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[Jamix012]

Reading more... so component is basically just HD-capable S-Video...

Somewhat, it seperates everything a little more than S-Video and is thus a little better. In theory RGB should give you a better picture for non-HD pictures but in practice it's really difficult to tell. Hell, go into the RGB/upscaler thread and look at the upscaler link in the OP. The guy is super into picture quality and does reviews of dozens of upscalers, but even he can't tell the differentce between RGB and YPbPr.

I am seeing that most clearly here with the ALTTP comparisons.

WTF man how is it such a huge jump? I remember doing component for Wii and the difference was pretty big. Here it seems barely any different from S-Video.

You have to read the fine print of that comparison. The RGB one is running on a RGB monitor whereas all the other ones are running on a CRT so there are going to be huge differences. As for why the RGB to YUV loses out a little to S-video, I'd blame the converter or the CRT's ability to process component, there's no way component should lose to S-video.

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

The N64 multiplayer games that defined the system.

 

[cacildo]

Any good place where i could get the Project 64 emulator? The official home page download option isnt working....

I wish i could get my old N64 from my ex girlfriend... i even had Pilotwings!

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

It's funny how the Pokemon Stadium games defined the N64 era for some people.

Pokemon Stadium 2 is actually a pretty impressive game as it supports the Expansion Pak for sharper graphics and it also supports Dolby Pro Logic II for an even more immersive feeling.

 

[Kainazzo]

It's funny how the Pokemon Stadium games defined the N64 era for some people.

Pokemon Stadium 2 is actually a pretty impressive game as it supports the Expansion Pak for sharper graphics and it also supports Dolby Pro Logic II for an even more immersive feeling.

I always thought it was strange how Pokemon Stadium had that little name box on the label. I don't remember any other game having that.

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

Talk about a nostalgia infusion. : )

 

[D-e-f-]

The N64 multiplayer games that defined the system.

Missing NBA Hang Time

 

[-KRS-]

Hey guys. I rebought an N64 recently, along with some gamecube component cables. As a result I graduated my Gamecube S-video cable to the N64, and I was under the impression that they were cross compatitable. However I'm getting this horrible crosshatching effect. I've looked it up, but no one seems to have a good answer. It's especially weird since the cables did wonders for my 'cube but seem to be failing me when it comes to the N64. Anyone know a solution?

Hmm, is it a PAL unit? The s-video cables I've tried on my PAL unit has looked worse than composite.

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

Missing NBA Hang Time

Yep, it's one of the best sports games on the N64.

 

[D-e-f-]

Yep, it's one of the best sports games on the N64.

Redeemed!

*pours one out for Midway*

 

[Maxrunner]

So i just bought an N64 pal version but it really looks like ass on my 46 inch samsung lcd. I've read about the s-video cable for pal versions here http://lifein16bit.blogspot.pt/2011/05/getting-most-out-of-your-pal-n64.html

But is there any other way to improve the image? Obviously being this big it doesnt help at all....

 

[Maxrunner]

Even on my RGB modded console, it looks like utter shit. Moreso than almost any other N64 game I've played.

The 3DS version will be announced any day now. Wait it out is my recommendation.

RGB modded?Pal version?

 

[Peagles]

RGB modded?Pal version?

PAL version can't be RGB modded, unless it's the French specific one, I believe.

 

[Maxrunner]

PAL version can't be RGB modded, unless it's the French specific one, I believe.

Interesting so what about that s-video adapter for pal version will it improve anything? Perhaps i should buy a moderately sized crt tv???

 

[Peagles]

S-vid is a good improvement over composite but really the N64 has pretty bad picture quality all up compared to other systems. It'd probably still look pretty bad on your LCD in s-vid but it'll look substantially better on a CRT. That cable sounds like a good investment to me whether you stick with LCD or go CRT. It also looks like an easy mod though too so if you are that way inclined that could be a fun mod.

Edit: also consider if your LCD even has an s-video input, not many do these days.

 

[Cody_D165]

Talk about a nostalgia infusion. : )

Still my absolute favorite local multiplayer games! I really wanna hunt down boxes for MP 2 and 3 sometime. (Also don't have that bigger box for 6, but meh.)

 

[IrishNinja]

HELL YEAH MOTHER TRUCKERS

bought because of this thread, of course

 

[KDash31987]

Wayne Gretzky, eh? I should look into getting those. I absolutely LOVE the rest of Midway's sports games. I also need a copy of NFL Blitz. I've been trying to find one for a while around here, but I always only see NFL Blitz 2000. I can't find the original.
I played the series for a bit before, and I really liked it. I'm not a fan of football in real life, so I'm always confused by other games. I prefer the simplicity of Blitz. I did like the NFL 2K series a bit, though.

