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3368435 No.3368435 [Reply] [Original]

As we all know, PAL-versions of most games tend to be worse than their NTSC counterparts due to poor porting. However, games made by European developers can actually be better in the PAL-version.

I've been thinking myself about getting a PAL N64 just for the great Rareware games, but is there any other console where getting a PAL model is worth the cost and effort?

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3368462

>>3368435
>PAL
>not vastly superior to Never Twice the Same Colour

>> No.3368479

>>3368462
It's superior, but most games were made for NTSC, and very poorly ported, if they actually changed them at all.

>> No.3368494

>>3368462
What's so good about having huge black borders at top and bottom of the screen and having games run 5/6 of the speed they were intended to?

Sure you could argue that PAL format is superior after PAL 60hz finally became a thing but that happened after systems covered by this board.

>> No.3368501

>>3368435
Flashcart.
PAL ROMs.

>> No.3368529

>>3368501
They still need to run on a PAL-console.

>> No.3368540

I play Probotector on my Famicom, because I like the robot characters. The game wasn't changed in any way timing-wise, so if it runs on an NTSC-system, it will be the same speed as Contra.

>> No.3368612

PAL is a technically better video signal.

However all the console games that /vr/ plays were made in japan or USA, and therefore custom tailored to 60hz 525 line signal, which is slow and bordered on PAL machines.

It's the same thing as VHS versus Betamax, Beta had way better quality but VHS had all the porn, so it became more popular.

Either way, PAL60 is the best video signal. PAL colour encoding at NTSC resolution and refresh.

>>3368435
The only system I can think of that is inarguably superior in PAL is the C64.

Dreamcast has many games supporting PAL60, they pop up a screen at the start asking you which one you want to use, 50hz or 60hz, and a test button to see if your system can even handle it.

PAL Saturn is piss easy to convert into 60hz and comes with SCART cables which shit all over all the crap third party ones quality wise.

Nintendo and Sony consoles were generally fucked as far as PAL support went.

>> No.3368629

>>3368612
>Beta had way better quality but VHS had all the porn
Well, not exactly. Sony didn't license the Betamax system to other manufacturers, making the players much more expensive. They also had some sorta control over what was published on the format. Sony has made quite a not of proprietary media formats even in recent years that have remained obscure.
>>3368612
>PAL Saturn is piss easy to convert into 60hz and comes with SCART cables which shit all over all the crap third party ones quality wise.
Tell me more! I'm the guy who made that thread on replacing the PSU.

>> No.3368641

>>3368629
model 1 saturns literally have a premade connector on the pcb for 50/60hz switching, next to the battery. You connect the middle two pins and the system is now in 60hz.

>> No.3368775

>>3368462
PAL is 50hz
NTSC is 60hz

NTSC is a better format for games

>> No.3368797 [DELETED] 

>>3368775
I hope you aren't the same idiot that thinks all 50hz games run at 50FPS.

Only PAL games that weren't properly optimised have the ~15% speed drop.

>> No.3368806

>>3368797
>Only PAL games that weren't properly optimised

So like most games

>> No.3368814 [DELETED] 

>>3368806
For the ones that weren't, there were mod switches, so we got the best of both worlds.

You lose again, yanks.

>> No.3368824

>>3368814

Well, that's good for you, but doesn't change the fact most games ran like shit and most people didn't crack open their consoles to rape them in order to get something decent that the rest of the world was getting without effort, as devs intended.

also, I'm not a yank, but good try!

>> No.3368832

>>3368814
>mod switch
Still not the correct speed.

>> No.3368903

>>3368832
How so? I've Never had problems with my 60hz modded pal snes/mega drive.

>> No.3368910 [DELETED] 

>>3368832
Keep spreading those lies, yank.

Also, fuck off janitor.

>> No.3368913

>>3368462
Poorfags Always Lagging, chum.

>> No.3368919

>>3368910
Fuck off to your Amiga thread you pommy bastard.

>> No.3368928 [DELETED] 

>>3368913
>thinks lag is the same as slowdown

Thanks for confirming you're a retard.

>> No.3368929 [DELETED] 

>>3368919
Amiga is better than your yank systems. Sucks you had to grow up with trash like NES and IBM.

>> No.3368930

>>3368928
>thinks ntsc has trouble with colors
Thanks for confirming you're a retard.

>> No.3368931

>>3368929
Yeah yeah, still waiting on those tape games to load..

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>>3368930
>implying it doesn't

Why are yanks so stupid?

>> No.3368943 [DELETED] 

>>3368931
Still waiting on the NES to get a good videogame.

>> No.3368949

>>3368903
>>3368910
Different crystals. It's close to the 59. w/e that 60hz NTSC wants but not exact.

>> No.3368967

>Britbongs are so salty about playing games in slow motion that they have actually convinced themselves that the games were meant to be played at that speed

>> No.3368971
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3368971

>>3368929
Yeah, I wish I could have played the SUPERIOR versions of games like you lucky brits

>> No.3368985

>>3368942
>these on paper specs are better than using an actual TV
Bet you jack off to PC specs instead of actually playing games you daft cunt.

