XBL versions of shooters...

[DrTrouserPlank]

Has anyone else noticed that the XBL versions of Ikagura and Triggerheart exelica run quite a bit faster than their dreamcast counterparts? It's hard to quantify, but at a guess I'd say around 20% faster.

Is there are reason for this? I can hardly believe it's intentional, and wonder if it's a result of the signal differences between the consoles.

[Elixir]

Has anyone else noticed that the XBL versions of Ikagura and Triggerheart exelica run quite a bit faster than their dreamcast counterparts? It's hard to quantify, but at a guess I'd say around 20% faster.

Is there are reason for this? I can hardly believe it's intentional, and wonder if it's a result of the signal differences between the consoles.

I don't think they do. The Dreamcast version is running slower because you (most likely) pirated the game unpatched, which can have slowdown in it. The same applies to Shiki II.

[DrTrouserPlank]

Has anyone else noticed that the XBL versions of Ikagura and Triggerheart exelica run quite a bit faster than their dreamcast counterparts? It's hard to quantify, but at a guess I'd say around 20% faster.

Is there are reason for this? I can hardly believe it's intentional, and wonder if it's a result of the signal differences between the consoles.

I don't think they do. The Dreamcast version is running slower because you (most likely) pirated the game unpatched, which can have slowdown in it. The same applies to Shiki II.

Are you refering to "slowdown" as in the way the game chugs at the end of the level with a fullscreen explosion? or a steady, game-long phenomenon of the game running slower which is what I'm talking about.

[Elixir]

I'm talking about all gameplay. I never understood why this happens, but it's probably running in 50Hz or something.

[DrTrouserPlank]

I did wonder if it was to do with the XBL version running (I assume in 60Hz) mode and the dc running in 50Hz. However, I could understand this being the case as I'm in the Uk, and out default signal is 50Hz (even though almost every TV will accept 60Hz if available), but isn't 60Hz the default for the US? I'm surprised that their TV's would even accept a 50Hz signal.

[BIL]

The Dreamcast versions of Ikaruga and THE run at 60hz.

Both Japan and North America use NTSC television standards, so Japanese DC games will run on an NA console at full speed (you'd still need to defeat the region encoding, however).

[rantak]

I did wonder if it was to do with the XBL version running (I assume in 60Hz) mode and the dc running in 50Hz. However, I could understand this being the case as I'm in the Uk, and out default signal is 50Hz (even though almost every TV will accept 60Hz if available), but isn't 60Hz the default for the US? I'm surprised that their TV's would even accept a 50Hz signal.

Unlike a Saturn for example, an euro Dreamcast will play NTSC games in 60hz. If you use a vga box for DC I think that it in fact only outputs 480p60.