Matthew Keller wrote: Q: What does PAL mean? A: PAL stands for Phased Alternation Line.
It's the color television standard used throughout the British Commonwealth and the majority of the world. It has a 625 line resolution, and a refresh rate of 50 Hz.
Ntsc to pal converter products are most popular in North America, Southern Europe, and Eastern Asia. You can ensure product safety by selecting from certified suppliers, including 580 with ISO9001, 560 with Other, and 14 with ISO/TS16949 certification.
Q: What is NTSC? A: NTSC stands for National Television System Committee. The NTSC color standard was developed by the Americans, and is used in North America and Japan, primarily. It has a resolution of 525 lines and refresh rate of 60Hz.
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Note that to play a game in a different region, a Mod Chip or Boot Disc is needed. Going the Boot Disc route, the PSX requires a door spring and the PSOne needs a door switch Tab. For the PS2 there is a Slide Tool or Flip Top to work with the Boot Disc. The PS2 also has a great alternate method of a Hard Drive Install. The Hard Drive method. After Dawn wrote: Can I tell what region the disc is before burning the backup? Put your original into your PC drive.
Locate the elf file. If it is named SLUS or SCUS, it will be the USA release. If it is named SLES or SCES, it will be the PAL release. PS2 PAL ICO TO NTSC CONVERSION Okay nothing special here, since this particular game supports PAL 50hz and NTSC 60hz. I bring this up to show there are some games that allow this, though the region boot code itself still needs to be bypassed. The PAL game defaults to 50hz and prompts to choose a resolution in the opening screen. On a NTSC screen the 50hz default is distorted, simply press Down and then X.
Be sure there is a memory card plugged in to save your settings so next time the game is booted, 60hz will default. There are other PS2 games listed at the Reference at the end of this OP.
ICO is a great game made by PS2 PAL 50hz / 60hz Game List. GameFaqs wrote: PS2 PAL game 50 / 60 Hz display list Games without a US release 10,000 Bullets - 60hz - DVD AFL Premiership 2007 All Star Fighters Altered Beast - 60hz - DVD Buccaneer Bust-A-Bloc - 60hz Cel Damage Overdrive - 50hz - CD Code of the Samurai - 50hz - DVD Colin McRae Rally 04 - 50 - DVD Covert Command Deep Water Demolition Girl - 60hz - CD Detonator - 60hz Dragon Blaze - 60 - CD Dragon Sisters Energy Airforce Energy Airforce aimStrike! PSX PAL to NTSC LBA.jpg (245.69 KiB) Viewed 37174 times More Information on the Little Big Adventure game: PS2 PAL NTSC CONVERSION PS2 DISC READERS BURNERS DVD Decrypter - IMG Burn - Burn At Once PS2 PAL NTSC PROGRAM LIST PS2PAL2NTSCYFIX.EXE - ADR Patcher - Either YFix or ADR patcher can be used, some games might work on one or the other. Most of the games work fine with YFisx. PS2 games are easier to convert then the PS1 games. First make an ISO Image of the PS2 game using your favorite image burning copy program such as DVD Decrypter or IMG Burn.
Make a backup to do the PAL to NTSC fix This is very important since only a one time screen Y position can be done. Unlike the PS1 conversion the PS2 discs can be Y converted once only. There are two methods, try YFix first since it has a screen adjustment capability. Use ADR patch if YFix does not work. PS2 PAL2NTSC YFIX 1. Run PS2PAL2NTSCYFIX.EXE. Click Browse and choose the backed up PS2 Game ISO.
Default is 48 Y-Fix offset, to raise the screen choose a higher number such as 56. Most PS2 PAL games seem to work better at the 56 Y-Fix offset.
Click PATCH FILE. An older backup of the ELF file will be saved, no worries since this is a backup anyways. Burn the IMG to a DVDR or transfer directly to the PS2 hard drive.
PS2 ADR PATCHER 1. Run ADR Patcher.
Click Browse and choose the backed up PS2 Game ISO. Select from the Patch drop down bar.PS2 PAL - NTSC PATCH ROUTINE (NO Y POS) 4. Select Begin Search.
After the search and patches are found, click Proceed. Burn the patched ISO file.
Note that a PAL screen is slightly larger then an NTSC image. The converted image's top and bottom will be cut off a few scan lines each. If an important part of the game is cutoff you can raise or lower the screen with PS2PAL2NTSCYFIX.EXE Y Screen adjustments but at a compromise of losing the other end of the screen scan lines image. Every time a Screen adjust Y Fix must be made, a new unconverted backup is required.
This conversion worked great on the PAL game Who Wants to be a Millionaire, exclusive to the UK to work with Buzz party controllers. Amazon.uk won't ship to another country, so I got help from a member who lives in the same region.
At the attached pictures below I had to raise the screen up one notch to Screen Y position of 56. This allowed the bottom of the PAL game screen to be visible on a NTSC HDTV. This game is fixed at the 56 Y setting. PS2 PAL to NTSC Who Wants to be a Millionaire 56 Y position. I just updated the OP with more information and pics including a screen shot of the PS1 PAL game I converted.
The game is called Little Big Adventure or LBA. It came out in Europe and Japan but only got a PC release in the U.S. Great PAL console games like this one makes the conversion worth the trouble. If anyone converts a game, please post the Y position you use, along with maybe a screenshot.
This will help others in knowing what a good Y position would be for a converted game. Examples: PS1 PAL to NTSC Little Big Adventure 46 and 16 Y position. PS2 PAL to NTSC Who Wants to be a Millionaire 56 Y position.
