Regional Encoding

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#1 SBF9304
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Are the video games region encoded just like DVDs, or could I buy a EU game and play it here in the US with no problem.
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#2 Darth_Homer
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Xbox 360 and Wii games are in fact region encoded. PS3, DS and PC games are not.

If you're going to play an EU game, you might need to install a mod chip in your console that can pick up other regions. Or pick up a console from that region...

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How can you be a gamer and not know about region encoding? *looks at profile* Ah, well that explains a lot... Well, PC and handheld games don't have region encoding. PS3 is pretty much the first home console without region encoding. If you want to play console games from Europe, aside from a way to be able to run the games on your console (or just buy a European console), you're also gonna need a TV that supports PAL (EU standard). In Europe, all TVs from the last... ever support NTSC (US standard), but I've heard that TVs in the US that support PAL are pretty much nonexistent.
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#4 SBF9304
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Okay, a few more things....

A) I can't wait and show this to the guy who set up my laptop, telling me I've got to grow out of video games (well, I am 26, but still I'm not the game geek who spends +6 hours a day in video games (although sometimes I spend that much time with movies)).

B) Now that I know a EU game will work in my DS, I have an addition question. I just downloaded/updated my Action Replay and downloaded codes for the EU games Pirates of the Caribean (both Dead Man's Chest and World's End), Hotel Dusk 215, and Lost in Blue 2. But I have the US games of those. Will the EU codes work for the US game versions or not (or will it if attempted to use, cuase harm to DS and/or games and/or Action Replay)