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| wiggy:
--- Quote from: launchpad on June 05, 2012, 05:59:57 PM ---I know you can play Japanese MD games in a US Genesis when you hook them up thru a Game Genie. At least the Mega Drive games I have you can. I've never tried a PAL MD game though. If I have any PAL Mega Drive games I'll try it out and let you know. --- End quote --- Don't bother, they won't. PAL and NTSC aren't compatible without modding. Also, you can play MD games on a NTSC Genesis by shaving the cart port down a bit (which I imagine many folks here wouldn't be down for). |
| marioxb:
Not newer games, like Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) 3 that also have region locking. You can tell if the game won't boot up in USA mode on an emulator. Plus, doing this with older Japanese games turns them English and vice versa. |
| Quazimoto:
Weird... I have a handful of PAL format Mega Drive games that work just fine on my NTSC Genesis consoles (both second and third models). To the best of my knowledge, none of the systems are modded in any manner. Actually, the only "problem" I have with playing any of them is with The Flintstones, which has a very thin (less that 1/8") blue frame around the game screen while playing. The other games play perfectly. |
| sheep2001:
it's only much later games that used region lockout. and a few PAL games that were written specifically for 50hz. Most games however were formatted for NTSC, and when released in EU, we got them slightly squished, and running slightly slower. I have lots of genesis carts, and JPN MD carts which run just fine on my PAL megadrive with no modifications. On the other hand if i do mod the MD, i get to play them in 60hz, at the speed they were originally intended, and full screen. I really should get around to doing it i guess. |
| Vt102:
--- Quote from: wiggy on June 04, 2012, 02:31:59 PM ---It's actually one of the easier region mods to do as well. http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/sega/md1switches.htm --- End quote --- Any idea if this works with Mega CD games too? |
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