>> No.3368989
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>>3368943
Still waiting on your literal who computers to get an original video game.

>> No.3369007

>>3368913
Do you even know what lag is?

>> No.3369008

As someone who grew up with PAL, what's the best way to experience NTSC for mega drive and Saturn etc?
I'm going to Japan later this year, thought I might just pick up Japanese consoles and then flashcart to get the games.
AV cables and controllers should be compatible, right?

>> No.3369010

>>3368612
>Nintendo and Sony consoles were generally fucked as far as PAL support went.
Nintendo maybe, but wasn't Sony relatively attentive to the European market?

>> No.3369014

>>3369007
Do you even know what the settings on your TV do?
>Never Twice the Same Colour
>NTTSC, really?

>> No.3369201

>>3369014
'The' and 'and' aren't necessarily used in acronyms.

>> No.3369212

>>3368435
If you're getting an old microcomputer or not IBM compatible, you could go for the PAL versions as several games were coded originally in PAL. For the more popular /vr/ home consoles however, NTSC is what you should consider if you want the highest framerate (which you probably want if you're speedrunning or playing fighting games). You can mod most home consoles so they'll be able to run both modes or just use an emulator and pick what you prefer.

Personally, I'm totally fine with using a PAL console and games. It's different from the (usually) JP or US orginal games but if it's optimised for PAL, you won't even notice much unless you compare both of them side to side.

>> No.3369382

>pal thread
>australia-kun autism kicks in at full force

why is he so predictable?

>> No.3369389

>>3368479
this
doesnt matter if it is superior since nearly no games take advantage of it

>> No.3369392

>>3369389
>doesnt matter to me if it is superior since nearly no Japanese or American games take advantage of it
FTFY

>> No.3369393

>>3368903

You may have fixed the speed (although I highly doubt it), but you were still stuck with borders and it all comes down to games being developed for NTSC on the first place.

Also, before you call me a yank, because you don't like getting told and you call anyone who calls you out a "yank", let me remind you that NTSC was present in most of the american continent, not just USA, and the countries that had variations of PAL, like PAL-N or PAL-M had multinorm TVs that would let them display NTSC at 60hz. So you were only really stuck with shitty PAL in Europe and Australia, everybody else was enjoying games the way it was meant to be enjoyed, and without having to alter the original hardware with sketchy mods.

>> No.3369394

>>3369392

The key here is "Japanese". Nobody cares about european or american games on consoles.

>> No.3369397

>>3369393
>but you were still stuck with borders
Only in 50hz mode, when you turn switch to 60hz it plays in full speed and goes fullscreen. You can also force PAL game to 60hz mode(which gets rid of the borders) but it can cause problems on some games(region-lock screen, or game plays too fast/has graphical issues if its optimized for 50hz).

>> No.3369402

>>3369393
>You may have fixed the speed (although I highly doubt it), but you were still stuck with borders
No, it fixes the borders. You don't know shit.
>let me remind you that NTSC was present in most of the american continent, not just USA
The US is the only relevant American country.
>sketchy mods.
The mods are very. very easy. They aren't sketchy at all.
>>3369394
Why do you think colour encoding only applies to console games?

>> No.3369405

>>3368529
Pal n64 will play NTSC games at the proper speeds. I'd assume a NTSC would aslo play pal n64 games at their proper speeds too.

>> No.3369406

>>3369402
>The mods are very. very easy.

Didn't said they weren't.

>They aren't sketchy at all.

Eh... I don't like altering original hardware. It's always sketchy.

>Why do you think colour encoding only applies to console games?

Read the OP, this thread is about consoles. If you want to talk about PC games, go to the PC thread (although they never talk about games), or the doom general.

>> No.3369413

>>3369406
>Eh... I don't like altering original hardware. It's always sketchy.
How so?
>If you want to talk about PC games
Since when are non-IBM home computers called PCs?

>> No.3369415

>>3369413

I'm sorry mr. autism, I meant the retro-computard general.

>> No.3369416

>>3369415
How are mods sketchy?

>> No.3369417

>>3368967
Pretty sure none of them know about the issue. Well the casuals I've spoken too don't. I've been on the lookout for a cheap JAP Saturn lately and my brother can't comprehend why. Is the 60hz mod actually good, unlike the SNES/genesis ones that still play at the wrong speeds?

>> No.3369418

>>3369416

You're altering the original hardware.

>> No.3369420

>>3369418
How is that sketchy?

>> No.3369440

>>3369008
Both controllers and AV-cables are always compatible, excluding the European NES-controllers. American (And Scandinavian for some reason) consoles work with continental European controllers, but not vice versa.

>> No.3369443

>>3369420

I already answered. But you know what isn't sketchy? based mods deleting your posts!

>> No.3369445

>>3369405
Well, that sounds really neat, then I can probably pick up one in the wild instead of buying one from some Jap. Any more info on this?

