karokoenig Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 So, I bought this copy of "Monster in my Pocket" on eBay. It gives me the blinking red light and blinking startup screen. Since I cleaned it thoroughly before use, and every other game works fine, I got a suspicion that the bastard sold me an NTSC cart without mentioning it in the auction. I'm in Germany and the seller is also german. What struck me was that the "warning" text on the back was english only (you know - the one with "do not immerse in water" etc., while on my other carts it's multilingual. It may still be that this cart is UK only, which should still work fine on my german NES - I don't know enough to tell. So, what exact criteria are on the carts/labels that tell me I have an NTSC cart? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game-Tech.US Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just go to Bootgod's database, it's pretty obvious when you look at the pics of the cart labels what is what. Here is a link straight to 'monster in my pocket.' http://bootgod.dyndn...ofile.php?id=76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot for the link. It is an US cart. Now off to contact the guy and ask him what he was thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 You could also disable the lockout chip in your NES, that way you're able to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 You could also disable the lockout chip in your NES, that way you're able to play it. I've read about this option, but I'm not sure if I'm skilled enough to do it. Also I heard that many games don't work properly either after that - running too slow or too fast, or generally glitchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19rsn007 Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Games giving problems would only involve import games. Example: Buy an NTSC adventure of link and put it in a PAL console. The screen scrolling on top of the screen (life and magic bar part) acts weird and the pitch of sound is a little bit of and slower. Many games work good, except for the sound being slower than it's supposed to be. I played several imports on my PAL nes (US and JAP famicom games with an adapter to 72pins) and never bothered the slower sound. Some import games (mach rider, Challenger, F1-RACE) are really unplayable....but it's not a big deal. About the mod, you really can't mess it up. It's the first mod I ever did in a console, and after doing the first, I ended up modding ever NES in the house (I was about 18 or 19 years old). Just open up your NES, locate the CIC chips, cut pin 4....that's it Some people feel safer connecting the pin to GND with a wire, but I never did (left it floating) I did solder it to GND in my SNES, but that's another story..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The NTSC carts tend to have a bit of an obvious accent...they all sound like cast members of MTV's "The Jersey Shore". Typically, they don't talk much, but when they do...fuhgeddaboudit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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