How to Convert a PAL Game into NTSC, and Vise-Versa
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This walk through is about the PALPAR GUI 1.0 program.
What it does it lets you find game-shark codes that can change a NTSC PSX game into PAL.
Or a PAL game into NTSC.
It also generates the Hex-Edit code you would use to permanently change the game, then burn it to disc.
That’s right! After this you wont need to buy a scart lead for your TV, or Color Mod your PSX etc.
Seems to work on every model Game-Shark. Even the really old ones.
The Game-Shark Cd also works fine for this. But will take 2 or more blocks on your memory card.
I prefer to use the Game-Shark to test the Codes, and If they work I make a Image of that Particular Game, Hex Edit it, and Burn it.
I wrote this as simple as I could. So I hope you find this easy enough to do.
Here goes…..
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When you open my Folder look for this: PAL_PAR_(PSX=Generates GS & Hex Edit Codes to switch PAL into NTSC & vise-versa).zip
It will come as a Zip File. If it doesn't have a zip extension rename it so it does.
When you open the Zip File you will see these 3 files: Palpar.com Palpar.com2 ppgui.exe
Open the ppgui.exe. It has a Skull & Crossbones logo. Another Window will open.
Put a PlayStation Disc in your CD-ROM Drive.
At the top is a Psx-Exe window,to the right of this is a image of a Black Floppy Disc.
Click the Floppy Disc.
Find your CD-ROM Drive on the Explorer menu and open it.
You will see all the files of the game, possibly a few folders etc.
What you are looking for is the #'s that Identify the game.
(You can see the #'s on the front cover of a game, under the ESRB rating. And after the name of the game on the side panels. These #'s are also on the CD).
If the game is Japanese (NTSC/J) you would see either of these 2. Slpm or Slps. and a # following the Slpm/Slps.
If the game is American or Canadian (NTSC U/C) you would see either of these 2. Slus or Scus. and a # following the Slus/Scus.
If the game is European (PAL) you would see either of these 2. Sces or Sles. and a # following the Slus/Scus.
I will take for example, the Russian PAL version of Colony Wars, Vengeance. That I scored from a friend.
When I open the drive I see this among the other files Sles_013.92.
That is what I am looking for.
I click it twice and im back at the PalPar Window.
After the Psx-Exe is my game #. It reads. D:\Sles_013.92.
Now click the button marked Ausführen (Execute).
A MS-DOS prompt window will open.
It will show the Game-Shark code that converts the Image. The screen will look like this..
PAL<>NTSC PARCODE Finder
Opening File ... Complete.
Searching ... Found.
To ----- NTSC| PAL
D007D058 0001|0000
8007D058 0000|0001
-- Search&Replace:
08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 80 01 3C 08 00 E0 03
58 D0 24 AC 08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 00 E0 03
PAL2NTSC: 24 AC to 20 AC
NTSC2PAL: 01 3C 58 D0 22 8C 01 00 04 24 from 3rd byte
Searching ... End of File.
So to convert the PAL game to NTSC I would put this code into my Game-Shark/Action Replay/Game-Enhancer/etc,etc..
Change the PAL to NTSC:
D007D058-0001
8007D058-0000
It is NTSC if the 1st line of code ends in 1, and the 2nd line ends in 0.
It is PAL if the 1st line of code ends in 0, and the 2nd line ends in 1.
If you have Hex-Editor, or some other Hex-Edit program.
You can search & replace this line, after you have made a Image to your Hard-Drive.
This will permanently make the game NTSC after you burn it to disc.
Make sure you SAVE the changes to your Image!
Right mouse click on your game image. Select Hex-Edit (or whatever your programs name) from the menu.
Find this line (Ctrl+F)
08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 80 01 3C 08 00 E0 03
58 D0 24 AC 08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 00 E0 03
In order to change the PAL into NTSC, search & replace this line: 24 AC into 20 AC.
It would look like this once corrected:
08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 80 01 3C 08 00 E0 03
58 D0 20 AC 08 80 02 3C 58 D0 42 8C 08 00 E0 03
(either way you choose to do it, Hex-Edit or Game-Shark code, this will stop the screen from flipping around.
The only side effect is the screen may be down a bit, cutting off a small bit of the lower picture.
