CONSOLE COMPATIBILITY Joni Share Pinterest reddit Tweet Whatsapp tumblr If you’re a retrogamer like our Joni then you’d agree that a handy feature on some consoles is the ability to be backwards compatible – specifically the hardware. Simply being able to play your old games on your new console. That’s the perfect way to support RETROGAMING! His first experience of this was when learning you could play your original PlayStation games on your brand-spanking new PlayStation 2! Some consoles go to greater effort; the most common example is the first version of the Nintendo Wii which included a full GameCube hidden inside. Just lift the flap at the top and you’d find the controller ports and memory card slots! THE GAMING CONSOLE TABLE Another handy feature in some consoles is being able to play foreign imports. Now some gamers like to modify their consoles (this was called being “chipped” in the old days) and make them do all sorts of tricks but for those of us clean-living types – who still keep the box the console came in – it’s good to know which of the major consoles released in the UK, are region free? Well looky here: CONSOLEYEARREGIONCOMPATIBILITY Nintendo Entertainment System1986PALNone SEGA Master System1987PALNone SEGA Mega Drive1988PALNone Super Nintendo Entertainment System1992PALGame Boy, Game Boy Color (with adaptor) Sony PlayStation 11994PALNone SEGA Saturn1995PALNone Nintendo 641997PALNone Nintendo Game Boy Color1998FreeGame Boy SEGA Dreamcast1999PALNone Sony PlayStation 22000PALPlayStation 1 Nintendo GameCube2001PALGame Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance (with adaptor) Nintendo Game Boy Advance2001FreeGame Boy, Game Boy Color Microsoft Xbox2002PALNone Microsoft Xbox 3602005PALXbox Nintendo DS2005FreeGame Boy Advance Sony PlayStation Portable2005FreeNone Sony PlayStation 32006FreePlayStation 1 Nintendo Wii2006PALGameCube Nintendo 3DS2011FreeDS Nintendo Wii U2012PALWii Sony PlayStation Vita2012FreeNone Microsoft Xbox One2013FreeXbox, Xbox 360 Sony PlayStation 42013FreeNone Nintendo Switch2017FreeNone Microsoft Xbox Series X2020FreeXbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Sony PlayStation 52020FreePlayStation 4 For more gaming fun, click here! Share Pinterest reddit Tweet Whatsapp tumblr Related