Console Games (Nintendo, Sony etc.) and Arcade Games/pal formatted Games

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Expert: Helen Joan Casper - 12/14/2006


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Will a ps2 slim play PAL formatted games?

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It depends on where you got your PS2. If you got it in North America then no- by default it only plays NTSC games. If you got your PS2 slim in Europe or Japan, it may be able to play PAL games depending on from where you got the game. Wikipedia has some information regarding regions so you can check your compatibility:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL

The PS3 and PSP are region-free which means you CAN play what were traditionally PAL encoded games on what were traditionally NTSC consoles. However, the PS2 was still region-locked. There are ways to modify your console if it is NTSC in order to play PAL games but keep in mind that by doing so: a) you will invalidate any warranty on your console and b) you may be breaking the law, depending on where you live.

Let me know if I can help you with anything else.
Thanks!
Helen =)

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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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