Hi We were recently given a wii by my parents, a friend of theirs brought it back from abroad (it is a NTSC version changed to play PAL) They brought a selection of games (Wii Sports, winter sports, Mario Kart and a few others - all PAL games) which all play fine. For my daughter's birthday she got a dance mat+game, cheerleader game and WiiMusic, all original bought from stores in town. When we tried to play them however they all showed the disc in the disc channel, but when you click on, the screen just goes blank - no error messages, nothing and then we have to power off completely I know this is probably something very basic, but I currently have a distraught 9 year old and a group of family members who are all chasing me to get it sorted Can anyone help or at least tell me what I need to find out (spec, firmware versions etc) Many thanks the duckhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12189#msg-12189Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:22:30 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12205#msg-12205 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12205#msg-12205www.wiibrew.org]

Look at section 4.1 Adding Applications]]> Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 14:30:11 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12204#msg-12204 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12204#msg-12204
I've d/l Gecko onto an SD card but it's not seen on the Wii - is there a step by step guide in really plain english that I can follow ? Feeling rather thick now ;(]]> lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 14:19:21 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12199#msg-12199 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12199#msg-12199 Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:39:13 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12197#msg-12197 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12197#msg-12197 lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:33:08 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12196#msg-12196 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12196#msg-12196www.wiibrew.org] That will let you play your games.]]> Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:18:57 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12195#msg-12195 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12195#msg-12195 lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:16:55 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12194#msg-12194 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12194#msg-12194
The simple solution to this problem is to launch the games via an application called Gecko OS.]]> Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:15:28 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12193#msg-12193 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12193#msg-12193
It's on Ver 3.4U]]> lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:12:49 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12192#msg-12192 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12192#msg-12192 Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 13:05:29 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12191#msg-12191 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12191#msg-12191
In fact, just checked and all the games we have are PAL, which is why I thought we'd be safe asking friends/family to buy games from the local stores]]> lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:52:29 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12190#msg-12190 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12190#msg-12190 Arikado Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:41:45 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12189#msg-12189 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?24,12189,12189#msg-12189
We were recently given a wii by my parents, a friend of theirs brought it back from abroad (it is a NTSC version changed to play PAL)

They brought a selection of games (Wii Sports, winter sports, Mario Kart and a few others - all PAL games) which all play fine. For my daughter's birthday she got a dance mat+game, cheerleader game and WiiMusic, all original bought from stores in town.

When we tried to play them however they all showed the disc in the disc channel, but when you click on, the screen just goes blank - no error messages, nothing and then we have to power off completely

I know this is probably something very basic, but I currently have a distraught 9 year old and a group of family members who are all chasing me to get it sorted

Can anyone help or at least tell me what I need to find out (spec, firmware versions etc)

Many thanks
the duck]]> lameduck Getting StartedMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:37:50 +0100