>> No.3369448

>>3369443
You didn't and I don't think you know what sketchy means.

>> No.3369449

>>3369413
>Since when are non-IBM home computers called PCs?
Well, since PC means personal computers, I guess non-IBM stuff could be called PCs too, even if they're usually called home computers. This is why I call them IBM-PCs.

>> No.3369450

>>3369449
That doesn't answer my question. In the 80s we never called non-IBM PCs PCs, nor did we ever see them referred to as such. When did people start applying the term Personal Computer to home computers such as the C64?

>> No.3369451
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>>3369445
They also have carts with region protection. I think you can mod your console or get a passport. Or just get an everdrive

>> No.3369453

>>3369450
Never? Pretty sure most people think PC = desktop with windows

>> No.3369469

Why are you old fucks shitposting about these shitty old microcomputers that have no games?

This isn't your containment thread, go back to your speculum vs c64 wars on the appropriate thread.

>> No.3369486

>>3369469
Why do Americans hate computers?

>> No.3369496

>>3369486

why do old fucks like you still care about shitty outdated pieces of junk that have no games?
go to /g/ you mongrel, this is retro GAMES, not retro word processors.

>> No.3369504

>>3369496
Why do americans think every 8-bit microcomputer was as incapable as their Macintosh and IBM crap?

>> No.3369506

>>3369504

I'm not even american, retro computers suck, both US and EU. You have no good games on any of them, just shoddy ports of japanese games and badly designed stuff made by 15 year old amateurs.

>> No.3369512

>>3369506
Canadians are still American.

>> No.3369513

>>3368494

PAL is in theory by design better in quality with corrupted signals than NTSC. It#s just dumb that this is irrelevant regarding home consoles as with those there are no corruptions on that ssmall way to the TV

>> No.3369515

>>3369512

And I'm not a canuck.

>> No.3369591

>>3369010
As far as translations went, yeah, but I don't know if they actually bothered speed optimizing PSX titles. I remember Tekken 1 and 2 being total fucking jokes compared to the PAL version of Virtua Fighter 2.

>> No.3369612

The only PAL version of anything that's better than the NTSC version is the Saturn port of Earthworm Jim 2.

>> No.3369621

>>3369612

Man, the Saturn port of EWJ2 sure looks good (and even still that's debatable, more impressive technical stuff, but some of the art direction is questionable), but plays worse than the 16-bit counterparts.

In what was the PAL version better?

>> No.3369624

>>3369486
Why do you feel the need to insert your god damn worthless opinion everywhere on this board? And always with the same anti-American spiel. Anywhere Nintendo or Sony is mentioned, you have to bring up your microcomputers and them "yanks," even if it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic. God damn son, nobody cares.

If your Amiga games are so good, go play them and be happy. I mean, shit.

>> No.3369630

>>3369621
The game is so out of sync, the sounds, controls, and sprites manage to sync up better at the 50 Hz PAL standard.

>> No.3369638

>>3369624
It's Australia-kun. Go ahead, mention Super Castlevania IV or Bloodlines instead of "The New Generation" to draw him out.

>> No.3369646

>>3369638
b-b-ut it's just 1 guy using the australian strawman!

>> No.3369702

>>3368931
>>3368943
>>3368989
/vr/ is for quality retro video game discussion, not shit like this.
>>>/v/

>> No.3369706

>>3369469
>>3369496
>>3369506
>>3369515
Whoa, /v/kiddie, you seem to be in the wrong place.
>>>/v/ would be a better place for you.

>> No.3369708

>>3369706

He's right though, there's a containment retro-computer thread (that should go on /g/ anyway because they only discuss about hardware, and by "discuss" I mean having the most autistic fanboy wars on the internet).
This thread wasn't about retro-computers.

>> No.3369724

>>3369702
>>3369706
Yeah, Australia-kun's trolling is a shining example of the quality /vr/ needs. We should all be like him.

Microcomputers go in >>>/g/ by the way, backseat moderator.

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>>3369506
>retro computers suck, both US and EU. You have no good games on any of them
>this is what weebcucks actually believe

>> No.3370045

>>3369453
Reminds me of those MacOS retards who differentiate between Apple's computers and regular PCs, even though they have been PC-based for 10 years now.

>> No.3370046

>>3369393
>So you were only really stuck with shitty PAL in Europe and Australia, everybody else was enjoying games the way it was meant to be enjoyed, and without having to alter the original hardware with sketchy mods.

You either think non-first world countries don't exist, that they don't play games (worst assumption, what else would they do in shitholes) or that they for some reason all use NTSC. While it's not uncommon, the same goes for PAL. Without official sales the market turns free for all, with a mix of both.

Additionally while mods can be sketchy I agree with mr autism, not all of them are. With your logic even replacing the backside of nintendo cartridges for NTSC-J <-> NTSC-U region bypass is sketchy, which it really isn't.

