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It’s easier to modify the console

You can just get an adapter though…

You should know that nothing was region free until blue Ray

I just sawed the tabs inside the console off. It works.

Why didn't Nintendo just make all of the consoles and games the same?

Also see you don't have a legit copy of Mario party lol

Is this real life 😮

this works between japanese and american games, but not for europe, because european televisions have more scanlines and transmit the screen on 50hz, JP and american do this on 60hz.(there is a special 60hz PAL mode, but it was used only in a few games on gamecube if your tv supports it). I think if you do this on a european game it will give you a scrolling screen or it will work depending on the television.

The Japanese Super Smash Bros.

It was the cheapest way to prevent piracy and world wide web was in its infancy so no worries by corporate

When my friend from Electronics Boutique bought his N64, he ordered a Super Mario Kart 64 from Japan and Melted the corners to play the game. I'll always love the Marlboro ads on that game we never got in the U.S.

Obviously, PAL games are exempt from this region unlocking. Because different standards, different resolution, different speeds and frame rates.
Same applies to PAL Super Nintendo games not being playable on a Super Famicom and vice versa.

I’m pretty sure there’s a part that sits over the cartridge slot that has the specific keyway, you just need to change that part out with a 3D printable (or bought) region free version, it just removes the tabs so all carts fit into your n64, no need to change individual cartridge boards around.

They sell a super cheap region mod part you can easily install in your N64. That way you can play both US and Japanese cartridges in your console.
Also you can region mod your US SNES with a pair of needle nose pliers. You simply break off the cartridge tabs in the cartridge slot on the Super Nintendo and you can play Japanese Super Famicom games just like that.

But remember safety fiirst 😂

Can try the sega Genesis ?

you can mod it to accept both carts or you can just take off the back panel of the cartridge and insert it like that.

im playing Japanese games on my ntsc n64 while in Europe. you can just break off the little piece of plastic in the cartridge reader and then the Japanese one will work just fine

ts pmo

Gross... its a repo..

Or just swap the cartridge slot with a universal tray.

The compatibility is probably just to do with NTSC. You can't even boot Japanese games on a PAL European N64 as far as I know.

“Togedder” amazing 😊

i still own a copy of the Japanese version of smash bros its great!

Open the console and grind the nubs down. Did this back in 97 it will play the game just fine. Just in japanese. It's literally region locked by plastic nubs

The SNES was even easier, you just snapped the tabs inside your north american SNES and could play japanese or north american games.

#1 mistake
Try it with a SPORTS game first not a mario title, be safe

What I did on both my N64 and SNES was I opened the console, and used a dremel to cut the tabs off the cartridge slot. The carts from both Japan and America work just fine.

Or ... You just take out the plastic tabs in the console. Much easier process that only takes one time.

Bro just casually handling the internals with his bare hands...

I didn't know it worked like that. 😮😮😮

so n64 carts weren't region locked?! I would have thought playing PAL signal on NTSC system would have scrambled the image

I'd imagine some company has made an adapter by now.

"Safety first" one thing said before you- what is this comment doing?! 😂

Look at the amount of work gone into those cartridges and how comparatively cheap the games were back then 🥲

European me ☹️

Whats the point of region locking the game then?

I remember this was in a gaming magazine just after the console was out. They are all technically region free. Including PAL consoles. Very cool back in the day, but importing was so expensive!

You do know there is an insert you can put in the console that will allow you to play both, without swapping insides of the cartridge.

Can you just shave the plastic under the cardridge instead?

Whenever I wanted to play Japanese exclusive N64 games (like Pokemon Stadium) I would often just buy a bunch of cheap N64 games at Salvation Army for $2-5 each (they were all sports games like Madden and FIFA) and would swap the insides and backs and they worked!

Or you could just swap the backs

These videos always act as if PAL doesn't exist

Get a cartridge region breaker that allows you to play any N64 game you slot into it

I tried this and my N64 exploded.

That's the stupidest thing i've seen today.
Instead of opening games open the console and remove the bracket blocking the cartridges.
Jesus christ

Didnt Japan and NA both use NTSC? Try a PAL cartridge next

you can just remove the plastic piece on the inside of the N64 to make it region free. If you want to make it a little nicer of a mod you can get a bit of plastic 3D printed that fits in there and has no posts so it would remain region free.

Wow I did not even know that. That sounds pretty interesting. We know PAL (European and Australian) don't play the Japanese and North American version of games.