PS1/2 Can you play PAL games on a USA PS2 with SwapMagic 2.00 Built?

[Jakob95]

I got Swap Magic and I want to burn PS2 PAL game into a DVD and then play it on my USA PS2 with Swap magic will it work?

 

[Jakob95]

I burned a PAL game into a DVD and when I put it into my PS2 the PlayStation 2 read the disk with SwapMagic but the game was all wierd and black and white. Is there a way I can patch the Pal ISO and make it be a USA ISO. I need to do that because I can not find the US version of the game anywere online only in torrents but I don't download torrents. Thanks. And the game is NBA Live 09

 

[Jakob95]

Please help and what does PAL and NTSC stand for

 

[Finishoff]

Pal - European

NTSC- American/Japanese

Region locked

If you have a NTSC console and you are trying to play a Pal game chances are you are going to see a green screen or a black and white screen. Its because of the tv.

 

[Jakob95]

Yeh I got that problem its black and white. Is there a way I can fix that.

 

[Finishoff]

Try this:
Boot a copy of Swap Magic 3. After it loads, eject it. Insert the PAL game. Let it read the new TOC. Select NTSC on screen, then press the SQUARE BUTTON for special boot

 

[kobykaan]

Please help and what does PAL and NTSC stand for

PAL = , short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analog television encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world.


NTSC (National Television System Committee) is the analog television system that was used in most of the Americas, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Burma, and some Pacific island nations and territories


region map

more info avail on wiki

 

[Jakob95]

I got Swap Magic 2.00 Built. Its the old one.

 

[Finishoff]

Okay you can try the: Patching PS2 Pal games to NTSC method. Basically patch the ISO of the game and then burn it. Google it, there should be instructions online, not 100% wokring for some titles though.

 

[Jakob95]

There is no way I can do it automatically with the Swap Magic 2.00 Built. This is how the Swap Magic looks like when you turn it on It just says Insert Disk then you take it out and put the backup you can't switch the video mode like you could in the new one.

 

[Jakob95]

There is no way I can do it automatically with the Swap Magic 2.0 Built. This is how the Swap Magic looks like when you turn it on It just says Insert Disk then you take it out and put the backup you can't switch the video mode like you could in the new one.

 

[Finishoff]

Don't think so. Personally I have never used a Swap Magic, but there are only four ways to get pass this.

-Swap Magic 3.0 ability to load special boot.
-modchip
-a signal converter for your television
-software base patching.

Try software patching seems to be the lease expensive out of these cases.

 

[Jakob95]

What if I download Swap Magic 3.ISO and then burn it into a CD or a DVD and then use it with my Original Swap Magic 2. It could be like a backup or something.

 

[Finishoff]

Try it. It might work. As long as the Swap Magic uses .ELF files to boot, it should boot.