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Do you prefer PAL or PAL60?

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As a North American 2600 developer interested in supporting everyone in their preferred formats, I'm asking those of you in PAL countries who play 2600 homebrews on real hardware: Do you prefer your games in the standard PAL (50Hz) format, or PAL60 format?

If you're not quite sure what I'm talking about, the PAL standard has a slower framerate than NTSC, but has more vertical resolution. PAL60 is pretty much the same as NTSC with PAL colors, so it has a faster framerate and a lower vertical resolution. While its used for in some NTSC->PAL videogame and videotape conversions, compatibility isn't perfect.

If you wish to do an A:B comparison, davyk made a number of PAL60 conversions of classic 2600 games. Here's a choice few...

PAL60: Asteroids, Berzerk, Surround, and Yars Revenge.

vs. the original PAL (50Hz)...

Attached File  Asteroids (1981) (Atari, Brad Stewart) (CX2649, CX2649P) (PAL).bin   8KB   5 downloads
Attached File  Berzerk (1982) (Atari, Dan Hitchens) (CX2650) (PAL).bin   4KB   5 downloads
Attached File  Surround (1977) (Blockade) (Atari, Alan Miller) (CX2641, CX2641P) (PAL).bin   2KB   6 downloads
Attached File  Yars' Revenge (Time Freeze) (1982) (Atari, Howard Scott Warshaw) (CX2655, CX2655P) (PAL).bin   4KB   6 downloads

Please feel free to voice your opinion and why you feel that way, or fire away with any questions!

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