PAL: Good News and Bad News.

NOTE: The following only affects folks in Western Europe, Australia and Eastern South America.

The bad news first: unfortunately we won't be able to have a PAL version of Press Start available after all, because the resulting video would just look unacceptably choppy and awful. We're extremely sorry.

BUT!! The good news is that your computer will be able to play the DVD just fine -- computers and computer monitors make no distinction between PAL and NTSC. And the Press Start disc will be REGION FREE, so region coding won't make any difference whatsoever.

There's also a good chance that your PAL set-top DVD player will still play the disc. Most PAL DVD players can actually play both formats, and most PAL TVs made within the last 8-10 years support it as well. However, we are unable to guarantee this.

Just a reminder: if you live in the U.S., Canada, Japan, South Korea, the Phillippines, Mexico, or any other country that uses the NTSC standard, your Press Start DVD should play just fine on all players.

To all our PALs out there

We've often been asked if Press Start will be available in other countries, and that's an excellent question. Yes, the DVD will be available to order online from anywhere in the world. It will be a region-free disc, compatible with DVD players of all regions.

However, we've also been asked if there will be a PAL version available. For those not in the know, PAL is a television/video standard used in several parts of the world, particularly in much of Europe and Asia. In America, we use a standard called NTSC.

While many DVD players can play both NTSC and PAL discs, an NTSC Press Start disc may not be totally compatible with all players worldwide. However, it WILL be compatible with all U.S. players.

But here's the good news. We'll be working hard to make sure we can have a PAL version of Press Start available at the same time the NTSC version is available. This shouldn't be a problem, and we'll keep you posted. You'll just want to make sure that when you order your copy of the DVD, you make sure you get the version that's right for your country.

Thanks for all your support! Just a little over 3 months left!