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| Mokona
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|  "It had to happen..."
, posted Tue 20 Jul 09:26
With all the craze of the new Chankast emu, I bought myself a used Dreamcast off e-bay. (The emu works great, now even on my win2k machine, but the framerates are still too low and unpredictable and not all games are emulated... so I figured, I'll get the real thing, since I wanted to get one for so long)
So I got some questions.
My DC is a north American NTSC. If I play a PAL euro game, sometimes, it asks if I want to play 50Hz or 60Hz. I tried 60Hz and it plays ok (so I guess my TV is 60Hz). Is there any danger for my NTSC TV playing 60Hz PAL games? or the difference is just that I lose a little vertical space since my TV is NTSC (and probably I gain a little speed too)?
Second question is : do you think I'll be able to find a VMU at my local EBgames store? If not, where's my best bet to find one? I have a 2MB memory card (came with the system with the original controller and a 3rd party controller) So far I can play all my games, but Powerstone 2 requires a VMU, I don't have one!
Finally I can play some DC! Sweet!
Damn you Microsoft because of you I can calculate faster than my computer!
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| Luisinan 981th Post
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| "Re(1):It had to happen..." , posted Tue 20 Jul 09:36
quote:
With all the craze of the new Chankast emu, I bought myself a used Dreamcast off e-bay. (The emu works great, now even on my win2k machine, but the framerates are still too low and unpredictable and not all games are emulated... so I figured, I'll get the real thing, since I wanted to get one for so long)
So I got some questions.
My DC is a north American NTSC. If I play a PAL euro game, sometimes, it asks if I want to play 50Hz or 60Hz. I tried 60Hz and it plays ok (so I guess my TV is 60Hz). Is there any danger for my NTSC TV playing 60Hz PAL games? or the difference is just that I lose a little vertical space since my TV is NTSC (and probably I gain a little speed too)?
Second question is : do you think I'll be able to find a VMU at my local EBgames store? If not, where's my best bet to find one? I have a 2MB memory card (came with the system with the original controller and a 3rd party controller) So far I can play all my games, but Powerstone 2 requires a VMU, I don't have one!
Finally I can play some DC! Sweet!
About time you got a DC. I don't know about the first question but yeah, EB Games should have some VMUs. But its getting a lot harder to find them, so you better start hunting quick. The sad thing though, is that the shipping and handling is probably more expensive then the actual cost of a VMU (if you buy it off ebay).
Bored? "160"
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