Pedro wrote:Cheeky Devlin wrote:Chocolate-Milk wrote:Cheeky Devlin wrote:If you have several Nintendo systems
the RAD2X cables from
https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/ are a good place to start. The Nintendo one is compatible with anything that has the old Multi-AV connector and takes the best signal it can from each system (Which is RGB in all but one case), line doubles it to 480p and outputs through Mini-HDMI. So SNES, N64, GC and the AV famicom can all be easily played on modern TVs at their best picture quality with one cable. Only downside is that N64 doesn't output in RGB (Unless modded), so you only get composite from it. It's a great value prospect as it costs the same as the other RAD2X cables, but works on 4 different systems. There are other RAD2X cables for other systems, but they generally support fewer systems each.
Recently got this cable, alongside a RetroFighters Brawler 64 controller and it's got the 64 back in rotation. Only issue I'm having is the Rad2x doesn't seem to like HDMI splitters and gives blue/green horizontal lines on screen when run through one - whjen plugged directly in to console/monitor it doesn't mind. Yet o swap in my GC or SNES.
My RAD2X is great but I would be lying if I said it had been totally issue free.
First was that my old Elgato HD60 wouldn't accept the signal when it was connected to the Super Famicom. The RAD2X is built on Retrotink tech and apparently some versions of that didn't get on well with that particular Elgato model. Luckily I have other ways to capture it now so it's not an issue.
Second was again with the Super Famicom. On games where the screen would occasionally go totally white (E.g warping between Light and Dark world in ALTTP), it would glitch out and go weird momentarily. Thought it might be the Super Famicom actually, but when I use it through an actual RGB cable it works fine.
That's the only issues I've ever really had with it and I still recommend getting it as a starting point.
Personally mines is connected through a 7 port HDMI switch, which then gets split between the TV and my capture device and it works fine. The HDMI switch takes external power so that might help it.
Pedro wrote:Q. Has anyone put a GDEMU in to a Dreamcast? If so how was it? Been ripping CDs but looking at how cheap the cloned GDEMUs are now it feels like the next logical step.
On a related note does anyone else love the Brook adapters for different controller options? Bought the one for the Dreamcast and basically you can use any PS/Xbox/Switch controller on the Dreamcast and it has a built in VMU. Using my 360 Madcatz fightstick on the DC has made me love the fighting games on that console even more.
Never put any kind of ODE into a machine (yet) but I'm definitely considering it over the next year or so. I've got two Dreamcast's so I've no issue modding one with a GDemu at some point. I want one for my Saturn as well, but the downside is that by their very nature you lose access to the disc drive and Saturns aren't too cheap anymore so I'm loathe to do anything that removes functionality like that without a backup system. With that in mind I'd probably consider the Satiator add-on that's recently released which slots into the MPEG Card slot in the back and leaves the system otherwise untouched.
A Terraonion MODE might be a good shout for my PS at some point too.