The nostalgic path of Playstation Classic in the homes of those who wanted it was not the most serene: the discovery that it used the open-source PCSX ReARMed emulator and also the disappearance, in the final phase, of 16 games including MediEvil, Tombi !, Klonoa, Parasite Eve, Vagrant Story and others, have caused several setbacks.
The PS Classic is a emulator in all and for all. And, like any emulator, here too it is possible to “play” and change some settings for improve gaming performance. of Giochi 20 available on PS Classic, nine of these update to 50 Hz as the PAL standard, i.e. European, rather than standard NTSC at 6 0Hz, like in the United States. We speak very simply of image refresh rate which we could translate into FPS, although it must be said that PAL enjoys higher resolution and more vivid colors at the expense of fluidity. PAL games are:
- Battle Arena Toshinden;
- Cool Boarders 2;
- Destruction Derby;
- Grand Theft Auto;
- Jumping Flash !;
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee;
- Resident Evil Director's Cut;
- Tekken 3;
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
This difference results in a worsening of the experience and less fluidity, but fear not: it is possible change the PAL / NTSC standard going to tinker in a hidden emulation menu in the mini console. Of course our goal is to align nine PAL games to eleven NTSC, playing at 60Hz with all titles preloaded on the console.
Tinker with the possible consequences in mind: these are delicate modding operations, arm yourself with courage and attention and your PS Classic will thank you. Having made this due premise, the only "thing" from the toolbox we will need is a USB keyboard. That's all it takes to access the hidden menu - other keyboards, such as Apple's, won't work properly while classic windows with wire are the safest in this sense. LED keyboards may need additional power if you decide to test with such a keyboard. The rest is very simple:
How to access the emulation menu: connect the USB keyboard to the PS Classic in the appropriate USB input and press the button "Esc" on the game you are interested in. You should have managed to enter the "secret" menu. From there we can change the PAL / NTSC settings;
How to change the PAL standard to NTSC: Scroll down the menu until you get to "Region", from here you can change the region to NTSC. By doing so, all PAL games will benefit, in terms of performance and FPS.
There is much more to do than change the standard of the region, how to enter the options of the individual games and change the basic settings, how to add filters, show the FPS, set automatic saves and even enter the BIOS, but in the latter case it is good that you really know what you are doing. Disabling the frame limiter could cause audio glitches, for example, or changing the video output mode could earn you an undeserved black screen and resetting the console may not mean the problems will go away.
Of course, changing the standard to NTSC is much safer than delving into the aforementioned twists and turns, and will pay off with asmoother experience thanks to 60 Hz, obviating a dubious and old default setting. Happy tweaks.