Anyway, here's my Midway sports collection so far:

NBA Hangtime for the N64 might just be my favorite. It used to be the Genesis version of NBA Jam, but the arcade perfect N64 port of NBA Hangtime managed to beat my favorite basketball game since childhood. It's just absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend it to anyone with an N64.

 

[A Black Falcon]

HELL YEAH MOTHER TRUCKERS

bought because of this thread, of course

Gretzky '98 is okay, but the first one is better... they made it way too hard to score in the sequel!

 

[ph00p]

Talk about a nostalgia infusion. : )

Mario Party 2, Mario with a cowboy hat, so right that its wrong.

 

[Maxrunner]

S-vid is a good improvement over composite but really the N64 has pretty bad picture quality all up compared to other systems. It'd probably still look pretty bad on your LCD in s-vid but it'll look substantially better on a CRT. That cable sounds like a good investment to me whether you stick with LCD or go CRT. It also looks like an easy mod though too so if you are that way inclined that could be a fun mod.

Edit: also consider if your LCD even has an s-video input, not many do these days.

Hi that cable is not a mod, there's a store in uk that sells them:

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/

 

[Peagles]

Hi that cable is not a mod, there's a store in uk that sells them:

http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/

You can buy the modded cable, but you can also mod the system so it works with a regular s-vid cable, and it's an easy mod by the looks of it. If the cable is too expensive, I'd just do the mod.

 

[Maxrunner]

You can buy the modded cable, but you can also mod the system so it works with a regular s-vid cable, and it's an easy mod by the looks of it. If the cable is too expensive, I'd just do the mod.

What kind of mod, can you elaborate?

regards,

 

[Rich!]

Sigh...first thing my idiot brother does when he sees my room is flip his shit because apparently the transparent blue N64 is his, and I sold it to him at some point.

I don't remember doing that, but hey ho. My RGB modded console is now back in it's drab black casing. Ah well.

 

[Peagles]

What kind of mod, can you elaborate?

regards,

S-video mod for PAL N64 systems have a read here: http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3460.0 some other links in that thread are useful too. The cable you are talking about has been modded Ina similar way, it's just it seems the extra components are in the cable rather than the system.

 

[Peagles]

Sigh...first thing my idiot brother does when he sees my room is flip his shit because apparently the transparent blue N64 is his, and I sold it to him at some point.

I don't remember doing that, but hey ho. My RGB modded console is now back in it's drab black casing. Ah well.

I think it's okay to double post to say that is some lame shit. Brothers suck sometimes. Offer to buy it off him for $20, lol.

 

[Rich!]

I think it's okay to double post to say that is some lame shit. Brothers suck sometimes. Offer to buy it off him for $20, lol.

Nah, I sold it to him for £80 years back apparently, and he literally hates me as a person...so yeah.

Ah well. Can't wait to get this framemeister and see how my RGB N64 looks on it.

 

[Peagles]

Nah, I sold it to him for £80 years back apparently, and he literally hates me as a person...so yeah.

Ah well. Can't wait to get this framemeister and see how my RGB N64 looks on it.

Ah well. As long as you got your sweet RGB mod outta there. It's what's on the inside that counts

 

[Rich!]

Ah well. As long as you got your sweet RGB mod outta there. It's what's on the inside that counts

Yeah and to be honest, I managed to swipe most of my games back off him over the years without him noticing anyway lol

 

[Riky]

I remember importing an NTSC machine into the UK before the PAL launch because I was desperate to play Mario 64 and Killer Instinct, glad I did when I saw the 50hz bordered Pal versions when it arrived.

Still got all my games and several consoles including at least three of those Pikachu editions in my loft, I'll get some photos and load them up.

 

[tipoo]

I haven't read much of this thread, but is it possible to let n64 games run at a higher framerate than designed for without everything starting to move/talk super fast?

 

[boyshine]

First 9 just arrived!

35 007 The World is not Enough
36 Spacestation Silicon Valley
37 Star Wars Episode I: Battle for Naboo
38 Star Wars Rogue Squadron
39 Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
40 Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
41 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
42 Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
43 Turok Rage Wars

 

[Vexxan]

Started bidding on some N64 stuff today, mainly looking to get a copy of Japanese Super Smash Bros. and perhaps another Hori controller if I can find one that doesn't cost me $90 like the last one.

Damn you customs!

 

[ZealousD]

I want to play Sin and Punishment on my US system. What's the best way for me to do this without breaking anything on the system or cartridge?

