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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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when people say it can play NTSC does that mean it is compatable with US/JAP games??

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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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Either that or dvd's normally,could just be a reference to the 60hz option.
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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A UK machine is a PAL machine, and an American or Japanese machine is NTSC but usually will only play it's native games, i.e. both american and jap are ntsc but US machine won't play Jap games and vice versa. NTSC machines also won't play UK games.

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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 04:12 PM
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if your ps2 is chipped like mine it will play pal & ntsc games
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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its a dreamcast(yeah remember those!!) basically its been chipped and plays CDR/PAL/NTSC but the guy dont know if it plays jap games , im pretty sure it does but not 100%??

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It should yes.
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 06:21 PM
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ya never needed to chip the dreamcast all you needed was a boot disc and it would play any games jap, usa ect
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