Is it possibel to mod a PAL PC-Engine so it can play carts from all regions?? I know you can get an adaptor for the NTSC systems so you can play JAP and US games but is there an adaptor for the PAL system? If there is will NTSC games be full screen and speed on a PAL system?
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PAL PC-ENGINE, modding to make multi regional???
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It was never released outside of Japan. Those adverts were from an import company that claimed to have working (in the uk) PC Engines as around the time they were first imported (i was about 15) there were horror stories of machines over heating, and all sorts of out put problems.
NEC even went as far as to place ad's in ACE and other mags of the time warning people away from them, and shifting all responsibility away from them, as they were from NEC Japan.
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I have a PAL Turbo Graphx 16. It comes with an NEC UK manual that confirms it is a PAL machine. It will play any US game (with an adaptor for Japanese games). It outputs a PAL RF signal but I have only tried it with component cable (full screen not sure about speed). Telegames UK also sell PAL Core Graphx 2 (?329.99).
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Originally posted by CripperI have a PAL PC Engine Core Graphx 2. It comes with an NEC manual that confirms it is a PAL machine. It will play any US game (with an adaptor for Japanese games). It outputs a PAL RF signal but I have only tried it with component cable. Telegames UK sell them. I bought mine on ebay
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Originally posted by CripperI have a PAL PC Engine Core Graphx 2. It comes with an NEC manual that confirms it is a PAL machine. It will play any US game (with an adaptor for Japanese games). It outputs a PAL RF signal but I have only tried it with component cable. Telegames UK sell them. I bought mine on ebay
I wouldn't trust Telegames as far as i could throw them. Look at thier prices. The place is a ****ing joke.
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Originally posted by paveynickIt was never released outside of Japan. Those adverts were from an import company that claimed to have working (in the uk) PC Engines as around the time they were first imported (i was about 15) there were horror stories of machines over heating, and all sorts of out put problems.
NEC even went as far as to place ad's in ACE and other mags of the time warning people away from them, and shifting all responsibility away from them, as they were from NEC Japan.
Why are you giving such crappy information?
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The US Turbo Grafx 16 was something different again, it resembles a black double width white PC Engine, presumably because Americans couldn't get their heads round something smaller than a Mega Drive being any good.
I'm fairly sure the original white PC engine and Core Grafx were not released outside of Japan as Paveynick says. I know there is the pal TG-16, but I didn't think that was released in any European countries. MD will know for sure.
The adverts in The Games Machine were for grey imports, Japanese white PC Engine with a 240v psu and dodgy RGB mod.
There is a decent roundup of PC Engine versions on Raven Games:
I remember a pal white PC Engine being available in Birmingham, it had a big nasty red ntsc -> pal converter plugged into the back which was 1/2 the length of the machine itself. I'm not sure how official it was, but I was told the pal adaptor was made by NEC, so I can only imagine it was for whatever territory uses pal at 60Hz (I forget now).
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