Magic V question...if anyone can answer, please do.

[Renegade_Playa]

TD - I totally agree with you. Just why didn't you buy the NTSC version of the game..

Also I thought the Magic V can play PAL games on NTSC and vice versa

[jayson58]

First, I'm sorry for not reading the rules, and promise not to break them. But, I didn't think I was breaking them with that question. I pretty much got my answer from scavenging the internet. I didn't buy it because it's not out yet. :-( As soon as it is, I plan on buying it. I just wanted to know if there was a bootable way to force NTSC. Thanks for telling me something I already knew though.

[TylerDurden]

I think there is a way but its not necessarily modchip related. It was just a jump on the ps2 mainboard itself. Anyways, why not try ADR Patcher on a freshly made iso of the game? Check out our Ultimate Info Sticky there is good info in there about PAL 2 NTSC patching.





Tyler!

[jayson58]

I saw that, but as I said, I don't have access to a DVD burner right now. If I did, I wouldn't have posted that message. But thank you for your help. If you do happen to remember or find a way to do it, please reply. I've searched all night and came up with nothing. Not a single reference to a bootable PAL to NTSC switch. I'm starting to think it doesn't exist, but if you know otherwise, please inform me. Thanks again.

[spedmetal]

Originally Posted by jayson58

I'm starting to think it doesn't exist, but if you know otherwise, please inform me. Thanks again.

You would be right. With out a chip like the DMS3 or the Infinity there is no way to force the PS2 to display a Pal game on an NTSC system. The jumper fix Tyler was referring to is only a color fix and will do nothing for the rolling screen. The rolling screen you are seeing is because PAL uses a different frequency then the NTSC.

Also like Renegade_Playa stated yes your Magic V will boot an imported game but if its not of the NTSC video standard it wond display correctly on your console.

Sorry to tell you this but with out a DVD burner you are S.O.L. You will need to make on image of the game then patch the image with a PAL to NTSC patch then reburn it to a DVD-R, and cross your fingers and hope the patch works, 10% of the time they dont. And even then if it does work a lot of times PAL to NTSC patched games are displayed off center.

This is why I and many others just suggest staying within your own video standard.

Good luck!

[jayson58]

The Xploder does exactly what I needed to do. I guess my answer was finally solved by...me. I have another TV that doesn't make the lines bounce when I play PAL games, and now that's where I play Budokai 3. Thanks for your time, or waste of it.