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Wow, that sounds like it might explain why my timing is always off playing SNES games on emulators. I grew up playing the PAL versions. I always put it down to lag on modern TVs. Be

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This is raising the question if emulators are using PAL timings for EU roms. And do we know if the snes mini is giving the NTSC or PAL experience?

It depends on the system and the emulator. The file format most commonly used for NES ROMs does not include region information, so most NES emulators require the user to manually select NTSC or PAL timing to match their ROMs. I think SNES emulators should automatically use the correct framerate though, as the SNES ROM header does include a region field.

The NES/SNES minis always use the NTSC versions of the game, regardless of region.

Thanks for the clarification, it's giving me an excuse for my now totally bad timing at yoshi's island.

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