Playing PAL PS2 games on an NTSC PS2

MARS II

 

Did you burn at 1x to high quality media (tdk, verbatim)?

Which release is it, DNL or Lightforce?

Why don't you get the usa release? It still has a lot of seeders.

 

[bold] still lost[/bold]

Yes i did download a back up copy of the game and my question about rw disks wastn answered and i was still wondering what i can do know. And also my need for speed 2 iso file must be ruined now cuase when i burned it, it wouldnt work at all as i said before only showing two blue verticle lines

 

[bold] never mind [/bold]
ok i think i understand now that i should get r- disks instead. sorry.
so nrk do u think if i use a rw r- disk that it will work?

 

I've never used dvd+rw or dvd-rw. I have used dvd+r and dvd-r and they work fine. My ps2 is v9 and is compatible with dvd+r media, anything below a v4 wont work with dvd+r media. Reading through the forums, not a lot of people have had success with dvd+rw or dvd-rw media. Your best bet is to stick to dvd-r. TDK dvd-r's have been the most reliable for me.


It might turn out that NFSU2 is not compatible with the pal to ntsc program. Try getting the USA Version.

 

Nrk, did you ever try to patch your copy of F1 '04?

By the way, thanks for all your effort in this thread. I think I'd go crazy trying to make sense of some of these people's typing.

 

Sorry, I've been lazy, I'll do it now while I have the time.

 

I thought it was successful because of this screen.



However, the game doesn't boot.

 

I just tried to patch it with adr patcher and that doesn't work either.

 

Tried to convert "V8 Supercar" from Pal to NTSC using the patch listed on the first page (I'm using the latest version of DVD Decrypter and it would only read/write MDS files) but my V10 PS2 (with Matrix mod) won't boot it (just a blank screen after the Matrix Infinity logo screen).

I have one question, where is the patched files located (because the patch program doesn't tell you), are they being written over the original ISO files?

Thanks for any help.

 

You could try making and burning the iso with Alcohol 120%.

The program overwrites the iso file.

 

Tomorrow my friend is letting me copy his san adreas original game"not copy". Is there any thing i have to do. like do i ahve to make it an iso file first or can i just copy it with the files on the disk

 

Just copy it as you would a normal game. Make the iso, burn the iso.

With San Andreas, you will need to use Professional grade blank dvd media. Try Verbatim or TDK.

 

nrk4594, i also tried the converter for NFSU2... it didn't work . Do u know where to find the NTSC version? It's weird that a lot of the bittorent sites only have the pal version... what is up with that?

 

Burned a copy with Alcohol 120% but it still won't boot, I just got a blank screen.

Do I really need to buy one of those PAL-NTSC converters for $50 so I can play 4 PAL games?

 

nrk, what do you think about my situation, probably a bad burn right? because I burned at 4X with RIDATA media

 

anth4207,

Check your PM

toyfigure,

Some games can't be patched. When I run into that problem, I can still play the game because I use the DMS chip which has a feature to convert the signal to ntsc and center the screen.

Some games have an option to run in 60 hz (NTSC). Check the options menu on your games. Some game will ask you before the main menu if you want to run in 60 hz, and some, you have to select 60 hz in the options menu.

hampage,

I burn most of my games at 4x to Ridata. The only game that hasn't worked with Ridata was San Andreas. It works fine with TDK. I've never had any problems with TDK.

Ritek Ridata is Premium Grade Media.

The following brands are Professional Grade Media

Maxell DVD-R Media
Memorex DVD-R Media
Mitsui DVD-R Media
Panasonic DVD-R Media
Pioneer DVD-R Media
Taiyo Yuden DVD-R Media
TDK DVD-R Media
Verbatim DVD-R Media


In your situation, it could be the media, burn speed, or the fact that the game can't be patched.

 

the file I tried to burn was:

[[PS2]]-NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 PAL MULTI5 FULLDVD

have you tried it if it works?

maybe the the problem is with the ISO...

because you said that ridata at 4x is not the problem. I have a NEC 411s

 

thanks man appreciate it!

 

hampage,

Get the USA Release. It sounds like the PAL release can't be patched.