Everdrive- Region locked games work with a converter?

[sanny87]

Hi,
I have gotten my everdrive and was looking forward to playing Earthbound but when I tried to play it I got a message saying it couldnt be played on my system.
I am using a PAL system and was tring to play the US rom. If I buy a converter will this overcome the problem? If so which is the best converter to buy?

[pablomaldito]

Don't waste your money on a converter. What you need is to patch the rom image to run on a PAL system. According to Motzilla on another thread, this can be done using a utility called UCON64. I can't test this out since I only have NTSC consoles, but here's a link to the thread. (it's the header editing thread that is stickied at the top of this forum. The last 2 posts discuss patching earthbound for PAL)

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...on-games/page2

edit: Another program called snestool also has a "fix for pal" feature. You could also try using that.

[sanny87]

Don't waste your money on a converter. What you need is to patch the rom image to run on a PAL system. According to Motzilla on another thread, this can be done using a utility called UCON64. I can't test this out since I only have NTSC consoles, but here's a link to the thread. (it's the header editing thread that is stickied at the top of this forum. The last 2 posts discuss patching earthbound for PAL)

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...on-games/page2

edit: Another program called snestool also has a "fix for pal" feature. You could also try using that.

Thanks vey much Pablo. I will try and see if I can sort it. i am not great with technical things tho.

[MottZilla]

Or just google/search to find this ROM from the GoodSNES set. Earthbound (U) [f1+C]
Or you might try this one. Earthbound (U) [f1]

[sanny87]

Or just google/search to find this ROM from the GoodSNES set. Earthbound (U) [f1+C]
Or you might try this one. Earthbound (U) [f1]

Thanks I'll give them a try

[sanny87]

Earthbound (U) [f1+C]
Is working, thanks for the advice guys. is there any difference in this version to the origional?

[MottZilla]

No, just the regional lockout and maybe copy protection scheme are cracked. It will play just like the real cartridge.

[sanny87]

thanks a lot Mott