Nintendo's Official Seal of Quality in PAL regions

It was first released on December 21, 1997 in Japan ; March 10, 1998 in North America ; and May 10, 1998 in PAL regions.

It was later re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console service on September 17, 2007 in North America ; October 26, 2007 in PAL regions ; and October 30, 2007 in Japan.

The cover used for releases in Japan and PAL regions was drawn by Ueda himself, and was inspired by the surrealist artist Giorgio de Chirico and his work, The Nostalgia of the Infinite.

The development team was unable to provide Ueda's cover or the additional features such as the two-player mode in time for Sony's planned North American release date, but included them for the later releases in Japan and PAL regions.

For its original release, a limited edition of the game was available in PAL regions that included a cardboard wrapping displaying artwork from the game and four art cards inside the box.

The game was re-released as a standard edition in 2006 across all PAL regions except France after the 2005 release of Shadow of the Colossus, Icos spiritual sequel, to allow players to " fill the gap in their collection ".

Ico sold 700, 000 copies worldwide, with 270, 000 in the United States and the bulk in PAL regions, and received strong reviews, becoming a cult hit among gamers.

In North America and Europe / PAL regions, the two games were released as a single retail collection, while in Japan, they were released as separate titles.

Until 2004, Japanese residents were able to send their systems to Nintendo directly for repairs / belt replacements, but Nintendo of America and the PAL regions do not service them ( as the system was not released in those regions ).

The NES version was developed by Software Creations and published in the PAL regions by Ocean.

River City Ransom, released as in Japan and as Street Gangs in PAL regions, is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ).

The original NES version of River City Ransom was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan on October 23, 2007, in PAL regions on February 21, 2008, and in North America on April 21, 2008.

The game was released for Gamecube in North America on October 13, 2005, and later in PAL regions on December 16, 2005.

The Playstation 2 version was released on PAL regions on December 2, 2005, and later in North America in February 9, 2006.

The game was released in Japan in 1988, and in North America and PAL regions the following years.

The game was added as a part of the Wii Virtual Console service in PAL regions on December 14, 2007.

It was released in North America on February 28, 1997, and in the PAL regions on September 1, 1997.

The original arcade version, first two NES games and Game Boy game were released as Shadow Warriors in PAL regions.

Sega also released two Ninja Gaiden games for the Game Gear and Master System, the latter only for PAL regions.

), known in PAL regions as WarioWare, Inc .: Minigame Mania and in Japan as, is a video game for the Game Boy Advance.

, known in PAL regions as Pyoro, features both Pyoro and Pyoro 2 from the original GBA version.

With the exception of Wild Arms 2 and Alter Code: F, each game has been released in the three major NTSC and PAL regions.

PAL is used with a variety of 625-line standards ( B, G, D, K, I, N ) but also with the North American 525-line standard, accordingly named PAL-M.

Even though this usage is common, it is misleading as that is not the original meaning of the terms PAL / SECAM / NTSC.

The same basic format ( with minor differences mainly related to timing and the encoding of color ) is used for PAL, NTSC and SECAM television systems.

This digital signature code is not present in PAL 7800s, which use various heuristics to detect 2600 cartridges, due to export restrictions.

In the PAL system, the color subcarrier is 4. 43 MHz above the video carrier, while in the NTSC system it is 3. 58 MHz above the video carrier.

In NTSC and PAL, hue is represented by a phase shift of the chrominance signal relative to the color burst, while saturation is determined by the amplitude of the subcarrier.

Chrominance is represented by the U-V color plane in PAL and SECAM video signals, and by the I-Q color plane in NTSC.

For 4: 3 aspect-ratio broadcasts, the 640 × 480 format is used in NTSC countries, while 720 × 576 is used in PAL countries.

For 16: 9 broadcasts, the 720 × 480 format is used in NTSC countries, while 720 × 576 is used in PAL countries.

These arms can be possessed with an RPAL, which is similar to the PAL course, but covers restricted weapons and the increased storage requirements.

The PAL television standard is used in Lebanon.

Lightworks is a professional NLE system for editing and mastering of movies in 2K and 4K as well as television productions in PAL, NTSC and HD.

Without using overscan, the Amiga's graphics display is 320 or 640 pixels wide by 200 ( NTSC ) or 256 ( PAL ) pixels tall.

Vertical resolution, without overscan, is 200 pixels for an 60 Hz NTSC Amiga or 256 for a 50 Hz PAL Amiga.

On a regular NTSC or PAL display, DMA audio playback is limited to a maximum output rate of 28867 values per channel ( PAL: 28837 ) per second totaling 57674 ( PAL: 57734 ) values per second on each stereo output.

However, in other parts of the world that used the PAL or SECAM analog standards, standard-definition television is now usually shown with a 16: 9 aspect ratio, with the transition occurring between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s.

A separately produced compilation titled The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga was released for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and Wii in North America, the PAL region, and Southeast Asia.

The PAL version, titled Probotector, was released in December 28,.

' award from Official Nintendo Magazine ( then titled ' Nintendo Official Magazine ') and this was featured on the box of the PAL version.

( Lyrics ) A remix of the song, titled " Beyond the Bounds ( Mitsuto Suzuki 020203 Mix feat. Sana )" also included on the soundtrack, is played during a music video extra in the PAL and NTSC-J " Special Edition " versions of the game, and appears on Pop ' n Music 8.

The PAL version of the game is titled Probotector and like the European localizations of previous Contra games for home consoles, the main characters ( CX-1 through 4 ) and some of the enemies were renamed and replaced with robotic counterparts ( Browny was left unchanged, with only his name changed ).