PAL games on a NTSC CD-i?
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PAL games on a NTSC CD-i?
Hello all. I am new to the CD-i. It is a system that I have personally never owned, but always wanted due to playing BURN! Cycle back in the day. I am generally a Jaguar and 3DO nut, but I finally am getting a CD-i due to a really cheap price with six brand new looking games. I am happy. I have looked around and noticed that there are several CD-i games that released in the UK only, obviously making them PAL releases. My big question is if the PAL games will play on a NTSC CD-i unit without the screen rolling or in Black and White or whatever the case may be? I'm new here so I haven't read everything on the site so my apologies if this has been covered but if I am to totally immerse myself in this system, I feel the need to know this key piece of information. Any answers would be appreciated.
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I don't have a NTSC machine myself, but I think they should work fine. At least it works alright the other way around (games from the US on PAL systems). There's no copy protection or region lockout either.
I can't really give you a definite answer though, sorry. I am kind of curious too though, what is the actual video output for the CD-i in the two regions? Was it different, or were all the CD-i producing the same image and was only the power unit different between the Philips and Magnavox models?
I can't really give you a definite answer though, sorry. I am kind of curious too though, what is the actual video output for the CD-i in the two regions? Was it different, or were all the CD-i producing the same image and was only the power unit different between the Philips and Magnavox models?
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In general your CD-i player can play both PAL and NTSC games. The difference is the output in resolution, which is a little different.
For detailed information, read here:
http://cdii.blogspot.com/2007/11/cd-i-i ... -free.html
http://cdii.blogspot.com/2007/08/family ... issue.html
For detailed information, read here:
http://cdii.blogspot.com/2007/11/cd-i-i ... -free.html
http://cdii.blogspot.com/2007/08/family ... issue.html
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