My N64 arrived today. I powered it up but the led isn't glowing. Since I don't have any ntsc games yet (not yet arrived from Japan) I tried putting in a pal game to see If I'd get some sort of region lock message but there was no image. Should I be hopeful that the led is just broken? (I'm using the necessary step down converter and I have several other Japanese consoles that run just fine on it)
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Can't remember if this would affect the light, but does it have the jumper pack inserted? -
Yeah, my first thought. Check under the top flap to see if there's a jumper or the memory expansion, it needs something there to function either way.Lie with passion and be forever damned...Comment
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Omg it worked, the light is glowing. Thank you so much!!!! I exchanged the jumper pak that was in there for the European standard 4mb one and the led went on. I don't get any image on screen though with a pal game inserted, shouldn't there be some sort of region lock warning like "this game is not designed bla bla..."?Comment
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The physical loading slot/cart is a different shape for Pal N64 compared with Japanese and US N64. You shouldn't even be able to slot it in fully, as I recall, never mind getting a warning message.Comment
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No, the slots on a pal and ntsc-j console are identical. It won't play of course but you can insert a cart it just fine. The console didn't come with a video cable but I assume I can just use my European cable. I probably should have researched that beforehand
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Are you sure it hasn't been modded? It's a simple job to remove part of the loading slot to accept carts from any region. Not sure about the warning message though. I've never tried putting in carts from the wrong region.
Wait, actually, I think did once by accident, but it just resulted in a black screen. Not all games would have to have it though because it would be on the cart rather than the system (the same way the memory card management thing depends on the game).Comment
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It doesn't look like the console has been modded. The tabs are still there.Comment
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An NTSC N64 won't play PAL games and vice versa.Comment
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Yeah I got this mixed. Pal games physically fit in a Japanese N64 but won't play because of the lockout chip. US games WILL play on a Japanese N64, but won't fit because of the plastic tabs. I would be interested to find out if any games do have an "incorrect region" screen.
What games have you got coming for it?Comment
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Well, I tried several pal games, none give me any warning screen, not even a black screen. So now that's got me worried that my video cable doesn't work. Even though it probably does. I'll get back to you when my games arrive in about 2 weeks. I bought some of the usual suspects. Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Smash Brothers, Banjo Kazooie 2, ....Comment
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Usually even if you don't have a game in and you turn it on you'll get a black screen, if you play a game from a unsupported region you'll still get a black screen there is no messages that pop up if you play a pal game on a ntsc console. Well all of the games i own i have never seen one when plugging in a game from another region.Comment
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The CIC determines if a game will work or not. Don't fret if your PAL games produce nothing.Comment
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Haha, good choices, if only because they cost 10% of the UK prices.Comment
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I'm happy to report everything works as it should.
These are the games I bought
They were not very expensive. I paid 28 Euros for 8 games.Comment
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