PS2 in South Africa

[Crono]

I'm looking to get my cousin a PS2, but I'm not sure if the North American PS2 version would work in South Africa out of the box, or if he would need a converter for the power.

 

[Trente]

http://www.dpproductions.com/World%20Voltages%20Guide.htm

 

[Inspector Jihad]

which is used in SA, NTSC or PAL?

 

[Trente]

http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/pal_ntsc.html

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Trente
http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/pal_ntsc.html

SA is pal, so i'm guessing the NA version wont work...

 

[Crono]

OK, thanks, I guess I'll have to pick up a PAL version then.

 

[MrChad]

http://www.playstation.co.za/home/index.asp

 

[Crono]

Any idea where i can buy a PAL ps2 for a reasonable price? Thanks in advance.

 

[Zaitsevs]

japan!!!!!!!1

 

[overturfa]

You aren't the guy from craigslist who tried to buy the Xbox 360 off of daweeze02
a couple of days ago are you?

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[Fox5]

You'll likely have to get games from wherever the PS2 is from as well, I doubt games sold in South Africa would work.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: overturfa
You aren't the guy from craigslist who tried to buy the Xbox 360 off of daweeze02
a couple of days ago are you?

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"(12:07:34) john mike: i will like it to go to wester africa bcuz is a birth day present"

Nope, not me. I don't even use craigslist.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Zaitsevs
japan!!!!!!!1

that list says japan is ntsc...i always thought they were PAL

 

[Zaitsevs]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad

Originally posted by: Zaitsevs
japan!!!!!!!1

that list says japan is ntsc...i always thought they were PAL

oh wow. yeah I didn't even look at the list, I was just posting what I always thought they were too.

I always thought that because one of my friends bought an imported playstation game from japan a while ago, and he had to run a cd first to have the game run.

I don't know what the first cd did, but the game wouldn't work without it.

 

[clickynext]

Yeah, japan is NTSC and uses 110V power, but their games are still programmed to not work on north american systems.

 

[Pepsei]

er, first you have to check the region, then you have to make sure it's either pal or ntsc.

in order to play imported japanese ps2 games in NA, (since both are ntsc you don't have to worry about that part), you have to bypass the region lock out. one way is to run a 'boot cd' to do that.