NEO*GEO HOME CART SYSTEM PAL TO NTSC FAQ

by Conrad Fenech

Have you got a PAL Neo*Geo with an RF cable? Yes I know, it sucks big time. Well, no need to panic, because it is very easy to make it look as good as the Neo*Geo does in the arcade. Just two small steps.

Step 1

You need to force your Neo*Geo to display through the NTSC signal. Why? Because unlike the PAL signal it is 16% faster, full screen, and above all - it looks as the programmers intended. To do this, just open your Neo*Geo by unscrewing the four screws on the bottom (3 of the screws are hidden under the rubber feet - just remove the feet with a little screwdriver).

Once your console is open, locate a smal piece of bare wire (very short) in the area of the top right corner of the motherboard, it is called PAL 1. There is no need to be uneasy, it is marked as PAL 1. Now with a small cutter just cut it in half, and make sure that no contact is made. That's all. If you did everything fine you should get full screen signal (NTSC). This information was given by Frigerio Stefano. Thanks a lot!

Step 2

Now for the optimum display (RGB) make a SCART/RGB (Euro Scart) cable like the one here. Pretty simple stuff.

If you did all well, you should now get an arcade perfect display from your Neo*Geo. You COULD be a bit unlucky and get a composite display (messy colours) through that cable on your TV set, after all that is what happened to me. Well, getting around is a pretty simple affair. All you got to do is to put your TV in Teletext mode, and it automatically switches to RGB! Then, with the approppriate button, remove the teletext page number, and voila! Good luck.