Looking for a PAL NES game Checklist

[hydr0x]

I'd like to go for a full PAL A NES set, but I am constantly put off by the PAL B games out there and not knowing what was released where. I reckon I'm closer to a full PAL A set than the collection stats suggest, but as the PAL B games are in there too, it would be good to know sometime in the future the PAL A and PAL B exclusives.

Uhm, mate, you can easily check if a game was released as PAL-A in our very own database. E.g. take a look at City Connection. On the lower left it says (under Specs), NES Lockout PAL-B. Which means this only saw a PAL-B release, vice versa for PAL-A. If it doesn't say anything it was released in both forms. Anyways, I think only about 10-20 games or so didn't see a PAL-A release so in general a game does exist as PAL-A. Most exceptions are the Spanish exclusives and German exclusives like Banana Prince.

[chocklo]

I'd like to go for a full PAL A NES set, but I am constantly put off by the PAL B games out there and not knowing what was released where. I reckon I'm closer to a full PAL A set than the collection stats suggest, but as the PAL B games are in there too, it would be good to know sometime in the future the PAL A and PAL B exclusives.

I'm afraid I don't know much about the differences between PAL-A and PAL-B. I'm guessing it's just games released in different regions?

The PAL A and PAL B thing puts me off full set collecting for the NES. I can handle NTSC and PAL. By default, since collecting games as a kid, I built up a fairly decent PAL A collection. But, since many of the PAL B titles won't work on my std UK NESs, I've never really gone for them.

Thus, I don't really know much about NES. But am I right in saying that PAL A games work on Aussie, UK and Italian machines and PAL B is the rest of Europe? Hence, it's more than games being released in certain regions, moreso a case that PAL B won't work on UK (Aussie and Italian) NESs.

[hydr0x]

Chocklo, you do know that all you need to do to run PAL-B games is cutting one single pin from one chip on the PCB?

[chocklo]

Chocklo, you do know that all you need to do to run PAL-B games is cutting one single pin from one chip on the PCB?

that sounds waaay too techie for me!

[Sato]

Chocklo, you do know that all you need to do to run PAL-B games is cutting one single pin from one chip on the PCB?

that sounds waaay too techie for me!

Surprisingly, it isn't. You literally only need a screwdriver and about 10 minutes of your time. Once it's done, you can play ANY NES game, be it Pal A, B, or NTSC (Not famicom though)

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But seriously, what are the differences between PAL A and B? Is it just regions?