Got my NTSC N64 console through the post today. Was just the console unit, and the seller himself had taken out the tray so I didn't even need to mod it myself. ?15 including delivery. Finally got to play the JP copy of F-Zero X which I bought off Mayhem last week - it's such a different experience to the PAL version! Seriously, the game just plays so much better at the correct speed. The cars are faster (the speedometer in the PAL version is around 200mph lower most of the time), the side attack doesn't bring you to almost a complete halt when you use it, and the boost feels like it actually does something. I wonder if it makes this much difference for other games as well? I'll soon be finding out, anyhow. I have Starfox 64 and Perfect Dark on their way too, so I'll be giving them a go later this week too - strange how I'm more excited to play SF64, which I've played loads of times on Wii VC, just because it's at the "proper" speed.
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Lol - 16 years late to the party....where you the guy not playing in RGB? Thats an even bigger difference in quality, to the difference in speed.Originally posted by danstan21 View PostComment
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after reading this i want a us n64 now :-)Comment
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Heh, yes, I'm aware that I'm very late to this. It's true that I'm not playing in RGB - I know it'll make a noticable quality difference, but I'm not particularly well-endowed in the cash department so I'm not sure I can justify the cost of getting an RGB modded console and cable for 30 or 40 quid extra when I could get an off-brand S-Video cable for ?2 and use any extra money on, y'know, games.Originally posted by dvdx2 View Post
To be honest I don't plan on getting an awful lot of N64 games anyway; I can only think of 10-15 over the 3 I've bought that I'm likely to be interested in getting.
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How does the F-Zero X speedo read a lower speed?Comment
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Not really sure how to answer that - in the PAL version, the average speed with Red Gazelle was around 660mph on the speedometer, whereas in the few races I did with RG in the NTSC-J version, the average speed was around 850mph. That's all I know.Originally posted by nakamura View Post
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Probably a setting in the game, the accel/speed thing as that isn't really possible. While the game is slower, the speedo will still read the same.Comment
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Nope, I had them on borderline equal settings - and machines in the PAL versions struggled to ever reach 850mph without heavy assistance from jumps and on-track boosts. The course timer in the PAL version was altered to be at the correct speed, rather than taking one-and-a-fifth actual seconds to turn over one in-game second so course times are noticably longer in the PAL version. I remember this because the F-Zero X World Records have separate NTSC and PAL leaderboards because for the reason listed above NTSC gamers had a huge advantage. So I would guess it's conceivable that they altered the speedometer as well to "accurately" reflect the time taken to go over the same stretch of track.Originally posted by nakamura View PostLast edited by danstan21; 07-11-2012, 19:39.Comment
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Well maybe they changed the speedometer in the PAL version to account for the lower speed of the game.Comment
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In that case I had no idea. Never seen that before. Normally the whole game is just slower.Comment
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Why are you commenting on how old a machine is or how someone is only just getting a new imported one in a retro forum?Originally posted by dvdx2 View PostComment
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Finally got these. Last purchases for the year.
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Haha excellent. Used to play the series a fair bit in the mame years.Comment
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