Video Games American PS2/Xbox

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  1. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    I am currently on Vacation in the US, and I realized that PS2s and Xboxes are much cheaper here than good ol' Sweden.

    And I was gonna buy a xbox with some games...when suddenly, I remembered something.

    North America has NTSC regulations on VHS, but do they have it on PS2 and Xbox?

    Normally Europe uses PAL regulations, and my Question is, Can i play games that have PAL regulations on a Xbox/PS2 bought in the US ?

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    Teddz, Jul 22, 2003
  2. BakaMattSu

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    As with all consoles, the American is NTSC versus your European PAL.

    You'd need to mod the console to work with backup games, and then patch a copy of your PAL to NTSC before it would play. Or else, you'd need a PAL converter.

    Beyond even that, you'll need to find a pretty heavy duty power converter to use it once you got back. The price difference just might be worth it.

    Here's an in-depth article on PAL vs NTSC.
     
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    BakaMattSu, Jul 23, 2003
  3. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    Gwarh.

    I have just read the link you gave me BMS, and I believe that an adaptor is rather expensive...man, I might just buy a used X-box instead :(

    Dont understand why north america must have NTSC and we europeans have PAL...

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