Pinball Dreams NTSC - did disk 1 exist?

rhester72 · 16 February 2023, 01:34

Disk 2 has been dumped in RAW form (and works fine as IPF), but was there ever a NTSC version of disk 1? It seems like there would be, because the vertical centering (and content) seem formatted for PAL, but it's odd that it seems nowhere to be found. Even on eBay, only disk 2 was ever there as far as I can tell.

(It's worth noting that you *can* boot disk 1 in NTSC, insert NTSC disk 2 when prompted, and the tables themselves indeed display and play in 60Hz 200p.)

demoniac · 16 February 2023, 03:36

Seems like it -- https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=93765

rhester72 · 16 February 2023, 15:48

That's disk 2 - disk 1 is still MIA.

dlfrsilver · 16 February 2023, 15:55

I have not been able to get a proper disk 1 in NTSC.

rhester72 · 16 February 2023, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

I have not been able to get a proper disk 1 in NTSC.

The one in the zone isn't OK? It seems to work fine, is most definitely NTSC, and survived conversion from IPF to SCP and back to IPF without a single warning. Given it never needed to be written to by the game, I'm taking that as a good sign that it's likely unmodified and OK.

dlfrsilver · 16 February 2023, 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhester72

The one in the zone isn't OK? It seems to work fine, is most definitely NTSC, and survived conversion from IPF to SCP and back to IPF without a single warning. Given it never needed to be written to by the game, I'm taking that as a good sign that it's likely unmodified and OK.

the one in the zone is OK. The NTSC dump i got quite a time ago had an error.

TjLaZer · 26 February 2023, 02:12

I have this disk set in NTSC. I tried to dump it and was told there are errors. Got ahold of another disk set in NTSC. Both disk sets have this error, WHDLoad installed fine with them.

16 February 2023, 01:34	#1
rhester72 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New York / USA Posts: 360	Pinball Dreams NTSC - did disk 1 exist? Disk 2 has been dumped in RAW form (and works fine as IPF), but was there ever a NTSC version of disk 1? It seems like there would be, because the vertical centering (and content) seem formatted for PAL, but it's odd that it seems nowhere to be found. Even on eBay, only disk 2 was ever there as far as I can tell. (It's worth noting that you can boot disk 1 in NTSC, insert NTSC disk 2 when prompted, and the tables themselves indeed display and play in 60Hz 200p.)

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16 February 2023, 03:36	#2
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,696	Seems like it -- https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=93765

16 February 2023, 15:48	#3
rhester72 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New York / USA Posts: 360	That's disk 2 - disk 1 is still MIA.

16 February 2023, 15:55	#4
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,421	I have not been able to get a proper disk 1 in NTSC.

26 February 2023, 02:12	#7
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,918	I have this disk set in NTSC. I tried to dump it and was told there are errors. Got ahold of another disk set in NTSC. Both disk sets have this error, WHDLoad installed fine with them.

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