Will Pal access. work on USA dreamcast?

Post by **ptbnl** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:37 pm

I always see the PAL blue swirl dreamcast controllers available to buy. Will those work for My USA dreamcast (NTSC)? They are being sold for a reasonable price so i wouldnt mind picking up a couple.

Post by **Caboose** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:07 pm

I believe the standard controllers are region free, as are the VMUs.

Post by **dudex77** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:22 pm

All Dreamcast accessories are region free as far as I know. A friend has an ntsc controller he uses on a pal system and I have a jap vmu I use on a pal console and everything works fine. The only thing that might not work are guns.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:39 pm

Wasn't there a problem with the guns?

Post by **ubelaffe** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:08 pm

I think the problem with the lightguns had just as much to do with the games as it did the accessories.

Post by **Caboose** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:45 pm

Only light guns don't work. You cannot use the Jap light gun with an NTSC or PAL version of say HoTD 2, but you can with a NTSC-J version of the game.

Post by **The Apprentice** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:32 pm

The reason import lightguns don't work on US dreamcasts is because of school shootings, Sega did not wish to sell a gun product. So they intentionally made thier gun incompaitible with US Dreamcasts, forcing gamers to buy 3rd party gear.