islandnerd Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 What's the scoop on Spectravision/Spectravideo games? If they are marked Spectravision does that mean they are NTSC format and when they are marked Spectravideo they are PAL? Are there some that may be marked Spectravideo and still be NTSC carts? Any help here would be greatly appreciated. A link to a page that explains all this would be outstanding! Thanks, islandnerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoOchan! Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Spectravision had to change their name to Spectravideo in 1982-83 to not be confused with a Hotel Entertainment Group (BTW they produced a hotel Atari 5200) that was named Spectravision. Some other companies did this to, like Arcadia/Starpath and their supercharger. They changed their name to Starpath because Emerson was releasing their console, the Arcadia 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cropsy Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 This isn't really going to help but just the brand SpectraVideo vs SpectraVision isn't enough to determine if a game is PAL or NTSC. I have PAL Planet Patrol's and Gangster Alley's with both SpectraVideo and SpectraVision labels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 It gets even more confusing than that, I have seen/own carts that have Spectravision cases but Spectravideo labels and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandnerd Posted April 28, 2003 Author Share Posted April 28, 2003 So I guess there is no easy answer to my question: How do you tell NTSC carts from PAL carts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 You can't visually, you have to actually test them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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