A friend of mine is shipping me a PAL PS2 that he doesn't want anymore that has been modded to be region free. I actually don't have any PAL PS2 games, but I have a number of NTSC PS2 games, both JPN and USA. My question is if I can play those NTSC PS2 games on the PAL PS2 on an NTSC television without a converter.
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.
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. 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.
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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 37843 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 PS2_PAL2NTSC_YFIX.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 PS2_PAL2NTSC_YFIX.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. Best sticker printer.
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 PS2_PAL2NTSC_YFIX.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.