PS Plus’s first classic PS1 game has finally added 50hz/60hz region switching.
When the revamped PlayStation Plus launched in Europe this summer, several classic PlayStation games were discovered to be the 50Hz PAL versions, which run 20% slower than the NTSC 60hz versions used in the US and other regions.. Three months later, this feature has arrived with Monday’s addition of Syphon Filter 2.As demonstrated in VGC’s captured image above, Syphon Filter 2 now offers the ability to switch game regions from its settings menu, after which the game will be reset.
Generally speaking, PAL games tend to run 20% slower than NTSC games, and can only reach maximum frame rates of 50 frames per second. Some games like Jumping Flash also include the patch Sony introduced for “improved PAL output”, which seemingly attempts to increase the 50Hz output to 60Hz to match the NTSC versions’ speed but createsAround half of the PS1 titles are the PAL versions