>> No.3370062

>>3370046

>With your logic even replacing the backside of nintendo cartridges for NTSC-J <-> NTSC-U region bypass is sketchy

As long as you aren't as brute as those guys who actually make physical wholes on JP carts so they fit on the slot, I don't think that can be called a mod, you can revert it to its original state anytime you want without anything ever changing. If what you say is unscrew the plastic case and exchanging the back one from a SFC cart to a SNES one.

>> No.3370095

>>3370062
The argument being made was that altering original hardware == sketchy. Replacing the backside of a cardridge by unscrewing it and screwing another one in its place is altering the original hardware.

Sure, it's easy and can be reverted. Just like some of the PAL mods, which was exactly the other guy's point. See e.g >>3368641

>> No.3370108

>>3370095

In that case is also fine, I guess.

Is there anything like that for older systems?

>> No.3370374

>>3368462
Everyone who cares uses RGB so the color encoding is irrelevant.

>>3368797
50FPS is the best possible with PAL. They can also be worse.

>> No.3370382

>>3368797
>>I hope you aren't the same idiot that thinks all 50hz games run at 50FPS.
But, they do? Don't you know what hz stands for?

Just because some games were "optimised" for it, doesn't mean it's ever worth the decrease in framerate for a slightly higher resolution that almost no games take advantage of.

>> No.3370706

Amstrad GX4000 and Amiga CD32 are better in PAL.

>> No.3370715 [DELETED] 

>>3370382
Refresh rate != framerate

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>Merifats NEVER EVER got to experience PAL60's richer colours in their games

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>>3370382
>>I hope you aren't the same idiot that thinks all 50hz games run at 50FPS.
>But, they do? Don't you know what hz stands for?
My monitor runs at 75hz. The game I'm playing runs between 45 and 60 FPS. TIME PARADOX!

>> No.3370916

>>3370914
nigga you dumb

>> No.3370980

>>3370916
Someone translate this babble, please.

>> No.3371092

>>3370759
>brown-teethed britfags think some fancy colors make up for butchered slow motion gameplay and music that's even worse than playing on an emulator

Keep telling yourself it's better

>> No.3371101 [DELETED] 

>>3371092
>PAL60
>slow-motion gameplay

Are all yanks as dense as you?

>> No.3371107

>>3370980
bitch you stupid

>> No.3371234

>>3371101
These are the same morons who used composite for everything, remember.

>> No.3371243 [DELETED] 

Isn't the reason they went with 50hz because they expected TV's to double the frequency, so you'd actually have 100hz on your display?

>> No.3371697

>>3368930
>I know you are but what am i
Just because you had an snes when you were in kindergarten doesn't mean you should act like you're still there when discussing it

>> No.3371703

>>3371697
It's cool if you still need to get your grandkids to adjust your TV for you, pops.

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>>3371243
I'm not sure which bodily orifice you pulled that idea from?

>> No.3371778

>>3371234

Kek. I love it when retards outside the US shit talk Americans and then turn around and say they can't stand how egotistical Americans are.

You're a hypocrite and I wish you the best of luck with your cognitive dissonance fueled by your inferiority complex.

Good day m8!

>> No.3371786

>>3371778
>then turn around and say they can't stand how egotistical Americans are.
When did I say that?

>> No.3371794

>>3370759

Why do you think only americans had NTSC?

Why do you think everyone would want to alter the original state of their consoles?

What makes you think you didn't had a traumatic childhood playing bad ports of japanese games on old ass computers that nobody remember or care about anymore?

>> No.3371796

>>3371794
>Why do you think only americans had NTSC?
Americans and Japs were the only relevant countries that used NTSC.
>Why do you think everyone would want to alter the original state of their consoles?
There's no problem with altering the state of your console. Why would that be a problem? Are you afraid of opening up your console or something? Do you even clean them?
>What makes you think you didn't had a traumatic childhood playing bad ports of japanese games on old ass computers that nobody remember or care about anymore?
I wasn't a child when Japanese consoles came out over here. I didn't have any trauma playing computer games, I don't know what you mean by 'ass computers', the only computers comparable to asses were made by Apple.

>> No.3371801

>>3371796
>Americans and Japs were the only relevant countries that used NTSC.

So what problem do you have with the japanese? Do you know you're on a website owned by a japanese man? who also hates you and fucks with you all the time by deleting your posts and spreading your doxx info on IRC channels :^)

>There's no problem with altering the state of your console. Why would that be a problem? Are you afraid of opening up your console or something? Do you even clean them?

No problem in opening and cleaning.
But opening and altering stuff on the PCB? yes, that's a problem. I want my systems to be pristine and factory-state, and you should too.

>I wasn't a child when Japanese consoles came out over here.

Show proof of that. As far as I'm concerned you could be a 19 year old hipster who parrots e-celebs like LGR.

>I didn't have any trauma playing computer games

You have several traumas.

>I don't know what you mean by 'ass computers'

Nobody cares about your old pieces of junk anymore, man. Accept it and move on.

>> No.3371814

>>3371796
>Americans and Japs were the only relevant countries
Smartest thing you've ever said Australia-kun.

