Does a PAL PSP game work on a NTSC system?

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Do PAL PSP games work on US PSP?

There is no such thing as PAL PSP, that only happen on your TV when US and Japan has NTSC and Europe has PAL version.

Do PSP games have region locked?

For games, the PSP is not region locked. According to Wikipedia: Although PlayStation Portable has no region locking for UMD games; UMD movies are locked by region. However, Sony has confirmed that it is possible to implement Region-Locking on the PSP, and the firmware will disable features based on region.

Does region matter PSP?

Basically, it doesn't matter where your PSP's from, or where your mate bought theirs - what's important is that the games are from the same region.

Do PSP games work on all models?

All current PSP games are compatible with all current PSP models (PSP-1000 "original", PSP-2000 "Slim and Lite", PSP-3000 & PSP Go) . There are only slight hardware differences between them related to screen types, battery life and speaker/microphone type and placement.

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PAL vs NTSC Gaming

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