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4650505 No.4650505 [Reply] [Original]

How does NTSC/PAL work on the Amiga? This computer is a bit of an interesting situation since most of the software is made to run in PAL even though the machine was developed by a US company. Will the game just run in their proper mode like on the PSX, or do you have to mod it or something if it isn't from the right region?

>> No.4650525

Depends on which Amiga. Later models have an early startup menu that will let you switch modes.

There's also some software hacks that will let you switch as well, but since the PAL/NTSC relies on crystal timings, not everything switches over 100%

>> No.4650526

>>4650505
>How does NTSC/PAL work on the Amiga?

You use the thing with a RGB monitor, NTSC/PAL is irrelevant here.

>> No.4650619

>>4650526
It still runs in either 50hz or 60hz.

>> No.4650829

>>4650619
And because PAL has a few more lines of resolution, the screen takes a few more cycles to draw. Because of this, music will often play slower on PAL.

>> No.4651272

>>4650829
Not on the amiga. It's meant to play at 50hz, so it's 60hz games that have incorrect audio (it sounds too fast)

>> No.4651275

>>4651272
Well, the computer is more 'meant' to run at 60hz since it was developed by a company in the US, but most software is meant to run in PAL mode because the platform sorta died out in the NTSC countries after just a few years.