32x region compatibilty

[morpheus21]

hi,
was just wondering if the 32x's are region locked in any way. have got a megadrive 32x with a pal copy of Kolobri, tried it in my genesis and nothing happened, the licensed screen came up but that was it. would a genesis 32x game work on the megadrive 32x on the genesis or just the megadrive 32 x on a megadrive? am asking as genesis 32x games are cheaper than pal ones and more common.

thanx

[Rusty Venture]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!

Hopefully you are still a member here to get this info.

The 32x itself isnt region locked and i do not believe the games are either.

Back when i had a 32x, i managed to get "Space Harrier" to flash the "Super 32x" screen on my region modded Genesis. But i was dealing only with NTSC systems and i'm not up to par on any PAL/NTSC incompatability. :sorry:

I also got my Power Base coverter to flash the "Mark III" screen on "Afterburner" (or Outrun)...but thats another topic for another day.

[Zebbe]

When I try my PAL Space Harrier on my Mega Drive 32X in 60 Hz, it doesn't work.

[16-bit pwnage]

It's not like there are a ton of games out there that did NOT make it to the US/Canada anyway. The only 3 games you can't get here are Darixide, Fifa '96, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV. If the 32x was region locked then here it would totally pointless to mod one just to play 3 games.

[Rusty Venture]

When I try my PAL Space Harrier on my Mega Drive 32X in 60 Hz, it doesn't work.

It has to be a PAL to NTSC issue then.

[evildragon]

a PAL 32X can only overlay on a 240 pixel high image, where an NTSC 32X can only overlay on a 224 pixel image..

going from one to the other will cause incorrect placement of objects..

the 32X itself has no other lockout.. the lockout lies in the Genesis itself (as far as I know), as the boot portion of the 32X code is in the Genesis, not the 32X yet...

this is what happens, notice things are some pixels higher than they should be... (as the background is drawn by the genesis, but the HUD, character, and objects are drawn by the 32X)

http://blackevilweredragon.spymac.com/32xpn.PNG
(the game is PAL, the 32X is PAL, and the Genesis is NTSC.. Genesis started as PAL and brought into it's NTSC mode)

[danielscheil]

läuft nicht = these US games d'ont work with a Pal 32x
läuft ! = these US games work with a Pal 32x

Afterburner: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
BC Racers: läuft!
Brutal: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Chaotix (aka Knuckles Chaotix): läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Cosmic Carnage: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Metal Head: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Mortal Kombat II: läuft!
Motocross Championship: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
NBA Jam: läuft!
NFL Quarterback Club: läuft!
Pitfall: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Primal Rage: läuft!
RBI Baseball 95: läuft!
Shadow Squadron (aka Stellar Assault): läuft!
Spiderman: läuft!
Star Trek: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Star Wars Arcade: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Tempo: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Toughman Contest: unterschiedlich
T-Mek: läuft!
Virtua Fighter: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)
Virtua Racing Deluxe: unterschiedlich
WWF Wrestlemania: läuft!
Zaxxon´s Motherbase: läuft nicht! (Hinweis: Developed only for use with NTSC systems)

you can fix the Problem if you build an import adapter between the 32x and the genesis / mega drive

[evildragon]

if the 32X isn't designed for the region of the game, it will have graphical glitches like the above, as far as I know... (the 32X only outputs NTSC or PAL, and since it's designed for a specific region, it only overlays only so many vertical lines..)

you can get around the "developed for", by just modding the Genesis with switches, but mine yields the above problem (as in the screenshot)