Where I take a quick look and compare both Sonic 1 at its original NTSC speed (JP), and its slower counterpart, PAL (EU). There are many disadvantages to 50Hz when you compare it to its...

The "widescreen" effect is due to the PAL version not using the full 240 lines it allows*; Sonic 1-3&K only use 224 lines, the same which NTSC allows*. This adds 16 more lines of border on PAL version.

Jan 20, 2023 · If you are in a PAL territory, you have a PAL TV that is probably compatible with NTSC, unless it's a really old TV. 95% of the time, if you want to play games at full speed, you'll need to use NTSC. Some games (like Thunder Force 4) are optimised in their PAL versions to run like their NTSC counterparts.

Aug 2, 2020 · The common issue with PAL games on NTSC is that they actually run faster (literally because 60hz is outputting the game at ten frames per second faster than the expected 50hz. I'm simplifying that because frequency in hz doesn't necessarily mean 50fps vs 60fps, but in this situation that's effectively what's happening).

Back in the days of analogue television (you remember that, right?), signals were transmitted using 2 main standards, PAL and NTSC (There's also SECAM for France and Russia, which is similar to...

Mar 25, 2025 · IGNORE EVERY PAL VERSION OF A GAME AND GO WITH THE NTSC UNLESS: They have a 60Hz support option. The can be forced or patched to play in 60Hz (like several games I made patches for). They're the only version in a language you can understand (Like Doshin The Giant). The PAL version has something …

Sep 7, 2022 · The technical difference between pal and NTSC comes from the outlet frecuency, pal uses 50hz while NTSC uses 60hz and as they used that frecuency as a base clock pal ganes ran slower. due to that consoles were region locked as their power supplies could only handle one of the two frecuencies.

Mar 26, 2024 · NTSC was established in 1953 in the United States, while Germany developed PAL in the early 1960s to address some shortcomings of the NTSC standard. Since then, PAL and NTSC have become the two predominant analog video standards used in …

Mar 25, 2025 · PAL is a formate used in the EU/Australia. NTSC is used in US regions. PAL is for Europe. They are weird and use 25 frames per second rather than 24 frames per second. Hence the flickering issue on a NTSC TV. Don't you know who I think I am?

Feb 3, 2025 · His reasoning was that all other things being the same, the fact that a PAL version runs at 50 frames per second, and the NTSC version at 60 frames per second means a little less "work" for the emulator / hardware, which translates into better performance.