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capnpooh6889

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Pal On American?
« on: June 20, 2006, 04:33:00 PM »
is there a way to get Pal games to work on an American(ntsc) xbox.
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veeper

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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2006, 06:18:00 PM »
Ehm... are you serious? Have you not been able to find a more basic or more dumb question? grr.gif

Anyways, of course you can run nearly any game with any region on your console. Naturally you must have a modded xbox and in some cases your TV set/ monitor must be able to display PAL.

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capnpooh6889

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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2006, 10:05:00 PM »
Thanks for being so nice and understanding dickwad, you could have at least answered the question while you were taking up space.  I have tried to switch the region in the system management, but still failed to load the game.  
I also heard of the enigam video switcher, though i am not totally sure how to use that, and the damn search button sucks here.  I did extract the files out of the iso so i didnt waste a disc and put them in the apps, but when i started it my screen did the really weird like thing, so i guess it might not be PAL compatible.  Crappy tv.
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2006, 12:17:00 AM »
QUOTE(capnpooh6889 @ Jun 20 2006, 10:12 PM) View Post
but when i started it my screen did the really weird like thing, so i guess it might not be PAL compatible.
If you press 'A' or 'B', this will change your Xbox's video mode between PAL and NTSC.

After changing the video output, though, you may need to burn the Enigmah video mode switch disc to an actual disc in order to bring your Xbox back to NTSC.
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veeper

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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2006, 04:56:00 AM »
QUOTE(capnpooh6889 @ Jun 21 2006, 06:12 AM) View Post

Thanks for being so nice and understanding dickwad, you could have at least answered the question while you were taking up space.  I have tried to switch the region in the system management, but still failed to load the game.  
I also heard of the enigam video switcher, though i am not totally sure how to use that, and the damn search button sucks here.  I did extract the files out of the iso so i didnt waste a disc and put them in the apps, but when i started it my screen did the really weird like thing, so i guess it might not be PAL compatible.  Crappy tv.


I didn't mean to get personal. Just there are too many lazy bones out here these days. The forum search with google is not too much fun indeed.

Please tell us which game it is. What exactly did your TV behave like in PAL mode? Just black, colored, heavy overscan...?

My advice is to try some things, like RGB- or Component-Cable, which fixes color-problems and possibly frequency-problems as well. Also try PAL60 if the game supports it, that may help.
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capnpooh6889

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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2006, 07:27:00 AM »
It doesnt really matter that much to me, ill just start waiting for games to cross over here before i "get" them.  And yeah there was alot of overscan. Sorry i made it personal btw
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capnpooh6889

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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2006, 10:33:00 AM »
okay, i got the game working, but my tv has, i gues its overscan, its like the video "rolls", kinda like a slot machine

Is there any fix for this or do i need to hook it up to a new tv?
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veeper

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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2006, 04:42:00 PM »
Please tell us some details like the game, your settings, your hardware...
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2006, 06:01:00 PM »
yeh... i might just make my own thread, but since you all were beggin for some stats i have some games that i'm having issues with

Metal Gear SOlid 2 - pal <-- its in black and white

Advent Rising - pal <-- also in black and white

i have X2 w/ latest bios

I've gone into evox and tried mucking w/ the video settings, but to no avail.
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2006, 02:37:00 AM »
Maybe PAL60 is used and the TV can't handle it? Just a guess here...
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2006, 04:29:00 PM »
If you are seeing black and white (and/or rolling), then clearly the TV is incapable of displaying PAL colour.

And please don't play PAL MGS 2 on the Xbox, it is an abomination of a conversion. Stick to the 60Hz version.
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