post by Pedro The Hutt » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:12 pm

MajinVejitaXV wrote:
Pedro The Hutt wrote:And even then, NTSC games work on PAL TVs (I should know, I've imported a number of japanese games across a variety of consoles), so the other way around should go as well.
It actually depends on the refresh rate and the type of television.

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Yes and no. XD My Saturn didn't bother to change the signal to PAL, so I got the import games all letterboxed, but, that honestly is no different from half of the PAL conversions for that system (and several systems before AND after it) anyway.
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Post by Sun_Wukong » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:58 pm

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