ThetaOrionis01 Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Could someone enlighten me please as to the difference between US and European game formats? Is the difference solely in the display (NTSC rather than PAL)? How would this manifest itself? Does this apply only to older/newer games, or any game? And most importantly, does this make a US region game unusable on a UK computer? I've seen some games I'm after on ebay, but only in the US format.... :undecided: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 PC games isn't a problem. You can download a US abandonware game and it'll work fine on any EURO PC. However for consoles its a different story. US games can't play on UK consoles and vice-versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 As Dark0ne said, absolutely no problem with PC games. In case of video games, from a technical point of view there is no difference except how the game is displayed (i.e. either higher frequency and less character rows or more character rows and lower frequency). What is necessary to say, this is less the developers' decision, but is based on the fact that TV's in America and Europe work differently (and since consoles usually require a TV...)Of course, programmers sometimes make minor alterations to the game content when a game is converted from NTSC to PAL, but that differs from game to game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 Thanks for the information - I've got my eye on a couple of items which finish in the next few days.... Though first I'll have to get my computer fixed..... :cry2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoFreX Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Older PAL tv's can't display NTSC except in black and white, but that's a non-issue with modern tv's. To play console games from other countries you'll need to have your console chipped - it does void your warranty but it isn't illegal (unless it's an xbox). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted January 23, 2005 Author Share Posted January 23, 2005 Nah, I'll leave the consoles for the kids and stick to PC games :) I don't think they'd be too happy if I suddenly decided to confiscate the consoles as well as repossessing this PC.... :grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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