what is the difference

[speed_demon]

what is the difference between pal games and other games because i was goin to buy dragonball z budokai 3 but im not sure what type to buy pal or another make so could someone please help me

 

[Famine]

PAL (Phased Alternating Line) displays show 625 horizontal lines, refreshed 50 times a second. NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) displays show only 525 lines - so a poorer resolution - but refresh 60 times a second - so movement is smoother.

They are not "makes", but television standards. Your PS2 will ONLY be able to use games of the television standard predominant in your region. That is:

NTSC - North America. Japan. Antarctica.
PAL - Rest of the World

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

NTSC - North America. Japan. Antarctica.

Antarctica? Unless that's a joke, I've never heard of that one.

 

[Famine]

The only permanently manned facility in Antarctica - Scott-Amundsen Base - is US territory. Thus they use NTSC TV displays...

 

[speed_demon]

thanx so theres no difference in the gameplay then

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

Nope, it's all in what you see. But it's a very minute difference.

 

[Famine]

Actually, there's a colossal difference in gameplay.

If you buy an NTSC game for a PAL console, you get sod all gameplay.

 

[livemusic]

The funny thing here is that we use PAL(I don´t know if it´s PAL-M or PAL-N) system on the tvs, but since we import PS2s and Xboxes from US we gotta have TVs that support both systems (NTSC and PAL).

 

[Jedi2016]

While there are differences if you start crossing platforms, a PAL game on a PAL TV will look pretty much exactly the same as an NTSC game on an NTSC TV. And they'll play exactly the same.

 

[speed_demon]

i no its been a while since i posted but the reason i ask is that i have a ARmax and i can use any region games and dvd's