So, I was wondering. Which old games are the fastest in PAL? To my knowledge, PAL is always the slowest and is sometimes hard to compare to a NTSC / NTSC-J. I only know Banjo-Kazooie any% fastest version is PAL.

So my question is, which speedgames is PAL version the fastest ? (Going from NES till Wii).

I am curious ^^

us europeans deserve a chance too 😤 whoever invented 50hz needs to be slapped

Luigi's Mansion kinda, it has a own PAL category (due to a lot of version differences)

I think the PAL version of Ratchet & Clank 1 and 3 on the PS2 was faster than NTSC, but they're both optimal on PS3 nowadays.

Carrie and Henry mode in Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness are faster on PAL

The PAL version of Super Mario Sunshine has slower load times than NTSC-J, but it also has some extra glitches and the fastest language (Italian), so it’s optimal for any%, but NTSC-J is the way to go for longer categories. NTSC-U is practically the same as PAL in every way besides text so it’s slower, but then again the difference between all versions is like 15 s for any%.

In general, games released on 6th gen consoles (so GameCube/PS2/Xbox/Dreamcast) and onwards shouldn’t have as much PAL slowdown because they started to support PAL-60, which has the same 60 Hz framerate as NTSC.

Crash 2 is faster in PAL because they actually compensated for the slower framerate by making Crash move faster. Once movement tech is applied, Crash is able to make some pretty ridiculous jumps that otherwise are not possible.

Metal Gear MSX 1 and 2, PAL PS2 version is the fastest