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Why does Super Mario Bros. have faster music on the real NES? (2016) (reddit.com)
27 points by tosh on Dec 18, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



For the same reason, Castlevania in PAL devices has slower music. It was really off-putting in the beginning but I got used to it...


You should read the reply in the post. PAL versions running slower is to be expected as PAL games were locked to 50hz refresh rates due to TVs refreshing at that speed. NTSC on the other hand ran at 60hz, meaning that PAL games updated 17% slower compared to NTSC.




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