PS2/PAL question

[MLP]

Hi all!

Wondering if someone can help me here. I've bought a PS2 console for my son as an xmas present (he is gonna freak out!) as well as a couple of games. Also got him the AR2 v2.0 chip and codedisk. A friend tested it with what I'm sure was a "backup" of Quake III Arena and, while it booted okay, the display was totally screwed. Colours looked just fine but the framerate was way off - looked like PAL-60 to me. All other operations work properly though.

The problem is that the TV doesn't have a vertical hold control and it cannot handle PAL-60 at all, only standard PAL-I (50hz). Are there patches to either the games or the machine to get it to work PAL-I all the time or am I going to have to (a) get a TV that can do PAL-60 or (b) tell him to forget about playing some of the games he can get from his friends?

BTW, I'm in South Africa but I think the console is a UK version - we fall into the same DVD zone (2) as the UK/Europe and I would think the PS2 consoles follow the same or similar regionalisation scheme. I'm a clueless newbie when it comes to these things and could use some advice.

[Charlie]

I'm not on absolutely steady ground here but we'll have a go.

You appear to have a pre-modded PS2.

Your PAL/60 game - well, that'll teach you to NOT get a backup made in Botswana! So, first, try this link ####://retro.co.za/tv/

I don't think there are any published patches but someone had to have had one to make that backup in the first place. If that patch could be found, it could be reveresd.

Then consider having the signal come out as pure AV. For this you would need a fully loaded Scart lead (not the one that comes with the PS2). In the UK this is sold as the BLAZE Scart Lead. That should provide the syncronisation because it works for 60Hz NTSC.