 

[boyshine]

Huh. Shadows of the Empire controls a lot better than I remembered it. This might've been a case of playing a game while not yet quite comfortable with 3D and analog. I love these discoveries.

 

[KDash31987]

I want to play Sin and Punishment on my US system. What's the best way for me to do this without breaking anything on the system or cartridge?

got an american console? You can either open up your console and remove the tabs, or use one of these:

A GameShark should work, too. Or any cheat cartridge, really. Same goes for the SNES and Genesis.

 

[Peagles]

I want to play Sin and Punishment on my US system. What's the best way for me to do this without breaking anything on the system or cartridge?

You could get rid of the tabs inside but that does involve physical damage. It's not visible from the outside though. Or get something like this which acts as a passthrough...

 

[A Black Falcon]

I want to play Sin and Punishment on my US system. What's the best way for me to do this without breaking anything on the system or cartridge?

The easiest way is to buy a gamebit screwdriver (the larger size, for the system), take the N64 apart, and remove the plastic piece around the cart connection inside and the doors that cover it. If you ever cut out the two tabs from it you can then put it back together and get doors over the port again, but otherwise it's not too bad if you just keep a game in the system...

A passthrough cart like a Gameshark is an option too, but that doesn't look as nice and N64 Gamesharks aren't entirely reliable, so I wouldn't want to always have to have that plugged in for import games to work.

 

[ZealousD]

A GameShark should work, too. Or any cheat cartridge, really. Same goes for the SNES and Genesis.

Yeah I was thinking a pass through cart of some kind would be my favored approach. I wasn't sure if there were any carts that were better than others like this. It looked like there are several options, didn't know which ones were the best.

 

[Soup Bar]

A GameShark should work, too. Or any cheat cartridge, really. Same goes for the SNES and Genesis.

Either my Gameshark was too old, or it wasn't working right, but I'm pretty sure you need a newer version of the Gameshark to play Sin and Punishment.

 

[KDash31987]

I'm just going by what I've seen mentioned online. I don't own any Japanese N64 games, and I don't own any cheat devices besides a Game Genie for the Genesis and an Action Replay for the Saturn...both of which I bought just to play import games. Hah.

I do have Sin & Punishment on the Wii Virtual Console, though, as well as Sin & Punishment: Star Successor. Both are fantastic games.

 

[ZealousD]

Anybody have experience with the Passport Plus III?

 

[D-e-f-]

Anybody have experience with the Passport Plus III?

I have that one. Used it with Resident Evil 2 and StarCraft 64.

 

[A Black Falcon]

I got some N64 import games last year, and I did as I said: got the gamebit and removed the plastic part with the tabs on it. If I ever get those tabs cut out, I'll put it and the doors back in the system.

Either my Gameshark was too old, or it wasn't working right, but I'm pretty sure you need a newer version of the Gameshark to play Sin and Punishment.

Gamesharks are unreliable. Don't trust them to always work, or to work with all games.

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

Use the melted pen method to remove the screws holding the back of the Sin & Punishment cartridge so it'll fit in to a North American N64. You can put it back together after you're finished. Here's a video showing the melted pen method of removing Nintendo proprietary screws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKfGxEL19o

 

[Rich!]

Use the melted pen method to remove the screws holding the back of the Sin & Punishment cartridge so it'll fit in to a North American N64. You can put it back together after you're finished. Here's a video showing the melted pen method of removing Nintendo proprietary screws.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiKfGxEL19o

I would heavy recommend against using the melted pen method unless you want gunk all over your console.

A gamebit screwdriver is only a quid on eBay, no need for anyone to not buy one.

 

[GRIZZMEISTER]

Here's the link to a gamebit that will allow you to swap backs between U.S. and Japanese N64 games.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000F8GWH2/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Here is a picture of my bit with the Japanese copy of Super Smash Bros. that I swapped the back on.

 

[Dr. Black Jack]

Just got a Gameshark 3.3 + Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, and after two solid days of entering translation codes/renaming every wrestler, I am now in AKI heaven. Can't wait to dig into the CAW options this weekend and recreate some modern wrestlers.

Anyone who collects AKI N64 games: how hard is it to find a fixed copy of No Mercy? I've been looking for months, and outside of this one dude charging $75 for a sealed copy, none have shown up. I'm tempted to pick up a glitched copy at my local pawn for $6 but I really don't want to lose my progress/CAWs after a few years.

 

[DoubleDash]

I liked NBA Showtime best. Can't beat the NBA on NBC theme song

Yep, it's one of the best sports games on the N64.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I liked NBA Showtime best. Can't beat the NBA on NBC theme song

That jingle is so hype.