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fahlim003
02-16-2009, 01:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7pX9WaWIB0

I was testing out a Japanese Saturn I am planning on selling and figured it would be good to test out various games and perhipherals to show it is working correctly. During this, I encountered a strange incident wherein I booted Zwei (domestic NTSC-U/C) with an ARP 4-1 cartridge inserted. The strange part was that the ARP screen did not show up and yet the game proceeded to run. I thought this to be a problem with the cartridge so I took it out and booted again and without the cartridge inserted PDZ still loaded up.

I was surprised that it could it this so I tested this on another import Saturn I had and success, it worked there too. The next step was trying other domestic games, which for me isn't extensive nor do I have time to test all day. I found that between Sonic Jam, PDS and SF3 only PDZ worked. Must be an exclusive mistake but it's a good one at that.

I wonder too if the NTSC-J PDZ works in the same manner or has multi-region functionality. As I state in the video I suspect there might be other games out there which this capability but I'm far from having a complete collection to test the theory out.
Vlcice
02-16-2009, 02:31 PM
The Saturn does support multiple region codes in a game's header. I've seen at least a few other games that do the same thing, like Nights and Christmas Nights - they're regioned JTU to work on Japanese, Taiwanese and North American Saturns.
A Black Falcon
02-16-2009, 09:53 PM
The Saturn does support multiple region codes in a game's header. I've seen at least a few other games that do the same thing, like Nights and Christmas Nights - they're regioned JTU to work on Japanese, Taiwanese and North American Saturns.

http://www.satakore.com/regionfree.php

If that list is accurate, it's odd that the US versions of a bunch of titles have no region coding, but the Japanese versions do...
fahlim003
02-17-2009, 12:04 PM
http://www.satakore.com/regionfree.php

If that list is accurate, it's odd that the US versions of a bunch of titles have no region coding, but the Japanese versions do...

Good old madroms, thanks for the link ABF. Interesting to see what games do have multi-region functionality although I too wonder why exclusive nature (North American releases) limit different regions of the same game.

Score for anyone wanting Race Drivin'.
A Black Falcon
02-17-2009, 05:15 PM
Good old madroms, thanks for the link ABF. Interesting to see what games do have multi-region functionality although I too wonder why exclusive nature (North American releases) limit different regions of the same game.

Score for anyone wanting Race Drivin'.

That and Tama ~Adventurous Ball in Giddy Labyrinth~, yeah. But why would only the US versions of most of those games have it... too bad. Oh well...