Console Games (Nintendo, Sony etc.) and Arcade Games/Nintendo DS games

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Expert: Octane - 10/26/2006


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My grandson wants a Super Mario and a Harvest Moon game for Nintendo DS. He lives in Australia and I am in the U.S. I had planned to buy it online there but it is much cheaper here even with the conversion of the money. Are the games compatible? Can he play a game for Nintendo DS purchased in the U.S. on a machine made in Australia?

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Gday,

The Nintendo DS is a universal system like all GB/GBA system.  It has no territory locks so games purchased anywhere in the world will work on it.  IE PAL (Europe/Australia/NZ/UK) NTSC US (USA) NTSC Jap (Japan).  The only thing to be careful of is if you buy a game in another country maybe the menu may not be in English.  (Like Japan and some European Countries like France or Germany)

But being from the USA you should not have any problem.

Hope this Helps.

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Octane

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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.)

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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

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