PAL Consoles

[gnMIK]

I have a few questions about PAL consoles. Can I play with these consoles NTSC games? I mean with a boot CD and does backup games also work?

[Eiji]

A PAL DC can play NTSC games no problem, it will play most of them at 60hz too so make sure you use a RGB Scart Cable.

[gnMIK]

An other question I can't believe, that the dreamcast plays Games without any Modification of the hardware? It hard to believe because all other consoles need a mod chip or something else.

And I read many things that the dreamcast can't read CDR when it has a production date of October 2k. Does PAL consoles have this "bug" too?

[Voltron]

It wasn´t a bug it was SEGA ... PAL DC play fine, the only dreamcast model that has issues are the sakura ones and its JAP (I think)

[Da1m0n]

Originally posted by Eiji
A PAL DC can play NTSC games no problem, it will play most of them at 60hz too so make sure you use a RGB Scart Cable.

That's idiotic advice :rolleyes: using an RGB/SCART hookup gives PAL gamers the most problems with NTSC games. Using a composite, S-video or (gasp) RF hookup does not, however. Also, you wanna make sure your TV does 60Hz as well...

[Voltron]

Yes and No really, for those games that have PAL Protection you´ll have problems with the RGB scart, but with everything else its perfect for imports. Besides there are workarounds for the games that are rgb protected.