View Full Version : PAL PS2 on NTSC
Captain Wrong
12-09-2004, 03:01 PM
What's the easiest way to play a PAL game on a NTSC TV? I'm looking to do this for PS2 and I can play imports on the console, it's just the usual problems with differences between the TV formats I need to get around.
Mayhem
12-09-2004, 06:03 PM
Find some way to connect it to an R-G-B accepting device. Though thinking about it, US PS2s don't support R-G-B do they? Bummer. One more plus for being in Europe, we can play anything from anywhere ;)
NB. I see the doofus patrol is out against Anthony :P
Fine to target him, but the rest of us don't throw R-G-B in your face ;)
geelw
12-11-2004, 03:30 AM
oddly enough, sega systems seem to have been more pal/ntsc friendly. i have a number of pal saturn/mega drive/dreamcast games that run fine on either a convertor cart or through a boot disc. some pal dc games have a 60hz ntsc mode, while pretty much all the pal ps2 games i've seen have been... pal! i was interested in getting the pal version of ico as it had a 60hz mode on it, an i do happen to have a japanese ps2 here...
anyway, what game were you trying to play?
dj898
12-11-2004, 05:23 AM
just get PS2 Test.
Being test unit it has no region protection. Being in PAL land should have no problem to deal with NTSC signal...
there's a certain board having major sell out on those Dev stuff and others at the moment... :evil:
Captain Wrong
12-11-2004, 12:37 PM
anyway, what game were you trying to play?
It's pretty much a bunch of dance and karaoke games we got in Europe. My girlfriend is fan of those and I thought we'd have little trouble playing them.
geelw
12-12-2004, 01:39 AM
just get PS2 Test.
Being test unit it has no region protection. Being in PAL land should have no problem to deal with NTSC signal...
there's a certain board having major sell out on those Dev stuff and others at the moment... :evil:
lol- well, if he's got that kind of money...sure, why not ;)
g.
dj898
12-12-2004, 02:59 AM
well $250 for PS2 Test unit is a lot of money but then new PSTwo will cost about the same so why not :D
Captain Wrong
12-12-2004, 11:53 AM
well $250 for PS2 Test unit is a lot of money but then new PSTwo will cost about the same so why not :D
Isn't a PS2 $149 now?
dj898
12-12-2004, 02:59 PM
well it's still equivalant to that amount if I want the old fat style PS2 with network adapter. By the way this is debug unit that has disc as well as region checking removed and beefed up RAM by SONY... :D