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I'm sure you've been asked this many times before but, I've looked elsewhere and know one seems to know for sure: I own a PAL version of Terranigma for the SNES. I live in the U.S. What are my choices for actually playing this game? What will work best? A converter? Can I buy an already converted SNES? Buy a PAL console and Pal TV and will it work here? I am willing to do whatever it takes. Please Help! -Cathy.
Because Nintendo made the PAL cartridges/systems so much different than the NTSC (not only regional lockout but a different cartridge shape and they run slightly slower), it would be easier just to get a PAL SNES and the converter. You do not have to buy a PAL tv with the converter- it will let it play on any ntsc television.
Here's a PAL to NTSC system converter:
http://www.gameasylum.us/paltontvigac.html
(It not only converts the output but the power as well.)
Please let me know if I can help you further or with anything else.
Best wishes,
Helen =)
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Helen Joan Casper
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Ever since I played "Pong" in the early 80's, I've been a video game aficionado. I can answer hardware & games questions about PSP (PlayStation Portable), all PlayStation (1,2,& 3), Wii, Wii Fit, GameCube, Nintendo DS, Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo, Gameboy/Gameboy Advance, and antiquated systems (ColecoVision, Atari, Sega, etc). I can answer hardware questions about all systems (including PS1 - PS3, Wii, NES, SNES, PSP, DS, GBA, GB, Xbox and Xbox 360). I can also answer PC game questions, especially CounterStrike: Source, Vampire: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1&2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all Sims & Sims 2 questions. I am ESPECIALLY knowledgeable in Square-Enix (formerly SquareSoft) games such as ALL the Final Fantasy games (I can even tell you really obscure things about these games). If I haven't played the game yet I will research it and help you find the answer, renting the game if necessary. I can even answer questions dealing with the consoles themselves (hardware questions). I cannot answer questions about Action Replay. I cannot answer questions about football, basketball, or wrestling sports games. I also have very limited knowledge about Xbox & Xbox 360 games unless they are cross-platform. If it is an independent game that has not been widely published and/or a game only released in some countries, I may not be able to help with it either (sadly!)
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I currently am employed as a supervisor for a large, national video game retailer. I am also an expert here in games/roleplaying games, weddings, childbirth, and doulas. My husband is a computer programmer and one of the forefront coders for CounterStrike: Source scripts & mods. He has his own forums for coders/scripters at Mattie.Info. I have been an expert here since 2000 (under the name of Helen Chipman) and also volunteer on numerous other game-related websites and forums.
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