PAL-NTSC optimisation questions

[Obiwanshinobi]

One question to boot - does Guardian Heroes PAL in 50 Hz mode run at full speed on Saturn? I know it's fullscreen and I read it has less slowdown than the NTSC versions. The question is, whether or not the basic speed is correct in PAL.

[Hibachi]

It's been a while but I seem to recall that it is slower although the borders were almost omitted in the conversion to PAL. I had a switched Saturn back in the day and recall switching it to 60hz and noticing part of the screen disappearing and the speed improving.

The speed and screen were correct when I played an NTSCJ version.

As a rule back in those days, most games that were optimised had almost full screen but were 50hz in speed. Particularly on the N64.

[Obiwanshinobi]

Saturn games are an odd bunch. NiGHTS PAL, for example, is bordered, but doesn't seem deformed or slower to me (more like widescreen). Not that I made any back to back comparisons (it just doesn't give me the "underwater" impression fullscreen Tomb Raider does).