However if your TV allows it, you can adjust the picture up. Also, some games have a Adjust Screen option)
This will also work for our friends in Europe who want to play NTSC games in Color.
But they would be trying to change a NTSC game into PAL.
Not the other way around, as I demonstrated here.
Multi-Game/Compilation Discs
If you collect Multi-Game Discs, you've most likely have this problem.
Some of the games are NTSC and some of the games are PAL.
In this case you would need to change all the Sces/Sles #'s if you want them in NTSC mode.
You would change the Slus/Scus/Slps/Slpm #'s if you want the game to play in PAL.
This would require a few codes for each game on the disc you want to convert.
I have also seen this problem.
You get a Multi-game disc. The menu is PAL but the games (once selected) are NTSC.
Well, you will not change the Slus/Scus/Slps/Slpm #'s.
You would change a .exe.
I will take this Multi-Game Disc for example:
Mortal-Kombat, Millenium Collection. It has Mortal Kombat 4, Mortal Kombat Sub-Zero, & Mortal Kombat Trilogy on 1 disc.
Each of the games are NTSC. But the menu to pick the game is PAL. So the TV Screen it flips up or
down really fast, making it hard to know what game you are selecting.
When I 1st open the CD, I see a file marked Menu.exe.
I click it twice and im back at the PalPar Window.
After the Psx-Exe is my game #. It reads. D:\Menu.exe.
Now click the button marked Ausführen.
A MS-DOS Prompt window will open.
It will show the Game-Shark code that converts the Image. The screen will look like this..
PAL<>NTSC PARCODE Finder
Opening File ... Complete.
Searching ... Found.
To ----- NTSC| PAL
D0033CC8 0001|0000
80033CC8 0000|0001
-- Search&Replace:
03 80 02 3C C8 3C 42 8C 03 80 01 3C 08 00 E0 03
C8 3C 24 AC 03 80 02 3C C8 3C 42 8C 08 00 E0 03
PAL2NTSC: 24 AC to 20 AC
NTSC2PAL: 01 3C C8 3C 22 8C 01 00 04 24 from 3rd byte
Searching ... End of File.
Problems That May Occur:
Some games are different than others.
Some games have no Slus/Scus/Slps/Slpm/Sces/Sles #'s.
They usually have many .exe's that start each level.
So you might change a PAL level into NTSC thinking you changed the whole game.
But after that 1 level the screen might start flipping again.
Or if you are in Europe and tried to switch the NTSC game to PAL, it might turn black
& white after 1 or 2 levels.
You may need to do more than just change the Sxxx #'s & the Main exe.
As I said, you may be playing a level or 2 and everything's all right, the picture is fine, then boom it changes back to PAL or NTSC for a short period of time, or permanently after loading to the next Stage or whatever the case may be.
In that case you'll probably have to go around Hex Editing, or Generating a Game-Shark code for each .exe until the whole games is NTSC, or PAL through & through.
(but that can take massive amounts time. So you may wanna take the Extra Time to test the Game-Shark Codes 1st, so you don't end up getting pissed again when your find out ya missed something after you burned it to CDR)
Bad Game-Shark Codes
Yes this program sometimes Generates Bad Game-Shark Codes that don't fix the Picture.
I Figured this out when I put I searched the Sles #'s on my PAL Tomb Raider 3. (I was trying to change it into NTSC Mode)
It gave me this Game-Shark Code…
To ----- NTSC
500935A8 0001
000935A8 0000
The problem though was quickly Figured out.
Any Correct Code will begin the 1st Line w/ D, and the second line with 8.
If it begins & ends with any other Letter or Number, it is a Flawed Code.
Is all lost?
Well Half of it is, I'll explain.
You can get the code to work by just changing the 1st Line # into D, and the 2nd Line # into 8.
The Code ended up looking like this…
D00935A8 0001
800935A8 0000
But don't try and use the Hex Edit Codes that are on the same DOS Prompt window, as they are wrong, and will change nothing. So you are lost in permanently changing the Game.
I hope this helps people in the Europe/PAL Region play NTSC Games in Color.
And people in the USA & Japan/NTSC Region play PAL Games w/out the screen flipping like Mad!
Good luck w/ your Burns.
Nikone
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