Can A USA model 1 Genesis be modded to play PAL games at 60HZ?

darknezz19

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I did a region mod with an on-off-on switch fallowing the theory of doing it to a Europe Megadrive and it does indeed play jap usa and Europe region games but the Europe games are in 50HZ. When I try to swap the JP1-JP2 lines to low instead of high the game wont boot.

Is it possible to mod the system so it plays Europe games in 60HZ?
 

Apocalypse

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I did a region mod with an on-off-on switch fallowing the theory of doing it to a Europe Megadrive and it does indeed play jap usa and Europe region games but the Europe games are in 50HZ. When I try to swap the JP1-JP2 lines to low instead of high the game wont boot.

Is it possible to mod the system so it plays Europe games in 60HZ?
With the ON-OFF-ON switch you only have 3 possibilities:
- JAP/60Hz
- USA/60Hz
- EUR/50Hz
If you want EUR/60hz (also called ASIA) you need to install 2 ON-ON switches (one for the region, one for the frequency).
 

BodyHammeR

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Short answer: NO.

Then again it's been ages since I did any MegaDrive/Genesis related mods...

EDIT: Apocalypse has leading (:
 

darknezz19

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Figured it out. You boot in EUR 50hz mode and then once the game starts you can switch it to USA/60hz mode and it still plays fine:)

I tried it with PAL sonic 3 so far and will need to test some more games to make sure its reliable.
 

BodyHammeR

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As I mentioned before: it's been ages (:

Glad you found a way that works for you!
 
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