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26th April, 2009 at 00:51:53 -

guess i shall just fork out the cash for ebay stuff. I just now need space to put it all



 
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I could never sell my SNES or my N64, they are priceless

 
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26th April, 2009 at 01:47:03 -

You'd give them to me though

 
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I don't think mine would work with your UK tv

 
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the uk doesnt use a/v cables? the red/white/yellow's?

or RF switches?

i thought it was just the outlets that were off.

 
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They all operate at different frequencies. We have our little ol 50hz which meant our games ran at higher resolutions (I think) whereas you chaps had lower resolutions but a smoother 60hz. One things fo sho; the original Twilight Zone song from Sonic 1 was more like a lullaby on Pal systems. The more graphically-heavy GC and Xbox games that couldn't be ran at higher resolutions were locked to 60hz which caused a bit of a ruckus as they wouldn't work on some peoples TVs.
But that was all years ago now and since every TV has global standards now it's time for games consoles to be 100% region free but nope. Thank you PS3, DS Lite and Gameboy for trying through /rant.

A friend had an adapter to play US games on his UK Snes and I had a disc (Relokick!) to play US games on my Amiga.



 
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I'd imagine they don't want to make them region free, because then it would be harder to charge different people different prices depending on location.

 
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Originally Posted by RickyG
I'd imagine they don't want to make them region free, because then it would be harder to charge different people different prices depending on location.



Regionalized marketing for the lose. Plus it has to do with copyright issues and differing policies, not just prices. Like software rating boards and usage terms and whatnot--it's a bit of a headache.

 

  		
  		

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26th April, 2009 at 16:46:48 -

I used to have original model of PS1 but sold it for 10 bucks

 
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Originally Posted by OldZombieClayton

Originally Posted by RickyG
I'd imagine they don't want to make them region free, because then it would be harder to charge different people different prices depending on location.



Regionalized marketing for the lose. Plus it has to do with copyright issues and differing policies, not just prices. Like software rating boards and usage terms and whatnot--it's a bit of a headache.



But thats the thing, some systems are going towards it now. Sony and several smaller parties got Lik-Sang (major importer) shut down, but at the same time both the PSP and PS3 games are fully region. But handhelds have always been region free likely because it's only recently that we have global standards for TVs. Some people move around too and get buggered by region coding, if I move to the US then WTF is going to happen to my European Wii and all the VC games I bought?

Heh, even though some PSN games are region locked. It's like they're saying we can play imported games but only if you fight for it.

 
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Originally Posted by Mr G
I used to have original model of PS1 but sold it for 10 bucks



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26th April, 2009 at 21:05:36 -

Cecil where do you live? I see PS1's all the time at Gameswaps, yard sales, goodwills, Pawn Shops...

 

  		
  		

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26th April, 2009 at 21:30:32 -

i live in the orange county la county area of california

i dont think ive ever seen an open pawn shop, the swap meats are all crap for technology, and gamestops dont carry old merchandise anymore. they dont even buy (or even sell i think) xbox games anymore. my only option is to find some small out of the way specialty shop (most of the ones are gone that i remember existing) or ebay.

 
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26th April, 2009 at 21:44:54 -

And you don't have used game stores, goodwills, or yard sales? O_o

 

  		
  		

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26th April, 2009 at 23:56:44 -

we have goodwills and redcross stores. but they never have stuff like that. its always like vcr's and old broken crap. they do have other interesting crap though lol.

and gamestop is like the only used game store out here. there used to be gamequest but the only ones i know about are closed. gamestop is taking over.

there was once an NES at a yard sale but they wanted like an obscene ammount of money for it.

 
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