PAL games on a US PS2?

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:13 pm

This might go in the tech forum, so move it if you must.

I have the opportunity to get The Red Star for PS2, but it's a PAL version. I'm using Swapmagic 3.3, can I play it on a stock NTSC TV/PS2? If you don't know, this game is a Cannon Spike-esque "character shooter" that was more or less finished, but never release, because Acclaim went out of business.

Naiera · Post by **Naiera** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:13 pm

You'll have to have a TV capable of displaying the higher resolution a PAL game has.

Bar81 · Post by **Bar81** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:16 pm

PAL games worked fine on my PS2 and US TV. The only thing that was an issue was when a game started in 50hz mode and it flickered like hell until I went into the options and changed the settings.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:35 pm

Well, we'll see in an hour or two when i get it.

Naiera · Post by **Naiera** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:45 pm

Bar81 wrote:PAL games worked fine on my PS2 and US TV. The only thing that was an issue was when a game started in 50hz mode and it flickered like hell until I went into the options and changed the settings.

Yeah, but that is only if the game has a 60Hz option.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:10 pm

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:26 am

Yeah, before you get a PAL game, definatly make sure it has a 60 Hz mode.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:02 am

Well, I've had some success on patching the image. I'll keep you guys posted.

Metal Gear Okt · Post by **Metal Gear Okt** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:29 am

Success!

It's totally playable with a y offset of 32.

I'll post my impressions tomorrow.

Let's just say if you enjoyed Cannon Spike, you owe it to yourself to track down a copy.