Will UK games play in my North America PS2

[stonecutter]

Shame on me I know.... but I have never imported much or followed the scene. So as the tiltle asks, will a UK game play in my PS2?

Thanks

[s1lence]

Shame on me I know.... but I have never imported much or followed the scene. So as the tiltle asks, will a UK game play in my PS2?

Thanks

No PAL format games will not play on a NA PS2. You need a modchip that will let you play PAL games or a TEST PS2 that will let you do it as well. Either that or you get a PAL tv and a PAL PS2.

[jajaja]

How is it with US TVs, do they support PAL signals? "All" PAL TVs support NTSC signals, you must have a fairly old PAL TV if it doesnt support it.

[stonecutter]

Thanks for your response. That easily ends my debate as to whether I should get the game in question or not.

[PapaStu]

How is it with US TVs, do they support PAL signals? "All" PAL TVs support NTSC signals, you must have a fairly old PAL TV if it doesnt support it.

No, normally US tv's don't support PAL signals. The new stuff doesn't either, but as everything starts to move over to HD and all that good stuff the whole Signal thing is going to start to disapear as well.

[jajaja]

Ok, i wonder why it isnt the same with NTSC TVs.

Btw, isnt there also a way to play imports without modchip, sorta like a freeloader for PS2? Pretty sure i've seen one.

[Bojay1997]

There are devices that can get around the region lock-out like a Freeloader does, but a stock US PS2 doesn't have a converter built-in to change the outgoing signal from PAL to NTSC. I finally bit the bullet a couple years ago and just bought a PAL PS2 with a voltage converter and then got a used Sony video monitor from a production company I worked with that can display in both PAL and NTSC. It works but it wasn't super cheap.

[stonecutter]

I can't justify the cost to get a set up like that for one game, and I am not sure about a wanting to pay for a mod chip either. It turns out to be expensive for one game.

[tom]

I wonder:
Since Japan is NTSC, can you play Japanese games without mod?

[Kuros]

I wonder:
Since Japan is NTSC, can you play Japanese games without mod?

Nope, still need a mod chip for region lockouts.

[Captain Wrong]

Though it's been said, I'd just like to state again for the good of the order, from personal expirence, I can verify you need a TV that can handle a PAL signal even if your machine is a flip top/chipped/whatever and it seems like few US TVs can handle a PAL signal.