▁and ▁sound ▁on ▁P AL ▁systems ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁ ▁At ari ▁ 7 8 0 0 ▁has ▁regional ▁lock ing ▁on ▁N T SC ▁systems , ▁leaving ▁P AL - made ▁games ▁un play able ▁on ▁them . ▁However , ▁the ▁P AL ▁versions ▁of ▁At ari ▁ 7 8 0 0 ▁can ▁run ▁N T SC ▁games , ▁but ▁suffering ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁problems ▁as ▁At ari ▁ 2 6 0 0 ▁did . ▁ ▁The ▁At ari ▁ 5 2 0 0 , ▁Lyn x ▁and ▁J agu ar ▁are ▁region - free . ▁ ▁N intendo ▁N intendo ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁console ▁mak er ▁to ▁introduce ▁regional ▁lo cks ▁to ▁its ▁cons oles . ▁Games ▁for ▁the ▁N intendo ▁Entertainment ▁System ▁( N ES ) ▁were ▁locked ▁through ▁both ▁physical ▁and ▁technical ▁means ; ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁cart rid ges ▁for ▁the ▁N ES ▁differ ed ▁between ▁Japan ▁and ▁other ▁mark ets , ▁using ▁a ▁different ▁number ▁of ▁p ins . ▁As ▁the ▁Fam ic om ▁( the ▁Japanese ▁model ) ▁used ▁slightly ▁smaller ▁cart rid ges , ▁Japanese ▁games ▁could ▁not ▁fit ▁into ▁N ES ▁cons oles ▁without ▁an ▁adapter ▁( and ▁even ▁with ▁that , ▁they ▁could ▁still ▁not ▁use ▁the ▁extra ▁sound ▁functional ities ▁of ▁the ▁Fam ic om ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁differ ing ▁hardware ). ▁Official ▁ad ap ters ▁existed ▁inside ▁early ▁copies ▁of ▁Gy rom ite ▁and ▁could ▁be ▁dis ass emble d ▁then ▁sw apped ▁with ▁a ▁different ▁Fam ic om