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  • 02-11-2006 2:48pm
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    p~b
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭


    i'm going to america soon and was just wondering will xbox and nintendo games work here.

    also would i be able to play music cds bought there in ireland and if i buy an ipod will i be able to use it here.


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    Pighead
    Registered Users Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    Quick Answer:YES.
    You're going to America not Pluto.


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    phantom_lord
    Registered Users Posts: 10,894 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    lol. Isn't it just dvd's that you may have a problem with?


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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Somegames are region locked, what exact consoles are you getting them for??


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    p~b
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭p~b


    thanks for the quick replys, the games are for xbox 360, ps2 and nintendo wii


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    free2fly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭free2fly


    p~b wrote:
    i'm going to america soon and was just wondering will xbox and nintendo games work here.

    also would i be able to play music cds bought there in ireland and if i buy an ipod will i be able to use it here.

    cds and iPod will work just fine. But I think that video games may not work if you buy them in the States and try to use them in Ireland.


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    p~b
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭p~b


    thanks for the help, had a feeling games might be a bit hit and miss


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    The majority of games would be region locked and would also be NTSC.

    I don't think they'd be all that cheaper anyway.. so there isn't really much point. Use the internet instead.


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    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    There's a few ways of getting around the region lock/ntsc thingy. And oddly enough, some of them are legal. You can buy those "Action Replay" disks, the ones that basically allow you to use cheat codes on certain games. These sets sometimes come with a region free dvd and one or two also have some way of getting ntsc to play as pal. Not sure how or even if the ntsc thing works, but the region free definitely does.


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    bluto63
    Registered Users Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    Unless you hack your console, no the games won't work. PC games work fine though, another reason the PC is superior to any console.

    CDs also work fine, not sure about I-pod but I assume it is perfectly fine

    EDIT: actually now that I think about it, won't Xbox games work? They are made by Microsoft after all.


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    humanji
    Registered Users Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    bluto63 wrote:
    Unless you hack your console, no the games won't work. PC games work fine though, another reason the PC is superior to any console.

    CDs also work fine, not sure about I-pod but I assume it is perfectly fine

    EDIT: actually now that I think about it, won't Xbox games work? They are made by Microsoft after all.


    No, they're set for NTSC tv's. Might work if played through a monitor as I don't think monitors give a feck about NTSC or PAL, but tv's do. I think...


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    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Sheefted from AH.


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    Makaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭Makaveli


    humanji wrote:
    No, they're set for NTSC tv's. Might work if played through a monitor as I don't think monitors give a feck about NTSC or PAL, but tv's do. I think...


    Most tvs these days can display both PAL and NTSC signals. The consoles here are PAL though and without being chipped (or using action replay) will not play NTSC games. It has nothing to do with the television.


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    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    p~b wrote:
    thanks for the quick replys, the games are for xbox 360, ps2 and nintendo wii

    Wii and PS2 are region locked. 360 I'm not sure of, I think its up to the developers if they want to do it for their game or not so couldn't be sure.

    You should just buy online IMO. PAL games for European consoles so they work on PAL TV's.

    NTSC is the American signal and although most tv's can display both signals, games generally are still region encoded so they can get an idea of how well the game sold in each region aswell as for pricing (games being more expensive in Europe).


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