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Hi,
I bought a PS2 game in Europe, but when I brought it back to Canada, it didn't work. I realized that PAL did not work on NTSC systems. So I have a question. How can I get that PAL game to work on my NTSC system for under 30 dollars?

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Gday there,

You are going to need either a mod chip or some sort of Magic Swap disk.  The Majoc Swap disks are going to be the ceaper of the 2 and easier to use as you don't require the pulling to bits and destroying of your PS2.  I would surgest you do a search on a product called Magic Swap.  This should halp you out.

Hope this helps.

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