Fretwobbler Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 Is there a definate way to identify a cart as either PAL or NTSC as most carts work for me anyway. For example do all Atari carts that are PAL have a P or -P at the end of the serial number on the cart? Also do all Atari PAL games come with multi-lingual instructions and packaging? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 All I know is that if you put it in, and the screen rolls... it's PAL Seriously though, don't go by wether the packaging is multilingual... some of the French stuff may be Canadian. I think most PAL Atari games have a P *somewhere* on the cartridge... like CX-2604P as the part number or something. Activision games sometimes have a round "P" sticker on them (though I can't guarantee that every PAL game has this), and I've seen many with "N" stickers as well. In the end, I don't think there's any foolproof way to know... Imagic doesn't seem to make any distinction (I learned this the hard way) --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 As far as carts on a UK VCS go, check the screen display of your game against a screenshot on Atariage, if the colours are violently different, it's NTSC. I've got Tennis with a blue court and Skiing with blue trees and an orange man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwobbler Posted December 12, 2001 Author Share Posted December 12, 2001 Quote from liveinabin - quote: As far as carts on a UK VCS go, check the screen display of your game against a screenshot on Atariage, if the colours are violently different, it's NTSC. Good idea. cheers and as for this - quoteI've got Tennis with a blue court and Skiing with blue trees and an orange man youve obviously spent too many years being a regular in the Brighton club scene, drugs are bad man. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fretwobbler Posted December 12, 2001 Author Share Posted December 12, 2001 Post by Ze_ro - quoteActivision games sometimes have a round "P" sticker on them (though I can't guarantee that every PAL game has this), and I've seen many with "N" stickers as well. Ive also noticed that some of my Atari carts have a square P sticker in the centre of the back/blank side of the cart, but as you say about the Activision stuff it certainly isn't universal. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Atari Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 My "Xenophobe" has a "P" sticker on the back, and my "Double Dragon" is really different cart wise, there are a few different languages on the back. Hope this helps, as I'm used to this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 I have see, that the old text Lable Atari games has a P behind the number. Example 1. Then picture Lables from Atari has the P on the small Lable behind the name or at the back, as small P sticker, of the Game. And some Activision games has this on the Lable INTERNATIONAL EDITION. Example 2 Matthias [ 12-12-2001: Message edited by: MattyXB ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Sixer Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 I've noticed that some NTSC carts will have a P on the end label after the title; I have a couple of Jousts like this. They're not PAL, and otherwise seem to be standard US releases. Anyone know the reason for this? HEAVY***6***er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted December 12, 2001 Share Posted December 12, 2001 I have test my Gas Hog game, if this is PAL or NTSC. By NTSC games I have diffrent colors on my PAL Atari. And I have ever thing this is PAL, because the PAL is not so Rare and I live in germany. But I have diffrent colors by Gas Hog.Gas Hog AtariAge NTSC This what here is green by me is it blue. And the violett is by me green. Have I a NTSC game, or has sometimes the PAL version diffrent colors. By my Frogger II Threeedeep! I have too a bit other colors. Maybe this is NTSC too. Matthias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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