Is NTSC and PAL Collecting the same for you ?

[Schitti]

At the beginning of collecting Atari 2600 gamesi have collected everything, i dont knew much about the difference and the rarity of NTSC and PAL games. It was all the same for me, but when the collection became larger, i did not want to have both types in one collection. So i have started to split them and stored them seperately.

I think many of the collectors here dont make any difference. I would like to know how you handle it.

 

(my first poll, hopefully everything is correct)

Edited May 26, 2008 by Schitti

[classicgamingguy]

I only collect NTSC games at the moment. Just the carts for now, until my collection grows larger then I can focus on other aspects of the Atari 2600 phenomenon. :-)

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

All the same for me!

Edited May 26, 2008 by iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin

[Tom Blair]

I collect mainly PAL. If I get a few NTSC carts, I keep those, but I don´t look for it.

[pis]

When i first started collecting carts it was all the same for me. Then my tv broke and i was forced to use an old tv that did not have support for ntsc. I think that is what gave me the idea of only collecting PAL carts. I was spending to much money at the time on carts and had to stop bying every cart i found. I think collecting is much more fun when you are looking for some specific carts rather then just bying it all (maybe its about me being poor ). Most carts being sold online are ntsc and a lot of the sellers dont have a clue what formats the carts are. That makes PAL collecting more of a challenge, i think. I resently bought a lot of taiwan PAL games witch the seller claimed he was 99% sure was ntsc.

 

If you are more of a gamer then collector with a tv that has support for PAL and ntsc, it cant mather that much witch format the carts are. But i enjoy the collecting (finding the carts) more then the gaming i think.

[Rick Weis]

i voted I collect NTSC and PAL seperately, because i collect everything for NTSC but PAL some i want everything from a certain company and other companies i only want a few of. but as to storing/displaying them NTSC and PAL are mixed.

 

Rick

[ATARIPITBULL]

As of right now I only collect NTSC games & systems ( I do have a few PAL 2600 system ) but I feel soon the time will come for me to next try PAL.

 

[Schitti]

i voted I collect NTSC and PAL seperately, because i collect everything for NTSC but PAL some i want everything from a certain company and other companies i only want a few of. but as to storing/displaying them NTSC and PAL are mixed.

 

Rick

 

 

yes i also had stored both together, but one time i lost the overview about all the sealed games. also a lot of games had the same box and you must check it back, if you get a cart in better shape for the collection.

so i have decided to store them seperately.

the bad thing is that sometimes i must buy the same game twice for both formats. this can be very expensive and that annoyes me especially if i need some boring boxes.

[Impaler_26]

I mainly collect PAL-Carts, i only take NTSC-Versions of games that were not released in PAL.

[+Wonder007]

I only collect NTSC exclusively.......PAL stuff just does not turn me on although I have some cool PAL prototypes

[Phoenix]

I collect only PAL... comes with being in a PAL country though.

 

Once I start buying from eBay I may buy some NTSC games... not sure if they'd be able to played on my PAL six-switch though?

[dwh]

I can't afford to branch out into PAL territory....

[Red 5]

NTSC only for me, because PAL makes me dizzy.

 

(I do have a couple of PAL games that I thought were fun, like Parker Bros. Action Force instead of GI Joe.)

[Dino]

I collect both, but keep them separate so I know which cart will work on which TV.

[shadow460]

98% of my entire game collection is NTSC. All of the VCS titles are. Even Sword of Saros and Survival Island were reproduced from tapes with no indication of PAL at all.

I have a very few imported games for other systems.

[Rik]

I collect for NTSC,since i live in that region.I have found a couple PAL'S by accident.And they play with no rolling,or problems.I buy whatever i see.Never know which PAL'S wont work on a NTSC console,so i dont buy any PAL'S when paying top dolllar for MIB games,and stuff like that.

Edited May 27, 2008 by Rik

[crunchysuperman]

All the same to me.