>> No.3371815

>>3371801
>But opening and altering stuff on the PCB? yes, that's a problem. I want my systems to be pristine and factory-state, and you should too.
How is that a problem? Why do you want them to be in that state?
>>3371801
>Nobody cares about your old pieces of junk anymore, man. Accept it and move on.
You're on a board dedicated to old pieces of 'junk'.

>> No.3371823

>>3371815

>How is that a problem? Why do you want them to be in that state?

why would I want to own mutilated stuff?

>You're on a board dedicated to old pieces of 'junk'.

No, people on this board talk about systems that have games, thus are not junk, they still use them.
Your old computers are outdated junk that aren't relevant anymore, the only people who care are old fucks who still argue about hardware because they don't have any games to talk about, just bad ports and eurotrash.

>> No.3371831

>>3371823
>why would I want to own mutilated stuff?
Because it may improve them or could just be for fun, like an overclock. Maybe you want to play Japanese games on a system that has region lockout, would you disable the lockout or buy a Japanese console? The only foreign console I own is an American NES that I disabled the region lock on.
>Your old computers are outdated junk that aren't relevant anymore, the only people who care are old fucks who still argue about hardware because they don't have any games to talk about, just bad ports and eurotrash.
Some people have an interest in systems and games, why is that so offensive to you?

>> No.3371857

>>3371831
>American NES that I disabled the region lock on
Why not just get a fucking AV Famicom?

>> No.3371859

>>3371831
>Because it may improve them

I think there's no improvement over what developers intended. Everything else is mutilation, and people destroying pieces of history.

>Maybe you want to play Japanese games on a system that has region lockout

There are adapters for cart-based systems, so I never needed to mutilate my systems.

>Some people have an interest in systems and games

>systems

If all are they gonna talk about is hardware, there's /g/ for that.

>games

What games?

>> No.3371860

>>3371831
>games
Not him, but you rarely if ever talk about them. Your focus is almost solely on hardware and shitting on anything American/Japanese. Overall poor form.

>> No.3371873

>>3371857
Why would I want an AV Famicom?
>>3371859
>I think there's no improvement over what developers intended. Everything else is mutilation, and people destroying pieces of history.
They can certainly be improved.
>If all are they[sic] gonna talk about is hardware, there's /g/ for that.
Hardware can be discussed here.
>>3371859
>What games?
Depends which system you're referring to.
>>3371860
You just don't notice me most of the time.

>> No.3371883

>>3371873
>Why would I want an AV Famicom?
It's the easiest way to get one with Composite output without doing any mods.

>> No.3371886

>>3371883
I'd rather use RF than composite, but the American NES ouputs composite.

>> No.3371891

>>3371886
>I'd rather use RF than composite
Why?
>>3371886
>the American NES ouputs composite.
Sure, but only the frontloader, where the cartridge slot wears out so easily. They removed the composite output on the toploader.

>> No.3371894

>>3371873
>They can certainly be improved.

There are ways to do that without mutilating the original hardware. RGB exists, why would you need to mutilate your system with PAL60?

>Hardware can be discussed here.

Yes, but not exclusively, note the board's name is retro games, not retro hardware. /g/ is the place you can discuss about computers in general.

>Depends which system you're referring to.

Tell me what retro computer games are popular in retro computer threads. Give me a top 20 list.

>> No.3371908

>>3371891
>Why?
Better colours. The picture quality difference between RF and composite is only slight.
>where the cartridge slot wears out so easily
It can be repaired easily or replaced if you're inept.
>There are ways to do that without mutilating the original hardware. RGB exists, why would you need to mutilate your system with PAL60?
If you're referring to a 50/6hz mod, then RGB has nothing to do with that. Nor does it have anything to do with PAL60.
>Yes, but not exclusively
Good, because it isn't discussed exclusively.
>Tell me what retro computer games are popular in retro computer threads. Give me a top 20 list.
Depends on the people in the thread. I can tell you some common computers that had a lot of games. Acorn's computers like the Electron and the Archimedes had their place, while the BBC Micro was the computer most commonly used in schools. Amstrad had their CPC and, after acquiring the rights to Sinclair's computer line re-released the ZX Spectrum. Commodore computers like the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga were very popular and advanced for their time. The Atari ST was another popular computer. In the US I believe IBM, Apple, and TI computers had a strong market share.

>> No.3371913

>>3371908
>ask about a list of top 20 games in general
>proceeds to tell me about different computer names and which ones were used at schools and such.

Wow.

Just give me a top 20 games of games in general that are discussed on the retro computer threads.

>> No.3371914

>>3371894
see >>3371908

>> No.3371918

>>3370914
45 and and 60 are less than 75, idiot.
75hz means that your monitor refreshes 75 times per second. Meaning the maximum FPS you can possibly display on it is 75. But anything equal to or lower than that is fine.

And even if the game you're playing is rendering more than that, most of them are getting tossed out. Your monitor can't magically display more frames than it is physically capable of.

