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Old 27-09-2002, 15:50
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How to make 50Hz WinCE games run at 60Hz?

Hi DC folks!

Living in Europe, I'm always afraid prior buying a DC game because I *hate* when it only runs at 50Hz. Some games offer to choose between
50/60Hz at startup (thanx God, Daytona USA does it!) But many others don't (Bust-A-Move 4, Zombie Revenge, Pen Pen, ...) When it's the case with a game I buy, I look for an ISO online and I patch it before burning it, and I play the copy instead of the original (shame isn't it!) Because: IT'S A REAL PROBLEM! Games get a lot slower at 50Hz! There're HEAVY slowdowns in Bust-A-Move 4 when you blast many bubbles in chain reactions for example!!! Some guys on the net calculated the speed difference, it was up to 20% (1 min agains't 1 min 20 for the same lap at max speed in a racing game)!!!

But enough blah-blah, here's the reason why I explained all this shit:
I don't manage to patch any WinCE game with usual patchers such as PAL Patcher by Megalex or PAL2NTSC. The soft says it's patched, and it seems to be since the 50Hz code doesn't appear on a second pass. But IT IS NOT! The game is still running at 50Hz on my PAL DC!!!

So please, HELP ME!
If someone has found the trick to make WinCE games run at 60Hz on a PAL Dreamcast, please tell me!

Thank you in advance!

It's criminal to sell you slower versions of the games!
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