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Do PAL UK PS1 games work on PAL IE consoles?

  • 27-05-2015 11:53PM
    #1
    v074
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    I'm planning on buying some PS1 games from amazon.co.uk and I was wondering if they would run on an Irish console. Also, would Irish games run on a UK console?
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  • #2
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    The ones I've bought and played in my PS3 do anyway. AFAIK Ireland the the UK were considered the same region.


  • #3
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    Yep, there is no difference in the games sold in Ireland and the UK.

    In fact, there are only a few regions in general for these games, Europe as a whole used the PAL format for its encoding. So go nuts! :)


  • #4
    v074
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭v074


    Thanks.


  • #5
    v074
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭v074


    Is it the same for PS4?


  • #6
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Same for all consoles. NTSC is US, PAL is EU and I forget the Japanese one. That isn't comprehensive but hits a general rule.

    Think PS4 is region free anyways


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  • #7
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,966 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    There's usually three regions for games, PAL which is European, Then there's NTSC US for America and NTSC JAP for japan. For PS1 and PS2 games the region of your console will need to match the game. So a european PS1 or PS2 game will only work on a european console. For PS3 and PS4 games they are all region free with the only exception being Persona 4 Arena that I know of.


  • #8
    Stillhouette
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Stillhouette


    RedXIV wrote: »
    Europe as a whole used the PAL format for its encoding. So go nuts! :)

    France used SECAM


  • #9
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,966 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Edit: I need to read the post correctly!


  • #10
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    I've got a copy of You Don't Know Jack from America, and I don't think it was ever released here, and that works fine in the PS3.


  • #11
    Stillhouette
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭Stillhouette


    Playstation 3 games are region free. The same wasn't true with Playstation or Playstation 2


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  • #12
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    The PS3 itself will play PAL or NTSC PS1 and PS2 games. The NTSC versions run at a higher frame rate and play better than the PAL versions.


  • #13
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,966 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    The PS3 itself will play PAL or NTSC PS1 and PS2 games. The NTSC versions run at a higher frame rate and play better than the PAL versions.

    No actually PS1 and PS2 games are region locked and won't work. Now if you buy them from the US store then they will work on a PAL console and your European account (and run at the correct speed and framerate unlike the European store games) but physical games are blocked when they are PS1 or PS2.


  • #14
    v074
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭v074


    So, if I pre-ordered Star Wars: Battlefront from Amazon UK, would I be able to use network features (e.g. play online)?


  • #15
    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    v074 wrote: »
    So, if I pre-ordered Star Wars: Battlefront from Amazon UK, would I be able to use network features (e.g. play online)?

    Yes, but if you need to buy any DLC you would have to buy it off the UK PSN.


  • #16
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    F1ngers wrote: »
    Yes, but if you need to buy any DLC you would have to buy it off the UK PSN.

    I bought Dying Light from Amazon and the DLC from the Irish store and it worked fine. From what I can tell we are lumped in with UK for DLC even though we don't share the same PSN store.


  • #17
    F1ngers
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭F1ngers


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    I bought Dying Light from Amazon and the DLC from the Irish store and it worked fine. From what I can tell we are lumped in with UK for DLC even though we don't share the same PSN store.

    I am learned.


  • #18
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    When it comes to DLC it is generally accepted that games imported from the US and Canada won't work with DLC bought from the Irish PSN but it does depend on the game in question.

    The Witcher 3 for example, has cross country support for DLCs added in with patch V1.02, it's in the patch release notes on the console. Handy to know.


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