Pal carts on NTSC TV`s

[ginnidog]

I need some help in trying to work out, on how to play my PAL 2600 games on my 2600,on my

NTSC Zenith 32 " TV ( 60 Hz ) ??

 

or

 

Do i need a PAL 2600 consol, and will that work on my NTSC TV set ??

 

I get the usual `rolling` screen on all PAL carts on my NTSC TV

 

any help will be greatly appreciated

 

thanks in advance

 

Paulie

( GINNIDOG )

[Frostbite Bailey]

Does your set have a vertical/horizontal hold button(s) to adjust it to stop it from rolling?

[Dino]

Does your set have a vertical/horizontal hold button(s) to adjust it to stop it from rolling?

 

Ahhh.... I miss the old days of manual controls such as VHOLD

[Frostbite Bailey]

The old days lol The old days still exist at my house; I have 3 tv's all functioning that have the VHOLD. Thats why I love PAL too!

[ginnidog]

Does your set have a vertical/horizontal hold button(s) to adjust it to stop it from rolling?

 

My TV does NOT have a VHOLD option..so what to do ??

 

 

 

Paulie

[Rick Weis]

Does your set have a vertical/horizontal hold button(s) to adjust it to stop it from rolling?

 

My TV does NOT have a VHOLD option..so what to do ??

 

 

 

Paulie

 

do you really need to play your atari 2600 games on a 32 inch tv? i would just go to a goodwill and buy an old tv that has VHOLD, should be able to get one cheap!

 

Rick

[ginnidog]

No, i guess i dont have to...but i also will see if i have an old C64 monitor, with A/V inputs..as I have

a modded 2600 also...we`ll see...

thank you

Paulie

[Jason73]

Maybe this is the problem I'm having with Starmaster? So far I've purchased two copies and both of them do not hold vertically. Althought I don't know what the chances of me getting two PAL versions here in Seattle, WA are.

Edited November 11, 2008 by Jason73

[Thorsten Günther]

Several modern CRT TVs will automatically hold the picture at 50 or 60 Hz vertical frequency, but the colours will be all wrong regardless of that because Atari gave the PAL TIA an entirely different colour palette. To fully enjoy PAL carts, you'll have to get either a true multi-norm TV set or check the manual if your existing one does accept PAL via Composite/S-Video (mine all accept NTSC through this input), get yourself a PAL VCS (a naked Jr. would be cheapest to ship), apply the CD4050 mod w/o CD4050 as alex_79 proposed, and in case your TV set doesn't have S-Video, solder a 470 pF capacitor between Y and C to get a composite signal.

 

 

Thorsten