>>3368797
"optimised" in this case means the game's code was changed to make objects move faster, to compensate for the lower framerate.
PAL is simply incapable of displaying more than 50 frames per second. This is not debatable.

>> No.3371928

>>3371908
How about top 20 Amiga or C64 games, whatever your computer of choice is.

>> No.3371930

>>3371913
Shadow of the Beast, Populous, Turrican, Another World, Lemmings, Zool, Xenon, Civilization, Jetpac, Burnin' Rubber, Cauldron, Nebulus, Worms, The Secret of Monkey Island, Alien Breed, Gods, Wizkid, Wizball, Sensible Soccer, James Pond, Stardust.

>> No.3371934

>>3371928
I prefer the Amiga. I just named a few, many of which were Amiga games. There are lots of lists ranging from top 10 to top 100 on the web if you care to check.

>> No.3371942

>>3371934
Yes I remember you from countless other threads, so do those games actually get discussed in the computer general? I can't seem to see a whole lot of discussion about games going on in there.

Even this thread isn't even a discussion of any games, but TV standards.

>> No.3371943

>>3371930

I just went to this thread >>3355297

And ctrl+f all these games on your list.

Wow. I didn't expect this. 0 results on every single one of them. Nobody was talking about any of those.

Are you sure those are the most popular?

I'm just trying to figure out what games do retro-pc guys talk about, because I only see hardware discussion.

>> No.3371948

>>3371942
I don't post there, but I've discussed most of those games on this board. Not every game is familiar to everyone, so not all games can be discussed equally. This board is largely populated by younger Americans, so they'll largely focus on what they played as children, like the Super Nintendo or the Playstation. Remember, not everyone had an ST or an Amiga, those computers were rather expensive back then. Budget 8 bit microcomputers, like the ZX Spectrum, remained popular only for their games well after 16 bit systems became available.

>> No.3371951

>>3371948

You should really stop coming here if you don't like being surrounded by 30 year old children then, australia-kun.

>> No.3371952

>>3371943
I don't post there, never have, and only IBMs ever carried the banner of PC. Most home computers were not referred to as PCs. Why does it offend you that a retro computer general exists?

>> No.3371953

>>3371948
So what's the reason you enter random threads where you're not wanted and spread your bullshit? Why are you a general dick to anyone who didn't have a microcomputer like you? Why the hate for America, my good man?

>> No.3371956

>>3371951
When did I say I don't like it? There can be some discussion, it's just harder to find. Americans just aren't very fun to discuss with because they lack the Anglo sense of humour that can be found with the other colonies.
>>3371953
>So what's the reason you enter random threads where you're not wanted and spread your bullshit?
I don't, but I have noticed some people posting images I used and exaggerating what I have previously said.
>Why are you a general dick to anyone who didn't have a microcomputer like you?
Perhaps you weren't talking to me.
>Why the hate for America, my good man?
I've never really said anything that bad about America or Americans, only some banter about your current state of affairs.

>> No.3371958

>>3371952
>Welcome to the 70s to early 90s Computer Gaming General. We talk about games and the hardware they were made for, either micro, mini or mainframe computers, desktop, tower or all in keyboard package, from Japan, the US, Europe, or anywhere, if the platform came out before 1995.

I don't see "PC" or "IBM" anywhere on there, you're free to discuss your Amiga there.

Anyway, what >>3371953 said.

What's your problem? At this point, your posts get deleted all the time, everyone is tired of your same old shit, you always end up butthurt and accusing everyone of being a "yank".

What gives? Do you get any fun out of it? Because /v/ is a much better place for that. More traffic = more replies for bait, and people are less likely to recognize you. Plus mods/jannys are also more busy deleting porn and other more offtopic shit than your usual tame trolling.

>> No.3371960

>>3371956
>Perhaps you weren't talking to me.
Your posting style is what gives it away though.

>banter
It's not really banter though, it's just straight vitriol at this point. See the posts the janitor deleted for examples of this. When people call you out on your bullshit you resort to petty name calling, I can hardly call that banter.

>> No.3371961

>>3371958
>I don't see "PC" or "IBM" anywhere on there, you're free to discuss your Amiga there.
I know, but I don't.
>At this point, your posts get deleted all the time
Not that I've noticed. Perhaps you've been seeing the posts of someone else.

>> No.3371968

>>3371960
>Your posting style is what gives it away though.
I've seen many, many other posters be accused of being Australian, which I am not either. I see the posts like
>>3368462
>>3368943
>>3370759
Are not mine, yet others in this thread seem to believe they are.
>It's not really banter though, it's just straight vitriol at this point. See the posts the janitor deleted for examples of this. When people call you out on your bullshit you resort to petty name calling, I can hardly call that banter.
Again, you're confusing me with others.

>> No.3371969

>>3371961
>I know, but I don't.

Why?

>Not that I've noticed. Perhaps you've been seeing the posts of someone else.

Ha ha ha.

>> No.3371971

>>3371968
>Are not mine, yet others in this thread seem to believe they are.

Which is why they weren't deleted. Mods are only deleting your posts because they got your ISP already. They ignore your imitators.

