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Wow, thank you for all this content !

I have some, maybe obvius, doubt.

¿Why that difference between Europe and the rest of countries in terms of Hz(PAL/NTSC) ?

And, I'm sure you are an artist, maybe not a drawing artist, but sure other type of artist. That post is the prove.

Thanks !

Dr. Ludos3 years ago

Hi, thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the article!

To answer your question, the European releases from the 8/16 bits era are in "PAL" format, so all the game play at 50hz or 50 fps. While for the USA(+Canada) and Japanese releases, they are in "NTSC" format, so their game plays faster at 60hz / 60fps.

For more detail per country, here is a detailed map showing what TV format was/is used in each country:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg

The NTSC (green) is for 60hz, while the PAL (blue) and SECAM (orange) are for 50hz.

CloudSalander3 years ago(+1)

Thank you one more time, then !

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