PAL vs *edit* NTSC

[tucker]

Does anyone know if there is any difference between the expansions modules for PAL (UK) and NTFS (USA/Canada) Colecovision systems?

Can I buy an NTFS Atari module from the US and get it to work with my UK console?

Also, does anyone know what type of connection the NTFS system has? Is it a standard arial connecton like the PAL?

Thanks for your help,

[Slipdeath]

dont u mean ntsc?

[digitalpress]

I presume you mean NTSC. Here's a little info from our Collector's Guide:

"DP Headquarters, based in the U.S., chooses to look at “import” games as anything NOT developed in the U.S. We use NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) televisions and consoles, so everything developed here works just great on our home sets. However, most games manufactured and sold in the UK, Germany, Australia, etc. were developed in PAL (Phase Alternating Lines) format. This means that to compensate for the difference in resolution and frames-per-second (PAL televisions display more lines than our crummy North American sets), you will need a television with a vertical hold adjustment to see. Without this, the screen will roll, flash, or behave in otherwise nasty ways to prevent you from actually playing the game. Bastages!

You will find a TREMENDOUS number of these cartridges listed in the Atari 2600 “import” section. Most of these titles are ONLY available in PAL format by the listed manufacturer. That means we haven’t listed EVERYTHING available in PAL in this section since many titles listed in the U.S. release listings can also be found in PAL format (and would double the size of this already hefty book)! Furthermore, the 2600 and other classic console's life was longer overseas, as developers were still creating new games well into the 1990's (notably, HES' My Golf and Atari's Klax). If you've discovered a foreign title not listed in this guide, let us know!

Other systems have PAL games as well, but most systems are immune to its effects. We've never had a problem with Intellivision, Videopac (Odyssey2 overseas), or ColecoVision PAL cartridges (like those distributed by CBS)."

I'll leave the other answers to our esteemed community!

[AB Positive]

It took a bit, I was wondering why a topic on the Windows NT File System was in the VGF :D

-AG

[ApolloBoy]

Who wants squished screens and slower action when you can have NTSC? :D

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Wha...?? Ever watched PAL video on a native PAL monitor? It's AMAZING.

[BoOchan]

I put up with PAL, Just think your watchin' a DVD on a Regular TV Screen :P

[anagrama]

Who wants squished screens and slower action when you can have NTSC? :D

The squished screens and 17% speed reduction are due to companies not bothering to properly optimize their PAL conversions of games. Nintendo was particularly bad for this, but at least the GameCube has a 60Hz option on most games. Sony still don't care though.
I personally can't bear to play anything that has been butchered in this way. Fortunatly, just about every PAL console (except the NES) can be modded to output 60Hz, usually relatively easily.

[tucker]

Sorry, too much owrk and not enough playing with my games... File systems on the brain.

I did mean NTSC.

cheers for your help,