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HELP! AMIGA experts! Better to get PAL OR NTSC model?
« on: October 26, 2010, 04:33:23 AM »
First, let me be  clear, I have owned both the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 machines in the  past. Being in Canada of course what was available to me (I was not into  importing in those days) of course I ended up with NTSC models as that  is the Canadian standard as it is in the good ol' U.S.A. Though I never  got as far as getting higher models or using a Video Toaster etc, I did  have simple fun making Titles for my home movies using just Deluxe Paint  and recording to video tape. I am also knowledgeable enough that I made  bootable disks and I knew to hold down the two mouse buttons to access  the Early Startup Screen on my 1200 for certain games which was fine on  my 1084's Monitor.

Here is the thing, currently I own NO Amiga hardware. I DID just  recently acquire one of those 4 GB Compact Flash Cards with IDE adapter  from the UK containing a bootable WB 3.1 with TONS of  games/demos/applications all set to go. To test I even booted it using  UAE on my PC, worked very well actually. I noticed when I booted  emulating an NTSC Amiga and tried the game Super Skid Marks )an overhead  racing game) the game had graphical glitches. So of course I then tried  it again this time emulating a PAL Amiga and when I tried it again the  game loaded with perfect graphics but it seemed much slower gameplay  wise. Ok so to drone on I will just ask, though I live here in NTSC land  when I am ready to buy another AMIGA might I be better served getting  an PAL unit? Are they more compatible with the majority of titles? I  don't really plan recording the output to make titles like I did back in  the day considering the PC editing software I use now lol! The majority  of the use would be for playing games, a recordable signal would be  nice but I am sure I could at least display it using an add on device or  something. Would I be correct in assuming I could obtain a PAL Amiga  but use an American/Canadian power supply? I would think the output to  the PC would be the same it just needs to be the proper unit to plug  into our outlet? OK that's it, that is the capacity of my knowledge.  What I would humbly request is:        Please give me your advice, suggestions, opinions, comments and tell me  what you think would be my best option and why? I would greatly  appreciate any and all feedback! THANK SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!!!!