Can you play European N64 games on a Japanese console?
Can you play European N64 games on a Japanese console? That's the question. I can get a Japanese console pretty cheap, but I've collected quite a few EU games.
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Can a Japanese N64 play NTSC games?
Can it play Japanese N64 games? The NTSC N64 has a pair of physical tabs that physically prevent the NTSC-J (Japanese) games from seating in the cartridge slot. Its a relatively straightforward process to disassemble the N64 to get to the plastic bottom piece of the cartridge slot and file off the tabs.Is Nintendo 64 games region free?
The Nintendo 64 comes with a region lock chip which restricts US and Japanese (NTSC) games from playing on a European (PAL) machine. There is a difference between PAL and NTSC regions because their frame rate is very different and this will mess up the display if played on the wrong console.Using a Japanese N64 in the UK | IMNC
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