PAL CD32 games on NTSC Machine

[punkyclown]

I brought some PAL CD32 games back with me from Europe.  Now I have an NTSC CD32 Machine.  How can I get these games to play on my Machine.  Does anyone know?
Thank you

[Fingers]

Put the CD in and turn the machine on :-D

If you want to display PAL resolution, hold both mouse buttons when you turn it on and then select display option when prompted.

PZ.

[SamuraiCrow]

It will help if your video display can do 50 Hz scanrates vertically.  If not, you're out of luck.

[marcfrick2112]

As SamuraiCrow said
 Also, even if your display can handle PAL scanrate, you may find the bottom of the display is cut off, at least I had that with Simon the Sorceror II on my CD32 (rather a drag, as the bottom row of buttons weren't visible)
Good luck.

[Cammy]

How did you get Simon the Sorceror II to run on a CD32?

[RobertB]

Fingers wrote:

Put the CD in and turn the machine on :-D

If you want to display PAL resolution, hold both mouse buttons when you turn it on and then select display option when prompted.

Even with that, certain PAL game CDs just will not run on a NTSC CD32.  I've tried.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
CommVEx v4 website - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[Mugo]

RobertB wrote:

Even with that, certain PAL game CDs just will not run on a NTSC CD32.  I've tried.

That's correct. And this happens with any Amiga.

Some games are waiting the right timing and/or the higher resolution of a PAL system, and will not work at all in a NTSC machine... at least not until you mod it :-)

It really is a simple mod, as in the old A500 days. You can just put a switch to change the resolution and timing  to NTSC or PAL (don't mess it up with color standards. With this mod you will still have NTSC color output. Or, you can do what i just did, turned the system to PAL and period. No switches. Some games are a bit slower (as you can expect), but it's not a major problem, at least for me.

The mod i did consists of a single wire connected between a resistor and the ground in the CD32's mobo, but i can't remember from the top of my head where were these points.

I'll try to make a picture later, and post it here. I think it's easier to make the mod looking at the picture. Will tell what the points are as well, for the tech heads.

See ya later!

[Phantom]

Read this post also:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35778

[HardStep]

Mugo wrote:
I'll try to make a picture later, and post it here. I think it's easier to make the mod looking at the picture. Will tell what the points are as well, for the tech heads.

See ya later!

That would be great if you could post the picture.

Have a brand new boxed NTSC CD32 in my closet, still has the protective plastic on the clear part of the CD-drive door. And 15 new game CD-s. Just haven't got any time to play with it. Didn't want to miss the chance to own a new CD32, so i bought it 2-3 years ago from ebay.

[weirdami]

The mod i did consists of a single wire connected between a resistor and the ground in the CD32's mobo, but i can't remember from the top of my head where were these points.

For to get PAL on my A500, I had to cut a trace somewhere on the left side of the motherboard. I kept soldering it back and desoldering it and resoldering. Eventually, the trace ripped up from the motherboard and I had to glue it down. :-) I wanted to put in a switch, but the one time I tried didn't work and that was it for me. Anyhoo, there's different solutions for the same thing I guess. :-)

edit: Then again, I thought you were on about an A500 mod and it looks like you were just saying it was as easy as an A500 mod. :oops:

[rockape]

Hi,

see http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/amiga/cd32/09-How-can-I-try-to-convince-a-game-to-work-in-PAL-or-NTSC.html

"09 How can I try to convince a game to work in PAL or NTSC?"

Kind Regards, Michael

aka rockape