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ndary
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posted 04-25-2002 05:34 AM     Profile for ndary   Author's Homepage   Email ndary     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
This topic had probably been here before.. but since i am new to this news group, i will try my luck.

Does anyone knows if its possible to modify an 7800 NTSC system to run both PAL & NTSC games?.. why did atari do this pal/ntsc protection? it does not exist in the 5200 system

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MattyXB
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posted 04-25-2002 05:47 AM     Profile for MattyXB   Author's Homepage   Email MattyXB     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I don't know a PAL 5200 console, so there are maybe no PAL games out.

And this is not the probleme with the consoles, it more problems with the tv's. In USA they have 60Hz TVs and in Germany (PAL) 50Hz. So they must change the consoles too.

In germany you can modify the most consoles like NES, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive, Playstation and more to play NTSC games. But I have no idae if this work too with an 7800er. I own a PAL console and have only 1 NTSC game, that don't work correct. But I have get it in PAL too, so I don't need to modify my console.

Maybe you can try to get an PAL console, maybe it work better. For example I have as PAL user a NTSC Super Nintendo and it work fine. I need only a converter for the voltage.

Matthias

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