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snes/N64 VGA box
« on: July 01, 2008, 11:54:42 am »
Has anyone tried playing either an SNES, N64, or even an NES on a VGA monitor.   I have an old VGA LCD monitor laying around, and I was thinking of building a bartop with either a N64 or a Retroduo (snes/nes clone).

I saw this:

http://www.amazon.com/INNOVATION-TECHNOLOGIES-GameCube-VGA-Box/dp/B0001YM06W

which works on N64/SNES/Gamecube according to the box.  I realize that it won't work with the Retroduo (only standard RCA/S-Video connection) and I have no interest in building a Gamecube bartop.  However, I have an old N64, LCD monitor, and a Madcatz Arcade Shark joystick.  I thought it might be a fun project to build a bartop with those components.

My main question is, how will the image look on the monitor?  Will it be too blurry or pixelated.  I'm also interested to know how snes/nes games would look on a vga monitor if I buy a different adapter.  Does anyone have any experience directly connecting (not through video card or emulation) one of these old consoles to a computer monitor?  Thanks!

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Re: snes/N64 VGA box
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2008, 05:28:16 pm »
n64 runs at 15K like a arcade monitor so it will require a converter or vga adapter but I am not sure what the outcome would look like.

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Re: snes/N64 VGA box
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2008, 11:28:18 pm »
NES only does RF or composite output right?  That's gonna look pretty terrible on a VGA display.  I think it'd be far easier to put together a cheap 500-1000mhz PC and emulate it.  I have however read that you could swap the PPU on an NES with that of a Play Choice 10 arcade board and the NES will then output NTSC RGB video instead and that'd be compatable with what ever arcade monitors the PlayChoice's used.  But emulation sounds a LOT easier.