>> No.3371973

>>3371969
>Why?
I have no interest in checking generals for topics I have an interest in. There are plenty of interesting threads in the catalogue that I post in. The only general I occasionally check is the repair general, so I can offer advice.

>> No.3371976

>>3371971
My first post in this thread was here
>>3369007
None of my posts have been deleted.

>> No.3371981

>>3371968

How about these?

>>/vr/thread/S3368435#p3368814
>>/vr/thread/S3368435#p3368910
>>/vr/thread/S3368435#p3368929
>>/vr/thread/S3368435#p3368942

>> No.3371983

>>3371968
Yes, it's been established you're from the UK, I'm not sure why the name stuck. Well either way you're not wanted here, but unfortunately us lowly posters can do nothing about it. I can't spend all day here, but I hope you find peace from whatever torment Americans and Nintendo cause you.

>> No.3371986

>>3371983

>I'm not sure why the name stuck.

Because of the "Sea-guh" thing. And because Australia-kun sounds funnier than britfag-kun or something.

>> No.3371987

>>3371981
No, none of those are my posts. I can guarantee you that. I have stated that PAL gives a better picture in the past and, yes, that is an image I cropped from Wikipedia. But as I have stated, I have seen many posts that have imitated and exaggerated my previously stated sentiments. Whether these posters are upset at what I have posted and are doing so to sully my arguments, or they are doing it because they know it gets a rise out of people I do not know. But those are not my posts and I have never posted anything like that. Like most Anglos I have called Americans yanks in the past, but it is not a malicious slur.

>> No.3371990

>>3371983
You don't even seem to know when I post, just because you don't have an interest in retro computer games doesn't mean you should expel those who do.
>>3371986
I only ever gave the example that Australians pronounce it that way, unless you're again confusing me for someone else.

>> No.3371993
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3371993

>australia-kun is now playing it polite and trying to make us believe he's not the most obvious shitposter in here

>> No.3371998

>>3371993
Either you've been duped by imitations or you're an imitator.

>> No.3372562 [DELETED] 

>>3371953
>Why the hate for America
Because USA is a shithole overrun with niggers and jews and your white guilt allows them to destroy your nation.

>> No.3372569

>>3372562

Not like UK or Australia are any different though.

Enjoy getting cucked forever.

>> No.3372578 [DELETED] 

>>3371859
>developers intended
Nice meme.

Just admit you're too incompetent to mod your hardware. I bet you don't even have a job.

>> No.3372585

>>3372578
>I bet you don't even have a job.

Maybe he has a job and money to buy the same console for different regions, without the need to modify its hardware.

Modding consoles seems more like something people with a lot of free time would do, and who are too poor to buy a 2nd system to play different region games.

>> No.3372601 [DELETED] 

>>3372569
Australia doesn't have that bad of an immigration problem. England is also on the path of fixing herself thanks to leaving the EU, perhaps they'll finally get rid of their Muslim dilemma.

>> No.3372605

>>3372562
>posted to a US website on US servers from a US OS running on a US PC clone on a network created on a US computer

>> No.3372608

>>3372601

Australia is cucked by abos and giant spiders, and UK is cucked by the jews, just as much as USA is. Enjoy your life in hell.

>> No.3372631 [DELETED] 

>>3372608
Rather have giant spiders than dealing with being shot by niggers just for going outside on my front porch.

Stay cucked, yankee fucks.

>> No.3372636

>>3372631

Oh anglo-tards, you're so funny. You're already cucked, all of you.

>> No.3372638

>>3372631
You are one dumb fuck. Take a hint - there's a reason the janitor's been trashing all your posts.

>> No.3372639 [DELETED] 

>>3372636
>says the Swede, who's the most cucked country in the west

Laff

>> No.3372646

>>3372639

>Swede

And just how did you come up with such claim? I'm not a swede.

You're a retarded anglo cuck though, enjoy your putrid teeth and bad genetics.

>> No.3372651 [DELETED] 

>>3372646
So where are you from then?

>> No.3372659

>>3372651

Not from any anglo tard country, that's for sure.

I'm the owner of 4chan, so you should know what country I'm from.

>> No.3372662

>>3372659
If that's so, then ban him

>> No.3372664 [DELETED] 

>>3372659
You keep complaining about anglos, so I'm going to assume you're a kraut. How'd it feel getting raped by both the jews and Russians, mate?

>> No.3372671

>>3372664

You keep assuming, australia, but in the end, you're just assuming.

>>3372662
because I love fucking with his mental illness.

>> No.3372676 [DELETED] 

>>3372671
For the last time, I'm not Australia-kun. You've been duped by an imposteur.

>> No.3372680

>>3372676
We know you're a pansy pom, ffs. It's a name, dumbass. Everyone likes the way it gets under your skin.

>> No.3372683

>>3372676

If it's for the last time, then I really hope it is, because nobody believes your lies, australia-kun, and especially not me.

