I just switchmodded my machines

[Elusive]

Ignore the Super NES, please. =P (http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf09460kq.jpg)

At last, full speed SMS games. Very few people know that the Master System was the first video games console to be capable of PAL60Hz, even if it takes a little soldering to do it. =D

Plus, unlike the Mega Drive, the SMS can be played in full colour 60fps mode without needing a SCART lead (yes, switchmodding the Mega Drive destroys the colour subcarrier for the NTSC signal - black and white NTSC output unless a SCART cable and ONLY a SCART cable is used).

[David J.]

I need to put country switches on my Genesis and Saturn. :(

Say, how did you get your systems so clean?

[Melf]

Plus, unlike the Mega Drive, the SMS can be played in full colour 60fps mode without needing a SCART lead (yes, switchmodding the Mega Drive destroys the colour subcarrier for the NTSC signal - black and white NTSC output unless a SCART cable and ONLY a SCART cable is used).

Really? What about if you have an S-video mod? I have my Genny switchmodded for region-free play, but I also have an S-video mod. Everything runs and looks fine.

[Elusive]

Plus, unlike the Mega Drive, the SMS can be played in full colour 60fps mode without needing a SCART lead (yes, switchmodding the Mega Drive destroys the colour subcarrier for the NTSC signal - black and white NTSC output unless a SCART cable and ONLY a SCART cable is used).

Really? What about if you have an S-video mod? I have my Genny switchmodded for region-free play, but I also have an S-video mod. Everything runs and looks fine.

That'd be because your machine is, I'm assuming, an American Genesis that's designed to run at 60Hz anyway. Bumping up a 50Hz machine to 60Hz when it wasn't designed for the change in speed corrupts the colour information sent to the AV port. SCART cables don't carry 'red pixel red pixel blue pixel' data, they carry information about the brightness (for want of a better word) of the image.

The only problem you might encounter when 'ramping down' a NTSC machine to PAL speeds is the image may be chopped off the top and bottom of your screen, unless your TV can support PAL signals.

PAL = Small framerate, better image
NTSC = large framerate, poorer image

PAL 60Hz = best of both worlds =P

I clean my systems by swabbing the mucky parts with isopropyl alcohol to dissolve muck, then using general polish. Sparkly clean. :cool:

[David J.]

polish huh? I'll have to try that..