StanJr Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 About a year or so ago, I complained that I had a Solaris that would not play on my TV. The screen rolled and the colors appeared to be off (the sky and saturn looking planet on the start screen are greens not blues). While the cart has NO marking whatsoever that would indicate PAL, I thought maybe it was anyway. However, the fine people here told me that if I ran my VCS through a VCR, that should straighten it all out. Then came today. As some of you may know, I have hooked my VCS to my VCR. Well, guess what, SOLARIS STILL ROLLS! My VCR is a JVC 4 head (funny lookin' "u" thing) Pro-cision model made on or about 2000. Yet still my Solaris rolls. So again, could it be PAL, or is there something still that I can try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 The colors being off indicate to me that it most likely is a PAL copy of the game. My TV is able to handle PAL signals...but when I actually play a PAL cart..the image is moved up to where about the first eigth of the screen is cutoff. No biggie..just means the score is only half visible in most of those games.heheh.. If you want...you can send the cart to me via cheap media mail and I would be happy to analyze it. I will then dump the cart and compare it to a dump off my own NTSC copy for the colors...gameplay..etc. Funny thing about PAL games is that they play at a slightly slower speed...hehe.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 21, 2002 Author Share Posted July 21, 2002 If its not too much trouble, drop me an e-mail or PM with your address and I'll put it in the mail Monday. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian1 Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Please keep me posted on this too. I have a Solaris cart that rolls like it was a PAL cart, but there's nothing on the label that says it's a PAL cart. In fact, when I first bought it from KayBee Toys, it worked fine (no rolling). Then one day, I turned it on, and since then, nothing by uncontrollable rolling. Wierd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted July 21, 2002 Author Share Posted July 21, 2002 Mine has rolled since I got it. I will let you know when I find out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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