The examples will make sense once you convert a game. There's an excellent bootleg disc out there of pretty much all known Net Yaroze games. Scezch from HG101 did a wonderful post about it here:, and it exists in various shapes. The copy I downloaded is (I believe) the most complete one at 70+ games/demos.
At any rate, since MOST of the NY games were sourced from official demo discs from the UK Playstation magazine, that meant that MOST of the games on this bootleg were pretty much unplayable to me. I just used this patching tutorial and it worked like a charm. Noiseredux wrote:there's an excellent bootleg disc out there of pretty much all known Net Yaroze games. Scezch from HG101 did a wonderful post about it here:, and it exists in various shapes. The copy I downloaded is (I believe) the most complete one at 70+ games/demos. At any rate, since MOST of the NY games were sourced from official demo discs from the UK Playstation magazine, that meant that MOST of the games on this bootleg were pretty much unplayable to me.
I just used this patching tutorial and it worked like a charm. Thanks CRT!Glad you got the conversion to work. This is the fun of it, discovering new games to try out that normally can't be accessed.
EDIT Forgot to ask what did you use for the Y position? The default is 46 and 16. I'm keeping a list in the OP for other members who would like to try converting a game. Example: PS1 PAL to NTSC Little Big Adventure 46 and 16 Y position. CRTGAMER wrote:Maybe snag Alien Hominid, had a low print run as in GBC Shantae. Its one of those games inexpensive priced at ten bucks brand new at the end, now no longer made.
But I think will shoot up in value as demand for it grows. The PAL extra level version is especially rare for me due to the fact I live in another region. I just think its an outstanding 'Flash Metal Slug' game that can be played on the PS2.If anybody wants it, I'm willing to have a look and pick it up. If it's complete, I'd probably be interested. (CRT, will I be able to play it with Swap Magic or will I end up having to patch it to NTSC?) I forgot about this one I purchased a Euro PAL version of Alien Hominid, a rare lucky ' at a Gamestop in the U.S. The PAL version is special, has extra mini games including a level from Castle Crashers. So many visits to Gamestop, never got around posting this.
I converted the PAL version of Alien Hominid! When converting PAL games, the 50hz image is a little taller then the NTSC image. A compromise of a few scan lines cutoff screen on top and bottom. The conversion fixes what Swap Magic can't do, a centered image. Refer to the OP on how to convert PAL to NTSC games.
This game is HDAdvance compatible, converted PAL to NTSC plays beautiful! The 50hz PAL image on a 60hz NTSC screen, unplayable rolling image. Just out of interest, would you happen to know how to do the reverse: NTSC to PAL? For instance, PAL versions of games like Persona 3/4, Metal Gear Solid 2/3 and Final Fantasy X/XII are all locked to 50hz, and I want to play the NTSC versions on my PAL PS2 via HDLoader. However, when I play them, I usually get the picture lower down the screen (like your 2nd Alien Hominid picture). I wondered if this was because I was using component cables, as it would play fine with my composite cables, but playing that way would be no fun on an HD screen!
Questions about PAL vs. NTSC DVD Posted on Yahoo Answers Q: Will NTSC dvds play on my PAL dvd player or computer? A: I am looking to buy some NTSC dvds online from overseas.
I am from Australia and I have a PAL dvd player. Will the NTSC dvds play on my PAL dvd player? Also will they play on my computer, eg through VLC media player? Q: Will most DVD players play both PAL and NTSC movies? A: I live in the United States and I have a friend that has a movie in PAL and I'm just wondering if I have him bring it over here to watch if I'll be able to watch it on my DVD player?
Q: Should I burn in NTSC or PAL for my dvd player? A: I am going to my parent's house soon and have a video I made and I don't know whether to burn it in NTSC or PAL. Which would be the safer bet? I know that I had burned one at another point and it didn't happen to work, but I can't remember what format that was. PAL VS NTSC PAL and NTSC are the two most common used standard broadcast formats.
PAL stands for Phase Alternating Line. NTSC stands for National Television Standards Committee. PAL adopts a frame rate of 25 fps and 720x576 aspect ratio, and is widespread in most of Europe, Australia and large parts of Africa and Asia. For NTSC, a frame rate of 30 fps at an aspect ratio of 720x480, is used in North America, Japan and South Korea. PAL NTSC Video Bandwidth 5.0 MHz 4.2 MHz Sound Carrier 5.5 MHz 4.5 MHz Bandwidth 7 to 8 MHz 6 MHz Vertical Frequency 50 Hz 60 Hz Horizontal Frequency 15.625 kHz 15.734 kHz Color Subcarrier Frequency 4.433618 MHz 3.579545 MHz Lines/Field 625/50 525/60 Due to the above differences between PAL and NTSC, NTSC DVD players usually cannot read PAL and vice versa, namely a PAL DVD or VHS tape would not work in the United States.
How to Convert Your DVD from One Color System into Another - Step-by-Step User Guides PAL to NTSC converter is much-needed to resolve the incompatibility problem of PAL and NTSC systems. This PAL to NTSC converter, fits for your every requirement on it. Step 1: Insert the PAL DVD/NTSC DVD and launch the program. Click ' Load DVD'. Step 2: Hit the drop-down menu of output format, select ' DVD-NTSC' or ' DVD-PAL' in the ' DVD/VCD' category. Step 3: Click button 'Run' to start to convert PAL to NTSC DVD or NTSC to PAL DVD.
Note the output is not PAL/NTSC DVD but PAL/NTSC.vob file. If necessary, Nero is a recommendation to burn the.vob file into DVD. Actually, DVD is not a recommended way to save video content for its taking up much space and being apt to be scratched. By means of DVD Video Converter, you’re able to rip DVD to or portable device for forever keeping, copying and sharing with friends.