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Should be noted Nintendo invented region locking as well (with the NES), although the situation is complicated by the fact that PAL and NTSC consoles required d
by throwaway2048 9y ago
Should be noted Nintendo invented region locking as well (with the NES), although the situation is complicated by the fact that PAL and NTSC consoles required different display hardware and timings, Japan still used NTSC and famicom games still didn't run on North American NESs.
Keep in mind with things like the C64 PAL/NTSC games still ran on the other consoles, just faster/slower than intended.
- khedoros1 9y agoIf I'm remembering correctly, besides the NES's 10NES, the Famicom had a few important differences, like extra audio channels from the cartridge and a different pinout anyhow. With a 60-to-72 pin adapter, I suspect they'd run on the top-load NES (which also ditched the lockout chip).