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Does U.S. Sony Playstation Games work in European Console

2 posts by 2 people · 26 Nov 1999 - 26 Nov 1999

J2P 26 Nov 1999#505549
All, I'm sorry that this could be a bit off topic. I'm planning to buy my nephew in Finland Gran Turismo car simulator for Sony Playstation. No one can't give an answer here in stores if U.S. game disc would work in European Sony Playstation console. Does it work ? I know about NTSC and PAL, but is it the console that makes the decoding or is it in the software itself ? Thanks for your help. Later, J2P ".....Just an other Finn far away from home....."
Each Original PSX game comes with a country code embedded within the disc. If the country code in your playstation console doesn't match that on the disc, the game won't play. So, a US game will not work in a UK console. This was found out early on when people tried to play many of the Japaneese games on US consoles only to be very disappointed at the outcome. You can use a 'swap method' to try to get it to run, or put a 'mod chip' into your console, but your best bet is to just buy a UK release of the game. Mike
Quoted text (17 lines)> All, > I'm sorry that this could be a bit off topic. > I'm planning to buy my nephew in Finland Gran Turismo car simulator for > Sony Playstation. No one can't give an answer here in stores if U.S. > game disc would work in European Sony Playstation console. Does it work > ? > I know about NTSC and PAL, but is it the console that makes the decoding > or is it in the software itself ? > Thanks for your help. > Later, > J2P > ".....Just an other Finn far away from home....."

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