Originally posted by Scones
Sorry for asking what may be a dumb question but I just got my PS2 yesterday so I\'m new most of this stuff.....What does PAL mean? I saw a post for Wipeout Fusion which mentioned a November release for PAL users?
Thanks in advance for any legible reply
Im not sure what PAL stands for..
What it is? Well that I think I know

Its a region.. Just like the DVD regions..
Europe/Australia is PAL when Japan/US is NTSC..
We in europe can ONLY play PAL games. Cuz we have different standards here..
Like most PAL games run at 50Hz (the TV updates the picture 50times per seconds), while in the NTSC region it updates 60times.. (60Hz)
But if you have a 60Hz TV, some games might give you the choice to choose 60Hz instead of 50Hz..
PAL users also have better resolution in our games.
PAL: 640x512
NTSC: 640x480
Hope this helped..