Will a chipped pal Playstation2

[Strider]

Play US and Japanese games in 60 hertz mode. I've had a chipped machine before, but can;t remember.

[mr_sockochris]

Of course

[dj898]

yep
it will output whatever PS2 titles are encoded for.
However on chip'd PAL PS2 the NTSC PS1 titles will be displayed in PAL-60 instead of NTSC I believe... which can be a headache for those w/ chip's NTSC PS2 since any PAL will be in NTSC-50. from what I heard not many TV can handle NTSC-50...

[sj33]

However on chip'd PAL PS2 the NTSC PS1 titles will be displayed in PAL-60 instead of NTSC I believe...

That's quite strange actually.
I have a Breaker Pro bootdisc, as a stopgap until the DMS4 Pro EZI is avaliable, and it outputs NTSC games in NTSC.
Not very well mind you, loads of Y-Fix issues... =/

[Mayhem]

To be on the safe side, just run the PS2 with an RGB cable

[mid]

However on chip'd PAL PS2 the NTSC PS1 titles will be displayed in PAL-60 instead of NTSC I believe...

That's the case for the Cube, but I very much doubt it is for the PS2. My unchipped one outputs PAL PS2 games that have 60Hz mode as pure NTSC, not PAL-60, so I'd be surprised if it knows how to do PAL-60 in PS1 mode.

[Dogg Thang]

Depends on the chip. A lot of chips have had problems with PS1 games. As far as I know a lot don't play NTSC for PS1 at all - some play at 50Hz PAL, others I'm not sure what exactly they display.

You would want to check the particular chip you will get before deciding.

Dogg.

[dj898]

I have SONY PAL PS2 Test running on 110VAC.
It runs all NTSC PS1 titles as PAL-60...

[mid]

Really? Wow. I wonder why they can't do the same for PS2 titles, as it would have been rather more sensible to do it that way.

[gossi the dog]

My Messiah 1 PS2 outputs NTSC PS1 games in PAL 60. Apparently some versions of the Messiah 2 don't play NTSC PS1 games at all.

[dj898]

PS2 Test runs PS2 titles according their region coding so NTSC-U/NTSC-J will display in NTSC while PAL will be in PAL with either 50 or 60 if the title supports

[yashiro]

PS2 TEST's play PS2 games from any region without problems.
60Hz on PS2 is always NTSC btw. (not PAL60)

Same cannot be said of PS1 games though. I can't remember what deck I had a problem with but it couldn't play PS1 titles from an 'incorrect' region. It would boot but the video signal was completely barfed.

[dj898]

if you play PAL PS1 on NTSC PS2 Test you won't get any picture unless your TV can handle NTSC-50.
That is why I got PAL PS2 Test as it will do PAL-60 for all NTSC PS1 titles... and most PAL TV can handle this one without any problem...