480p option on NTSC Nintendo GameCube consoles and 1080i/720p exclusive to NTSC version of Microsoft Xbox), but not on others. As HDTV hardware spread however, games for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were typically programmed in 720p or 1080p (which are standard across all territories), thus eliminating the TV specs hurdle. Also - starting with the Dreamcast - most software in PAL territories included the option to play PAL software in its original 480i/60 Hz format. Region-free consoles While many games consoles do not allow games from other countries to be played on them (mainly due to voltage, localization and licensing issues), some consoles (often handheld, due to the universal nature of batteries) are not necessarily restricted to a certain locale. Some of these include: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Atari Jaguar Atari Jaguar CD Game Boy/GB Pocket/GB Light Game Boy Color Game Boy Advance/GBA SP/GB Micro Game Gear Neo Geo Neo Geo CD/CDZ Neo Geo Pocket Color Nintendo Entertainment System (NES-101 model only, concerns only NTSC NES and PAL NES. Famicom games need a special cartridge converter, and some features like extra sound channels will be missing.) Nintendo DS/DS Lite Nintendo Switch TurboGrafx-CD/PC Engine CD-ROM2 System Master System PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4. Although Sony has said that it is possible to region lock titles, they strongly discourage developers from doing so. PlayStation 5. Similar to the PlayStation 4, Sony has said region locking is a possibility, but discouraged. Super Game Boy (the SGB itself is locked for either PAL or NTSC SNES) Super Game Boy 2 (doesn't work with PAL SNES) Super NES (concerns only Japanese Super Famicom and NTSC SNES, cut out two tabs in cartridge slot) Nintendo 64 (concerns only Japanese N64 and NTSC N64, remove two tabs in the back of the cartridge tray) Vectrex Vectrex games, Controllers, 3D Imagers, and other accessories are not region specific. The box and manual language printing are the only differences. Virtual Boy Xbox One – Initially to be strictly region-locked by means of IP Geolocation through a mandatory network connection so that the console will not be usable outside its intended region, however Microsoft has retracted the function and the console is now technically region-free. Xbox Series X and Series S Note: Pre-third generation consoles are not listed because at the time there was little to no importing and consequently there was little reason to introduce