AboutOctane Expertise I can Answer Video Game Compatability Problems (PAL, NTSC, JAP) for Atari 2600, 5200, NES, Super Nintendo/SFC, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy, GBA, DS, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive/Genisis, Game Gear, Mega CD, Nomad, Saturn, Dreamcast, Lynx, Jagura, Philips CDI, 3DO, Playstation, PS2, PSP and Xbox. Plus Ways around them to play wrong regions games on most consoles.
I also have an extensive knowledge of service and repair with most home consoles as well as arcade/pinball machines.
I have a reasonable general knowledge of most new to older games (I personally own about 1000 games and almost every console known to man.)
Experience Playstation, SNES, SATURN, Genisis/MD, NES, MS conversions. Controler conversions SNES to NES. Game conversion. Multi Carts. Remix and re-wire. PSP repair. Arcade building and customising. Video Game repair
Question Hello, I live in Australia (PAL territory). I am looking to buy either a UK PAL or Australian PAL version of the Super Nintendo game "Zelda: A link to the past". Have you heard of any differences between a UK and Australian PAL version of this game? Do all PAL versions of the Super Nintendo "Zelda: A link to the Past" have identical content? Also, besides the technical differences between NTSC and PAL (speed of game, black borders) are there any differences in actual game content between a NTSC and PAL version of the Super Nintendo game "Zelda: A link to the Past"? Regards, Michael Shrapnel.
Answer Gday Michael,
Usually a PAL game bought anywhere in the world will work on a PAL system. So you should be fine there the only thing to watch out for on PAL games is occasionally you will get a French, German or perhaps Spanish version of a game with no English on it. (There is a number of RPG out there like this as well as other games. Usually they are only going to be found in Germany, Spain and France.)
I know Zelda will have the same content between UK, AU and US. (Although the US version you would need a converter for it.)