:^)

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3372684

>mfw America's population is 40% black

>> No.3372694 [DELETED] 

>>3372684
>dat british education
Seems when your teachers have their hands full teaching the quran all day, they skimp on real facts.

>> No.3372730 [DELETED] 

>>3372694
How's that 20tril debt going, yank? Have you asked China to buy you out yet?

>> No.3372731 [DELETED] 

>>3372694
Ah, my mistake, it's more like 80% black now, isn't it, what with all those race-mixing liberal agendas shoved down your throat. Your country's so cucked by subhumans you elected a nigger not once! But twice! And now, you are pleading for a demagogic tycoon to save you. Hilarious.

>> No.3372883

STOP AMERICUNT

The 50Hertz in Europe were never the problem of the speed PAL games.
The problem just as Sega and Nintendo are following the Japan is NTSC, the vast majority of developers are following the USA and Japan is NTSC.
Inevitably there is a conversion to and at the time of 8,16 and 32 / 64bits Sega, Nintendo and Sony had don't care about Europe.

The problem of PAL that we talk to these consoles and not for the Dreamcast, PS2, GC, Xbox etc ... because when done correctly there is no difference between PAL and NTSC in terms of speed .

>> No.3372890

>>3372883
And that's the point; when done correctly. Fact is games were rarely converted properly and this is why so many games were butchered.

>> No.3372913

>>3372890
This happened to Kingdom Hearts and Devil May Cry.

Two games focused on fast and frantic action.

>> No.3373225

>>3368641
any source on how to do this mod?

>> No.3373865

>>3373225
Bump for this

>> No.3375192

>>3368435
This map is wrong. Brazil is NTSC

>> No.3375203

>>3375192
it's PAL-M

>> No.3375213

>>3373225
>any source on how to do this mod?

Check the battery slot, if there's a small connector there named SW4, then solder a on/off switch to the middle two pins.

Only works on model 1 pal units.

>> No.3375228

>>3375213
Will this work for both the resolution and the framerate? Will it play just like an NTSC-unit?

>> No.3375426

>>3368435
>Expected to see a list of games that are worth getting in PAL version (and thus getting the console PAL version) because of fixes/features
>It's an autistic as fuck discussion about PAL itself.

>> No.3375460

>>3375228
It will output PAL60.

>> No.3375983

>>3369382
Because we are salty as fuck after realising all the games we played when we were younger THAT we also payed full price for are inferior versions to what everyone else was playing

>> No.3376079

>>3375460
Won't that squash the image?

>> No.3378269

The Hong Kong version of the Famicom (both the Famicom and the NES were officially released there apparently) was internally NTSC but had a converter in it that converted the signal to PAL. Why couldn't all PAL-consoles use this instead of fucking around with the clock speed and all that bullshit?

>> No.3378274

>>3372683
>>3372671

>the posts were deleted

So it was australia-kun after all, he was like "I swear guys, I'm not the australia-kun guy, you've been deceived by an impostor" lol

>> No.3378282

>>3376079
PAL60 is ntsc resolution/hz with pal colour encoding.

>> No.3378287

>>3378274
No it wasn't. Look here >>3371968 and the posts after it. My posts weren't deleted, the posts by the phony were.

>> No.3378562

>>3378287
So autists got baited by not even the real Australia-kun. Hilarious.

>> No.3378575

>>3378562
No they got baited by the real Australia-kun. Britfag/Amigafag =/= Australia-kun, his memes inspired the real Australia-kun.

>> No.3378590

>>3378575
>Britfag/Amigafag =/= Australia-kun, his memes inspired the real Australia-kun.

How do we not know you weren't just using a proxy/VPN to do your shitposts with, while acting like the good guy so you could attempt to clear your name?

Also, even if it were an imitator, you're still to blame for your past shitposts, like the memes you claim to have invented.

You're still the Australia-kun.

>> No.3378592

>>3378590
I'm not that dude, I'm the one who said it's obvious who he is by his posting style. Read the thread.

>> No.3378601

>>3378269
The pirates probably did that to save money more than anything. The pirates probably included the circuit to save from having to reverse engineer a 2A07 to make a proper clone. For the original console maker there wouldn't be any purpose in including that circuit since they have the schematics for the actual hardware and can make the console output PAL and 50Hz directly. Including that circuitry would just add additional components that could fail in the factory or in the wild and also increase the price of the console.

>> No.3378608

>>3378592
Australia-kun became your name because you'd shit on Nintendo, praise PAL, call Sega "Sea-guh", among other things. Don't try to pretend you weren't behind such shitposts.

>> No.3378617

>>3378608
Why are you facing off against someone on your side? I have literally brought all of those things up to him in this exact thread.

>>3371860
>>3371953
>>3371960
>>3372638

>> No.3378646

>>3378617
Because you're still an annoying Amiga/Sega fanboy and bring down any thread you enter. You were even shitting up the DK thread a bit ago.

>> No.3378652

>>3378646
Alright, man. If you feel that way, obviously no getting through to you.

>> No.3378992

>>3378601
The official version was the one with a converter.