Tectoy Saturn
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would a pal to ntsc mod not also do the job? I've never really looked at how the pal/ntsc mod works cause I've never had a pal tv or a desire to make my saturn useless to me lol.
It is PAL-M. NTSC with PAL color encoding, as I understand it.
Anyway, I've also heard you can modify the saturn itself, but nobody has said how. That'd sure make a Tectoy saturn would be a lot more attractive a purchase. It's either that or a transcoder, which I know for sure would work. But PAL-M to NTSC transcoders might not be too easy to get your hands on around here.
I do need to eventually get a SMS though - and US SMS systems aren't all that common anymore. Could the SMS be modified in a similar manner? Eh, I guess an external transcoder would be a lot easier anyway...
Anyway, I've also heard you can modify the saturn itself, but nobody has said how. That'd sure make a Tectoy saturn would be a lot more attractive a purchase. It's either that or a transcoder, which I know for sure would work. But PAL-M to NTSC transcoders might not be too easy to get your hands on around here.
I do need to eventually get a SMS though - and US SMS systems aren't all that common anymore. Could the SMS be modified in a similar manner? Eh, I guess an external transcoder would be a lot easier anyway...
Well to change the output to 60hz on a PAL saturn isnt hard at all. The 60hz will be NTSC too i suppose because PAL-60 wasnt too popular around that time. I dont see why it would be hard to do it to a brazilian saturn with some looking around.
cezario thanks for the offer but only having a few posts between us and having some bad experiences before i'll give it a miss thanks.
cezario thanks for the offer but only having a few posts between us and having some bad experiences before i'll give it a miss thanks.
Sega Saturn's video output can't be set by software, the console always output the same type of signal, example: a PAL (50hz) saturn will always output PAL at 50hz, no matter what game is in it.. then, when playing NTSC (60hz) games on PAL saturns you notice that blackborders and the slowdown..
When you mod your PAL saturn hardware to output at 60hz the console will output PAL60, once again, no matter what game is in it...
The 50/60hz mod only changes the refresh rate, not the color encoding from PAL<->NTSC.
The reverse also applies... a NTSC60hz saturn, modded to 50hz, will output NTSC at 50hz, and not PAL50..
When you mod your PAL saturn hardware to output at 60hz the console will output PAL60, once again, no matter what game is in it...
The 50/60hz mod only changes the refresh rate, not the color encoding from PAL<->NTSC.
The reverse also applies... a NTSC60hz saturn, modded to 50hz, will output NTSC at 50hz, and not PAL50..
Originally posted by cezario+Sep 16, 2003 @ 11:04 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cezario @ Sep 16, 2003 @ 11:04 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Adrock@Sep 2, 2003 @ 06:04 AM
You could ship them to portugal for us lovely European members of the board and then send them to us
I´m from Brazil. Do you want anything from here? I would be glad to help. From fan to fan.[/b][/quote]
I'm a brasilian too
If you guys need something........
I'll see what I can do for you...
When I bought my modchip it was the wrong one, then I changed it. That means that the guys had 21 an 20 pins mod chips.
Ps: If I find something I want to se a picture of my statue.
*has odd memories of his original copy of Burning Rangers, which was made by TecToy and included the US-American game disc plus a Brazilian-language mini-manual, all in an ugly box rather than the (even uglier) oversized jewel case*
I actually resold that game on eBay because, darnit, I wanted an actual US copy. Figures, one guy (who wasn't among the bidders) emailed me accusing me of software piracy. I in turn reported him to eBay for harassment.
I actually resold that game on eBay because, darnit, I wanted an actual US copy. Figures, one guy (who wasn't among the bidders) emailed me accusing me of software piracy. I in turn reported him to eBay for harassment.
For all CD-based Sega games, Tec Toy merely did a new package and manual. The disc itself was just mass imported from USA.
For cartrigde games, I think that, back in the day, the ROM itself was also an US ROM. They only made a new plastic case and label.
So, if you buy a Tec Toy Saturn game, you *are* buying an US version, just with a cardboad box and a small portuguese manual.
Now, for the games developed/translated/modified by them... I'm not sure what they did. It's likely that they burned the cartridges themselves, since it's not that hard(after all, they continued to port GG games to the Master System themselves for ages).
The only CD-based game they touched was Saturn's Riven, that was fully translated and dubbed into portuguese. But I'm almost sure the game was pressed by an European company, and shipped over.
For cartrigde games, I think that, back in the day, the ROM itself was also an US ROM. They only made a new plastic case and label.
So, if you buy a Tec Toy Saturn game, you *are* buying an US version, just with a cardboad box and a small portuguese manual.
Now, for the games developed/translated/modified by them... I'm not sure what they did. It's likely that they burned the cartridges themselves, since it's not that hard(after all, they continued to port GG games to the Master System themselves for ages).
The only CD-based game they touched was Saturn's Riven, that was fully translated and dubbed into portuguese. But I'm almost sure the game was pressed by an European company, and shipped over.
