How to Play Pal PS2 Games on a PS3

Two different broadcast video formats are used: NTSC and PAL. The United States and a few other countries use NTSC while most of the world uses PAL. PAL video has a few more frames per second than NTSC and has a slightly different resolution. If you have an older PS2 PAL (PlayStation 2) video game and you want to play it on a PS3, your PS3 must be PAL. This means you can't use a PlayStation from the United States with a European video game.

Things You'll Need

• 80gb PAL PS3
• PS2 video game

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Power on the 80gb PAL PS3 and the television. Only 80gb PS3s are backward compatible. Other PS3 systems can't play older video games.

   • 2

     Insert the PS2 PAL game into the PS3 gaming system.

   • 3

     Select "OK" when a small message appears stating the game is an older PlayStation game. Select the game on your main menu and the PAL PS2 game loads onto the television screen.