Help this dumb Yankee...

ghost_of_war · 13 November 2013, 21:50

Hello fellow Amiga users, I am using an A500 that I acquired from another Yank here in the 'States... my question is, the machine is NTSC and I found a fellow in the UK that has several great game titles available, but they're PAL... will they still load and work in my NTSC machine? Bear in mind, I am using a lousy A520 adapter as well... thanks for your time!

TjLaZer · 14 November 2013, 06:43

They may work, does your A500 have the Fat Angus? You can use some software switches to make the machine boot into PAL and all the European games will work. But here is the catch, you will need a PAL capable monitor or TV. So you can't use your A520 in PAL. Try the games in NTSC and see if they work, some do.

Hewitson · 14 November 2013, 14:04

The above is not entirely correct.

Booting an NTSC Amiga into "PAL" mode actually boots it into a 50hz NTSC mode, therefore you do NOT need a PAL-capable TV, but rather a TV which will display a 50hz signal.

Do yourself a huge favour and invest in a RGB SCART to Component converter. The picture quality from the A520 is absolutely appalling.

TjLaZer · 15 November 2013, 02:32

Not true, I could not correctly display the 50Hz NTSC screen on my American NTSC TV! The screen would roll really bad and was not usable. On the other hand an A600 that was PAL was able to display a B&W screen that was clean. Weird.

Yes it may not do 100% EU spec PAL, but it does produce a 50Hz screen: Which I have found is incompatible with most NTSC TV's. RGB monitors is a different story.

But OP should just try it on his TV and see if it works. Not all TV's are the same.

tesla · 16 November 2013, 15:57

We don't have Scart in North America.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

The above is not entirely correct.

Booting an NTSC Amiga into "PAL" mode actually boots it into a 50hz NTSC mode, therefore you do NOT need a PAL-capable TV, but rather a TV which will display a 50hz signal.

Do yourself a huge favour and invest in a RGB SCART to Component converter. The picture quality from the A520 is absolutely appalling.

ajk · 16 November 2013, 18:30

But you do have component, therefore the SCART-to-component converter

tesla · 16 November 2013, 19:10

If I have this right, (I must have it wrong) your saying that the NTSC Amiga has a scart output? (to be converted to component?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajk

But you do have component, therefore the SCART-to-component converter

ajk · 16 November 2013, 19:38

There is no SCART connector on the Amiga of course, but you can use an off-the-shelf DB23-SCART cable between the Amiga and the converter. SCART is not a signal type but a connector.

Of course if there is another kind of RGB-component converter available that has some other type of input connector on it, that's fine too.

13 November 2013, 21:50	#1
ghost_of_war Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Florida, USA Age: 52 Posts: 57	Help this dumb Yankee... Hello fellow Amiga users, I am using an A500 that I acquired from another Yank here in the 'States... my question is, the machine is NTSC and I found a fellow in the UK that has several great game titles available, but they're PAL... will they still load and work in my NTSC machine? Bear in mind, I am using a lousy A520 adapter as well... thanks for your time!

15 November 2013, 02:32	#4
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,915	Not true, I could not correctly display the 50Hz NTSC screen on my American NTSC TV! The screen would roll really bad and was not usable. On the other hand an A600 that was PAL was able to display a B&W screen that was clean. Weird. Yes it may not do 100% EU spec PAL, but it does produce a 50Hz screen: Which I have found is incompatible with most NTSC TV's. RGB monitors is a different story. But OP should just try it on his TV and see if it works. Not all TV's are the same. Last edited by TjLaZer; 15 November 2013 at 02:43.

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14 November 2013, 06:43	#2
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,915	They may work, does your A500 have the Fat Angus? You can use some software switches to make the machine boot into PAL and all the European games will work. But here is the catch, you will need a PAL capable monitor or TV. So you can't use your A520 in PAL. Try the games in NTSC and see if they work, some do.

14 November 2013, 14:04	#3
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	The above is not entirely correct. Booting an NTSC Amiga into "PAL" mode actually boots it into a 50hz NTSC mode, therefore you do NOT need a PAL-capable TV, but rather a TV which will display a 50hz signal. Do yourself a huge favour and invest in a RGB SCART to Component converter. The picture quality from the A520 is absolutely appalling.

16 November 2013, 18:30	#6
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	But you do have component, therefore the SCART-to-component converter

16 November 2013, 19:38	#8
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	There is no SCART connector on the Amiga of course, but you can use an off-the-shelf DB23-SCART cable between the Amiga and the converter. SCART is not a signal type but a connector. Of course if there is another kind of RGB-component converter available that has some other type of input connector on it, that's fine too.

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