Game Gear region locked?

> OK, found it!
>
> "Like all handheld consoles, the Game Gear lacks region lock-out, meaning a
> Japanese cartridge will play on an American system or vice-versa without
> requiring any special surgery or dubious swap tricks."
>
> Thanks anyway!

My only concern is, you say you have a PAL GG, but that you're going to
be putting NTSC games into it...could that mess anything up? I mean, I
know that you could put an NTSC Japanese GG cart into a US NTSC GG and
all, but I'm not sure about the whole PAL/NTSC thing...

Bel
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"BelPowerslave" <Belpowerslave RemoveThis @ev1.net> wrote in message
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> My only concern is, you say you have a PAL GG, but that you're going to
> be putting NTSC games into it...could that mess anything up? I mean, I
> know that you could put an NTSC Japanese GG cart into a US NTSC GG and
> all, but I'm not sure about the whole PAL/NTSC thing...

Hi! Thanks for your reply!

I'm not sure if these PAL/NTSC differences exist in the early portable
consoles, as in the home consoles that are connected to a TV. I can't find a
reason why they should exist, as the handheld consoles are not connected to
a TV. So I guess European/American/Japanese games should all be the same.
The only thing that I'd be afraid of would be software region-lock to the
games, but I don't think it exists, I guess it will be just like in the
Gameboy cartridges (no lock).


I'm also interested in getting US/Japanese accessories
(controllers/memories/light gun) for Sega Dreamcast for use on my European
(PAL) Dreamcast. Do you think they'll work?


Thank you very much!
-Orestis
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for the TV tuner, I dont think there will be any PAL/NTSC issues
because it goes to the LCD screen similar to the portable TV models out
there.

-deve|prx
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Tim Miller wrote:
>
> BelPowerslave wrote:
> >
> > My only concern is, you say you have a PAL GG, but that you're going
> > to be putting NTSC games into it...could that mess anything up? I
> > mean, I know that you could put an NTSC Japanese GG cart into a US
> > NTSC GG and all, but I'm not sure about the whole PAL/NTSC thing...
> >
> Such differences only exist because of the TVs they're being plugged
> into. Handheld devices don't plug into TVs, so are universal ...
>
> There's no such thing as a "PAL" Game Gear - a European one, maybe!
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This might be an issue for the TV Tuner; anyone know for sure?
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