PAL Optimisation FAQ

[Shakey Jake33]

I'm currently working on a PAL Optimisation FAQ.

Why you ask? Because many people use an NTSC and a 4in1 cart, and want to use PAL games and find some overscan...

Within the FAQ, I'm listing some PAL games that have trouble on an NTSC machine...

Here's what I got -

Alien Trilogy - FINE

Baku Baku Animal - ?

Burning Rangers - FINE

Christmas Nights - ?

Daytona USA - FINE

Daytona USA CCE - OVERSCAN & SLOWDOWN

Deep Fear - FINE

Doom - FINE

Duke Nukem 3D - OVERSCAN

Fighters Megamix - FINE (Slight overscan)

Guardian Heroes - OVERSCAN & SLOWDOWN

Manx TT Superbike - FINE (Slight Overscan)

Marvel Super Heroes - FINE (Intro music off sync)

Nights - ?

Pandemonium - FINE

Panzer Dragoon - OVERSCAN

Panzer Dragoon Zwei - OVERSCAN

Quake - ?

Panzer Dragoon Saga - FINE

Resident Evil - FINE

Sega Ages Vol.1 - FINE

Sega Rally - OVERSCAN & TOO FAST

Sega Tourning Car Championship - OVERSCAN & TOO FAST & MENU ERRORS

Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 - ?

Shining Force III: Scenario 1 - FINE

Shining the Holy Ark - ?

Shining Wisdom - ?

Sonic 3D - FINE

Sonic Jam - FINE (Sonic World Overscans)

Sonic R - FINE (Announcer countdown behind)

Soviet Strike - ?

Street Fighter Alpha - FINE (Intro music off sync)

WipEout - FINE (Intro Music skips)

WipEout 2097 - FINE (Intro music skips)

Virtua Fighter - OVERSCAN & TOO FAST

Virtua Figher 2 - OVERSCAN & TOO FAST

Now, can people list some more? I want to make it pretty complete of major titles at least...

FINE means works fine on an NTSC machine btw.

Also, correct some of those if they are wrong, and those with a '?' by them I'm not sure about...

So basically just list as many PAL optimised games as you can please

I've lised all the ones in my collection so...

Oh and if anyone cares, I'm updating my 4in1 FAQ soon.

 

[Jaded God]

Well I have a PAL copy of Baku Baku Animal and a NTSC copy...

The PAL and NTSC run fine on my NTSC system, I use a 4-in-1 and I haven't tested without it.

 

[IBarracudaI]

From John Hokanson Jr. Saturn FAQ.

TITLE - OVERSCAN - GLITCHES - TOO FAST

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Amok N N N

Athlete Kings Y N N

Baku Baku Animal N N N

Bubble Bobble N N N

Burning Rangers N Y N

Christmas Nights N N N

Croc N N N

Clockwork Knight N N N

Dark Savior N N N

Daytona CCE Y N N

Daytona USA N N N

Deep Fear Y N N

Die Hard Arcade Y N N

DOOM N N N

Duke Nukem Y N N

Enemy Zero N Y N

Exhumed N N N

Fighters Megamix Y N Y

Fighting Vipers Y N N

Formula Carts Y Y N

Guardian Heroes N N N

Gun Griffon N N N

Highway 2000 N N N

House of the Dead Y N N

Jurassic Park 2 N N N

Kieo Flying Squadron 2 N N N

The King of Boxing N N N

King of Fighters 95 N N N

Last Bronx Y Y N

Manx TT Superbike N N N

Marvel Super Heroes N N N

NBA Action 98 N N N

NiGHTS N N N

Parodius N N N

Pandemonium N N N

Panzer Dragoon Y N N

Panzer Dragoon Saga Y Y N

Panzer Dragoon Zwie Y N N

Puzzle Figher 2 Turbo Y N N

Quake Y N N

Resident Evil N N N

Riven: The Sequel to Myst N N N

Saturn Bomberman N N N

Sega Ages N N Y

Segal Rally Y N Y

Shining Force 3 N N N

Sonic Jam (Sonic World Section) Y Y N

Sonic 3D (3D Bonus Stage) Y Y WILL NOT LOAD

Sonic R N N N

Street Racer Y N N

Steep Slope Sliders N N N

Story of Thor 2 N N N

Street Fighter Alpha N N Y

Street Fighter Alpha 2 N N N

Street Fighter Collection N N N

Theme Park N N N

Tomb Raider Y N N

Toshinden S N N N

Touring Car Y Y N

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 N N N

Vampire Hunter N N N

Virtua Cop Y N Y

Virtua Cop 2 Y N Y

Virtua Fighter Y N N

Virtua Fighter 2 Y N Y

Virtua Fighter Kids Y N Y

Virtual On Y N N

Wing Arms N N N

Winter Heat N N N

Wipeout N N N

Wipeout 2097 N N N

X-MEN Children of the Atom N N N

 

[Shakey Jake33]

Cheers, I'll probably email John Hokanson Jr and tell him I'm borrowing some later...

His FAQ is superb actually, it inspired this one... I just feel a more in-dept FAQ is needed for specific subjects like this *nods*

Jaded God - So they both even look the same? NO slight cut-off on the PAL one?

 

[Jaded God]

Not to my knowledge, I don't know how but they both looked the same.

I gotta find the PAL one I have and try it out again. I know that PAL on a NTSC tv shouldn't do that..

 

[Tagrineth]

Virtual-ON PAL has severe glitches on the bottom part of the screen.

 

[Shakey Jake33]

Originally posted by Jaded God@Jul 12, 2003 @ 04:54 AM

Not to my knowledge, I don't know how but they both looked the same.

I gotta find the PAL one I have and try it out again. I know that PAL on a NTSC tv shouldn't do that..

Thing is, it's not actually doing PAL on an NTSC, that's the problem. The refresh rate is hardware dependant, so the Saturn essentially forced PAL games into NTSC. This is fine if the games aren't PAL optimised...

That's why it was never really an issue on the MegaDrive/Genesis...

 

[Jaded God]

well hmm.. I am pretty sure that playing Zero Wing *PAL* on a NTSC genesis will not work right unless you install a switch.

 

[Shakey Jake33]

There will be the odd game, but as a whole, there are very few issues...

btw I added more enteries to the first post...