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[ozma wars]

hi there
a (silly?) question
I see on Collectorvision website the note this or that game will be also probably released in PAL format.
As european and being a collector of US games since the golden era ( when was a boy my father often in the US for biz trips and always back with some new game for Colecovision and Vectrex... ) I can confirm my european console was able to play ALL carts from US without any problem ( only exception was Bump'n'Jump ).
So..30 years later, may I know why some games should be released in NTSC and PAL and which the - technical - difference ?
I also never had problems with the tv-sets of the time ( those I use now for nostalgic reasons )...
Is the eventual production in PAL required by collectors or what ?
and then why this specification now with modern multi-system tv sets ?
thanks for reply.
MAX

(anyone interested to buy 2 DINA systems ? )

[youki]

I think here it refers to the box "style".

NTSC boxes generally have a simple picture of the arcade cabinet on it.

PAL boxes have a nice atwork.


In matter of rom , generally a NTSC program will run with no problem on a PAL console (it could be a little slower).

But a PAL game you can not be sure it runs on a NTSC console.

For instance early version of my Smurf Challenge game was not able to run on NTSC , i had to strip down a little bit the game to make it works on both standard.

the advantage of the PAL format is that you have more time between 2 vertical sync. signal to code things.

[Crapahute]

If you refer to Collectorvision's site, yes, I think J-F talks about NTSC/PAL boxes when here in Europe we are more used to talk about Coleco/CBS boxes.
Nothing to do with the game which is the same version in both case.

[lucifershalo]

youki, on Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:22 AM, said:

I think here it refers to the box "style".

NTSC boxes generally have a simple picture of the arcade cabinet on it.

youki, on Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:22 AM, said:

PAL boxes have a nice atwork.

youki, on Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:22 AM, said:

In matter of rom , generally a NTSC program will run with no problem on a PAL console (it could be a little slower).

But a PAL game you can not be sure it runs on a NTSC console.

For instance early version of my Smurf Challenge game was not able to run on NTSC , i had to strip down a little bit the game to make it works on both standard.

the advantage of the PAL format is that you have more time between 2 vertical sync. signal to code things.

[retroillucid]

Yes, I refer to the box style

I now make a NTSC & PAL box for almost all releases to satisfy both American & Euopean CV fans

Edited by retroillucid, Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:54 AM.

[ozma wars]

I always say I am simply a gamer and not so fanatic as some of you are
for me what is important is the cart
thank you all for info !
( PAL do it better !!! )

[Zwackery]

The PAL boxes will only display on a PAL shelf.