PAL Conversionoptmusprimenumber wrote:From what I've found Shinobido doesn't have that option. Hopefully Swap Magic handles it. I'm not particularly afraid of the patching process, but I'm not into playing burned games if I don't have to. Especially in the event of Shinobido being as awesome as I think it will be because I'll be logging in many-a hours.noiseredux wrote:yeah Japanese imports are best, as long as the text isn't a huge deal. SOME Euro games actually have a 50hz/60hz option built right in. I'm under the impression that Swap Magic can also force PAL into NTSC mode. But in some cases you'll have to patch, which isn't as hard as it sounds (at least from my PS1 experience).
Hopefully Swap Magic will give you satsfactory results. I have PAL Buzz Millionaire and PAL Alien Hominid, the games did work with Swap Magic, but the screen was not centered. The bottom part of the game was cutoff off, shifted below the TV screen. Going the conversion route fixed the cutoff on Millionaire with an offset of Y Position 56 and is very simple to do.
PS2 games one step process are easier to convert compared to the three step process of converting PS1 games. I am optimistic that Alien Hominid will also Y-Fix at the 56 setting, not the 48 listed in that Forum Link.
I'll post back in the Playstation PAL NTSC Conversion Guide once I get Alien Hominid completed.
Another HDAdvance/HDLoader Plug
Keep in mind a DVDR does make the Laser work a little harder over a pressed disc. For long term many years use, best to get the PS2 Fat which is inexpensive and install the DVDRs to the internal HDAdvance/HDLoader driven Hard Drive. Plus an advantage of not dealing with swapping discs every time you have gaming a session. After I installed the converted Millionaire to the hard drive, both original disc and DVDR are safely stored away, to keep in pristine condition.
