Achieved at : 2024-06-20
Rank : 2
(35% worse)
Lups : 181
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2024-06-25
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Game must be played on the actual hardware. Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 credit. No continues. 1 player mode only. No use of trainers, cheats, auto-fire (when not default present in-game) , game saves, or cheat codes. Can be overruled by the Specific Rules (see above). It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
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@Ray2222 🇺🇸
Mantalow
I don't really know the details but it seems hard to correct something tied to the way our tv/electricty was working back in the day.
electricity/tvs in west europe were 230V/50Hz so our consoles ran the games at 50 fps (25 interlaced). It's not something you can patch.
Maybe, MAYBE some games were able to run at 60 fps if played on a compatible TV (PAL 60 existed, so maybe there were a way but I never heard of that), still PAL60 was common on nintendo gamecube and Dreamcast, I believe the Wiii had a PAL60 mode too.
HDMI solved all this allowing framerates from 12 to 240 Hz (maybe more ?)
electricity/tvs in west europe were 230V/50Hz so our consoles ran the games at 50 fps (25 interlaced). It's not something you can patch.
Maybe, MAYBE some games were able to run at 60 fps if played on a compatible TV (PAL 60 existed, so maybe there were a way but I never heard of that), still PAL60 was common on nintendo gamecube and Dreamcast, I believe the Wiii had a PAL60 mode too.
HDMI solved all this allowing framerates from 12 to 240 Hz (maybe more ?)
@Mantalow 🇫🇷
Ray2222
I glanced at another PAL play on youtube. Yep it seems Sonic 2 was optimized for PAL.
Interesting on Kid Chameleon. They must have optimized the gameplay but not the music.
Just depends how much time the developer put into the optimization for the region.
I didn't verify this but I once read that Daytona USA "Saturn PAL" the car actually drives slightly faster than the NTSC car, yet the back of the car wobbles slightly slower.
I'm sure Saturn games were more complicated to optimized, more subtleties in the code to change.
But that's great they took the time to make sure the PAL experience wasn't slower.
Interesting on Kid Chameleon. They must have optimized the gameplay but not the music.
Just depends how much time the developer put into the optimization for the region.
I didn't verify this but I once read that Daytona USA "Saturn PAL" the car actually drives slightly faster than the NTSC car, yet the back of the car wobbles slightly slower.
I'm sure Saturn games were more complicated to optimized, more subtleties in the code to change.
But that's great they took the time to make sure the PAL experience wasn't slower.
@Ray2222 🇺🇸
Mantalow
well, I don't know about that since I'm using a flashcart to play games (I only have 5 original cartdriges)
But I think loading a NTSC cartridge should play it at PAL speed ?
Still, I played Sonic 1 in NTSC (emulated) and on my PAL console, and Sonic is slower on PAL (but not easier), but Kid chameleon seems to run at the same speed despite music being slower. weird.
But I think loading a NTSC cartridge should play it at PAL speed ?
Still, I played Sonic 1 in NTSC (emulated) and on my PAL console, and Sonic is slower on PAL (but not easier), but Kid chameleon seems to run at the same speed despite music being slower. weird.
Ray2222
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Nice to hear.
and this game must be optimized for the region since the music sounds at ntsc speed. 🆒️
Nice to hear.
and this game must be optimized for the region since the music sounds at ntsc speed. 🆒️
Mantalow
I resolved my sound problem while recording real hardware with OBS so it should be really less annoying and painful to listen to now