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

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Expert: Brian Jay - 5/10/2006


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ok well i bought a nintendo sp from london. all i want to know is that if i buy games for the sp from japan or india? will the games work on my british console?

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Hi Paul:

Firslty, sorry for the late response, been busy with Uni and such, nothing I could do there.

Apparently according to a few sites, Game Boy systems are all region free, meaning games from ~any~ country should work.

It might pay to try before you buy just incase I'm wrong, and the sites that have claimed it are wrong. Generally Japan would lie outside the region London is in, and India I ~think~ is PAL. So if you can, find a Japan or India game to try first to see how it goes. Nintendo.com has nothing on SP's being region free, so conflicting sources say you might want to give these games a test run.


Hope it all works out.

Brian Jay  

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I'm moving into answering questions relating to the Xbox 360 and related games. I can still answer questions on previous topics (Gamecube/GBA stuff) but please note I will not be able to help at a full capacity. As always, if I dont know the answer I'll do my best to search for it or point you to the best possible alternative for getting an answer (Updated 31/08/06 and about time too).

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I've been a gamer for pretty much the last 14/15 years, so I feel I know my fair share about the subject. I spent the early years with Nintendo, the mid years with both Sony and Nintendo and I'm now just enjoying my Xbox 360, so I have experience with all three groups. I'm not much of a technical buff, but just like before if I cant answer a technical question personally I'll do my best to search for it or point you out to the next best source (Updated 31/08/06)

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