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[The Shadow]

The Dreamcast was capable of this. I bought the Euro version of Shenmue 2 and played it on my unmodded NTSC Dreamcast system. I don't remember if there was a trick involved but I know it was possible.

Now there's a Euro game I'd like to play. I have a modded Xbox but can't find any info regarding Pal > NTSC imports. Most of the stuff discusses Japanese > NA but nothing about Pal and NTSC. Anyone know if it's possible? Is there some kind of boot disk I'll be needing?

 

[Kon Tiki]

If your box is modded, then you shouldbe able to play them.

 

[The Shadow]

If your box is modded, then you shouldbe able to play them.

There won't be any display problems?

I know a mod eliminates any regional lockouts but I'm concerned about display problems.

 

[8bit]

If you're modded you should be good to go. Unless your TV is PAL unfriendly, I can't image where you might have problems.

 

[Kon Tiki]

I only experienced slight problems with some movies.

 

[scarybore]

Depends on the game I think. All my PAL games seem to work fine when I change my PAL xbox to NTSC using the enigma (?) disc, apart from Halo due to it essentially trying to do 60hz but only diplaying in 50 times a second cause big frame skips (which is exactly the same when you put it in PAL 60 on a non modded xbox, its a well known and annoying problem for PAL Halo lovers).

 

[jenov4]

You won't have any display problems. Xbox is similiar to the DC in that aspect.

 

[Burger]

The Enigma Videomode swap utility essentially *changes* your NTSC xbox into a PAL one by swapping the EPROMS.

Doing this on a PAL Xbox unlocks all the HDTV/Progressive Scan options not found on a PAL dashboard.

(Doing this will strip you of those options, everything else, widescreen, 60hz, dolby digital remain).

 

[Rabid Wolverine]

The xbox dashboards should have the ability to switch between pal and ntsc depending on the xbe on the game disc.

Avalaunch has this feature.

 

[Fusebox]

Do US TVs with PAL support actually display all 576 lines or does it downscale it to 480?