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Hey, I've got a question. Are PS2 games made in Europe playable on US consoles? Or would I have to get a European PS2? My only other option is to wait til the game comes out in the US, but I really don't want to wait that long. Thanks guys!

~Cat

Hey, I've got a question. Are PS2 games made in Europe playable on US consoles? Or would I have to get a European PS2? My only other option is to wait til the game comes out in the US, but I really don't want to wait that long. Thanks guys!

~Cat

Nah, you an get the game from Europe and play it on your US ps2. Lol, I think it would be more work to get a European one because they use a different voltage or something.....

Nah, you an get the game from Europe and play it on your US ps2. Lol, I think it would be more work to get a European one because they use a different voltage or something.....

So, it'll work for to buy the game and have it sent to the US

This is all speculation as I really don't know anything about the PS2 system, its games or how they are made but in Europe I believe they use the PAL technology for DVD's and in the United States they use NTSC. If these games are burned on DVD's then I would make sure that either the system can read both formats or that the games are in the proper format. However like I said before, this is all speculation so someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

I believe a famous poet once wrote that "A rose is a rose is a rose...". The same can be said for PS2s...just less repetitive and annoying.

Thanks guys! :D

Omicron Zeta is correct, people. While the newer consols and handhelds (PSP, PS3, etc.) don't have region-coding, I'm almost completely sure that the current ones do.

You'd be better off asking someone on www.gamespot.com or www.ign.com though. They'd have a better idea.

ok, will do, thanks!

This is about as "max" as it's going to get.

anyhow...take that, Naliitr!

I think you wil have a problem. I have tried to run US games on my European PS2, and it doesn't work. I assume it will be the same the other way.

I think you wil have a problem. I have tried to run US games on my European PS2, and it doesn't work. I assume it will be the same the other way.
Yep, the European PAL system and the US NTSC system are not compatible. You are going to have to buy a European PS2 or get it to work by illegal means.

Yep, the European PAL system and the US NTSC system are not compatible. You are going to have to buy a European PS2 or get it to work by illegal means.

I think Australia uses the PAL system and I wonder if a European one works on an Australian PS2? NTSC means "Not the same colour" as a joke.

PAL & NTSC are different ways of displaying pictures on a TV screen, and they really are different. If you, for example, mod-chip a PS2 (or DVD or whatever), but your TV set only supports the wrong format, you'll end up with a stretched or compressed picture (depending on whether it's PAL or NTSC) & some pretty funky updating errors. Loss of colour may also occour.

Fortunately, most modern TV sets support both formats, even if a PS2 don't by default. A mod chip can enable a PS to to play both PAL & NTSC, and mod chips are legal. Just keep in mind that you'll loose the warrenty on the PS2.I think Australia uses the PAL system and I wonder if a European one works on an Australian PS2? NTSC means "Not the same colour" as a joke.Though I'm not certain, I am fairly sure Australia use the NTSC standard. Make sure before you spend your money.

Finally, games - like DVDs - can have region codes. The sole purpose of those are to render (too) forign games unplayable. Mod chips can solve this problem as well, and it is perfectly legal.

Australia uses PAL. The world division is along the same lines as the frequency of your power supply. PAL and SECAM work off 50Hz, and NTSC works off 60Hz. TV makers and the like don't really want to stick a bulky transformer in their products to get the right frequency. So that's the reason why it stays the way it is.

However, if you use a SCART lead to connect the PS2 to a modern TV then then I don't think their should be any problem. I can't remember why this helps, but it does.

SCART leads <3 - Only three leads needed to completely wire up the VCR, DVD, Cable Box, and TV and no problems with the NTSC DVDs that some companies send us either.

You can get a code disc to hack these things (legally) called Action Replay.

I got a few of their free CD's for Gamecube (and they are nice because I suck at F-zero beyond Expert level)

I believe a famous poet once wrote that "A rose is a rose is a rose...". The same can be said for PS2s...just less repetitive and annoying.

that was shakespeare

*Sigh*

When will North America finally convert to PAL... A single system would be so much more straightforward...

You cant play europeon games ona american PS2 there is a chip in the console and game which refuses to play games from diff. countries.

*Sigh*

When will North America finally convert to PAL... A single system would be so much more straightforward...

As would only one Canadian territory, one international border, world peace, ext.

Unless I'm mistaken, its the newer systems that got Region-coded, not the older ones.

PSP and PS3 do/will not have region codes, so far as i'm aware, and various partys are jumping up and down and complaineing about it :D

not the gamers, obviously.


however, from experiance, the PS2 and most other consoles [not the handhelds, though] all have region thingys.

this means that a US game will not play in europe, Australia, New Zealand, or anywhere else with the PAL format. the same should be true in reverse. i'm not sure, but i THINK japan/parts of asia may have a different one again. but that could just be a language thing, for all i know.