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Funny thing: it was the other way around for many C64 games. Many NTSC ports of the time played too fast and had aspect ratio issues. Music from many EU Scene Demos was 20% faster on a US C64.

Good thing that's over.

Yeah, having access to a TV / monitor that supported 60Hz was gold in the UK.

That said, for broadcast TV, PAL looked far nicer - NTSC was named 'Never The Same Colour' for a reason.

I grew up in the part of Asia that PAL was the standard. Kids beg their parents to buy an NTSC TV so that they can play Nintendo (Japanese version: the red and white one).

I feel old.

I had an apartment in Sydney for awhile and got to experience PAL for the first time. I remember it looking really nice but it had this kind of uncomfortable strobing effect.