what in the goddamn...
either my dreamcast is magic or pier solar is region-free already
my copy of Pier Solar and the Great Architects has NTSC-J all over it. "For Japan Only," it says, in multiple places on the packaging. so, i was looking into getting past region-locking because i figured i'd probably not be able to play it on my north american dreamcast
on a lark, i put the disc in anyway and see what will happen, expecting some sort of "wrong region" message
and... it boots and runs anyway??
thinking i might have gotten a J console, i tried Bust-a-Move 4 (which has an ESRB rating right on the disc so i know it's a north american game) and it works too
so my assumption is one of:
- my dreamcast was already modded to make it region-free and i wasn't aware when i bought it
- pier solar, being a modern homebrew game, is region-free despite all the packaging saying it's only for NTSC-J
does anyone know if pier solar is like that, or does my dreamcast just have magic powers
okay, pier solar is just region-free. as with so many things in life, this was something i could have found out much sooner just by reading the enclosed instruction booklet
