Hey guys. Actually the pal units are converted American systems. They
will run turbo games but not PCE games. Thanks
Kris
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On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:31, "Bryan aka R.I.P." <xxxxxx@gamezero.com> wrote:
> As far as I know... US cards will not work in the PAL units because they
> are converted Japanese systems, so region lock-out applies.
>
> Power supply? I don't know. You'll need to compare connectors and
> voltage/amp requirements. I'm not familiar with George's listing though
> to see what you're talking about. For sure the TG-16 power-supply is not
> going to work with any of the PCE/Duo models.
>
> Can't speak to any degree about slow-down issues. I imagine there are
> games where it will be an issue though since I've seen the problem on
> other consoles from that era.
>
> The card converters only work with US systems if nothing else but due to
> the region lockout issue on Japanese systems.
>
> Personally, unless you have a really good compelling reason to buy a PAL
> system (eg, collection completion-ism) I would say just buy a Japanese
> system directly and not deal with the headaches. I just did an e-bay
> scan and see systems from anywhere from $90 to $300, fwiw.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bryan
>
> On 6/18/2012 1:03 PM, dgalzerano1 wrote:
>> Hey, folks...
>>
>> I've a few questions which will probably amount to old hat for most of you
>> guys, but I can't seem to find answers through Googling.
>>
>> I'm debating about picking up a NOS PAL Turbo Grafx from ebay (George
>> posted a link to them on eBay quite awhile back - they're still around).
>> I'm in the US, so NTSC is the region here, of course. I know that many
>> newer CRTs will display PAL frequencies with no problems, and I know that
>> you can easily RGB mod the PCE family of systems allowing for them to be
>> used with an RGB monitor that will also easily handle the PAL frequencies.
>> Are there any other problems or caveats to using a PAL system in the US?
>>
>> What kind of power adapter would I need? Or would it work fine with my US
>> TG16 power adapter?
>>
>> Is there a problem with slow-down due to the 50/60hz frequencies? (playing
>> PAL/Japanese cartridges on my US SNES/NES systems, sometimes the games play
>> slower - SFC Return of Double Dragon does this)
>>
>> And lastly, what about HuCards? We all know about the Region lockout for
>> PCE/TG16 Hucards, but how does this work in relation to PAL units? Are they
>> compatible with US hucards or Japanese hucards? (I have a Kisado from the
>> final run that was sold through the original TZD, but don't think this
>> would be usable in anything other than a US TG16)
>>
>> Sorry for what is probably alot of stupid questions - short of my Duo-R,
>> I've never used or tried to use a system from another region.
>>
>> Thanks for any light you guys can shed!
>>
>> -David
>>
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