Welcome! Didn't know Argentina was pal, that's interesting. So your SNES looks like the European one?
Thanks everyone for the welcome!
Argentina is PAL, but we never had official Nintendo or Sega distribution. All consoles were imported. Most SNES consoles sold here were imported US (NTSC) systems. You had to have a bi-system or tri-system TV (most TVs sold since the late 80s were at least bi-system). If your TV was PAL-N only, all you got was monochrome output.
Never saw a PAL (EU) SNES or an NTSC Super Famicom here. On the other hand, Super NASA (SNES clone trying to mimic a Super Famicom) had some limited distribution here. It was PAL-N. The NTSC NES also came from USA, but it was largely outnumbered by cheaper PAL-N famiclones using the "Family Game" and "Micro Genius" umbrella brand with 60-pin cartridge slot. The most popular NES 72-pin clone was the NASA.
All imported consoles had English manuals and came with 110v bricks. We had to use 110 to 220v adaptors.
Sega consoles, on the other hand came from US, Brazil (Tec Toy) and Japan. European consoles from Nintendo and Sega were very uncommon.
I can post pics of famiclones if anyone is interested.
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Is Argentina NTSC or PAL ?
Welcome Tincho !
Time to come over to the Nintendo Camp !
You will find a lot of information and help on these forums.
Is Argentina NTSC or PAL ?
Hi and thanks for the welcome.
Argentina is PAL. It's PAL-N to be exact. We adopted PAL-N in 1978 when the color TV broadcasts started.
...and I registered here to post about a TV system problem I'm having. But hopefully I'll stay long after finding a solution.
Welcome! Didn't know Argentina was pal, that's interesting. So your SNES looks like the European one?
Thanks everyone for the welcome!
Argentina is PAL, but we never had official Nintendo or Sega distribution. All consoles were imported. Most SNES consoles sold here were imported US (NTSC) systems. You had to have a bi-system or tri-system TV (most TVs sold since the late 80s were at least bi-system). If your TV was PAL-N only, all you got was monochrome output.
Never saw a PAL (EU) SNES or an NTSC Super Famicom here. On the other hand, Super NASA (SNES clone trying to mimic a Super Famicom) had some limited distribution here. It was PAL-N. The NTSC NES also came from USA, but it was largely outnumbered by cheaper PAL-N famiclones using the "Family Game" and "Micro Genius" umbrella brand with 60-pin cartridge slot. The most popular NES 72-pin clone was the NASA.
All imported consoles had English manuals and came with 110v bricks. We had to use 110 to 220v adaptors.
Sega consoles, on the other hand came from US, Brazil (Tec Toy) and Japan. European consoles from Nintendo and Sega were very uncommon.
I can post pics of famiclones if anyone is interested.