European Gamecube in north america

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"Franck" <fmesnier@libertysurf.fr> writes:
> My problem is with canadian game, when inserting the dvd in the console I
> have a message that the console can't read the dvd.
>
> Does someone have a solution for this problem ?

I guess the problem is that the GC uses region-encoded disks, so games
from one area of the world typically can't be played on a machine sold
in another area.

There's a software product, I think called called "Freeloader", that
allows you to play games from outside your region (I've never used it
though).

-Miles
--
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Archived from groups: alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube (More info?)

Franck wrote in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube:

> Hi
>
> I have since several years a gamecube in Europe (France). I'm now in
> Canada and the video standard is not the same ; PAL / NTSC.
> I have a transcoder VCR who translate the pal signal to ntsc signal,
> so all my european games work in canada on ntsc TV.
> My problem is with canadian game, when inserting the dvd in the
> console I have a message that the console can't read the dvd.
>
> Does someone have a solution for this problem ?

As Miles and Tom are mentioned, the GameCube uses region coding for all
games, so Canadian games can't be played on a stock European GameCube.
However, Datel makes a product called Freeloader that allows out-of-
region games to be played on any GameCube (US, Japanese or European), so
it may work for you.

Info on the Freeloader:
http://us.codejunkies.com/shop/pro [...] =$&r=0&l=1
&ProdID=142
(watch for text wrap)

HTH. Happy Holidays.

--
Glenn Shaw
Indianapolis, IN USA
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