I hope everyone's not buying Animal Crossing just to play 15 ultra common NES games

[Jay]

If you need TP, just use one of the many fine Gamestop catalogs with overpriced games. They also make for great litter box liners, and they're the perfect gift for the relative who has absolutely no sense of self-worth.

[Hero]

I want to try Animal Crossing because it sounds like an awesome concept. Then again, I'm sure I'll either a) play it a week and never touch it again or b) totally lose all contact with the outside world and start babbling about all AC-related stuff.

[StriderKyo]

Originally posted by burgundy
I take it you're blind, then, if you're failing to notice those horrible vertical lines all over your screen.

These NES games look brand new with a better video connection.

I dunno. I haven't seen how they look in AC, but I find 8-bit games look worse on a cleaner display. Things look blockier and more basic, and alot of the warmth is taken out of the sprites.

[Saint of Killers]

I think you're just nuts. I can't stand seeing NES games through an RF connection anymore. I'm glad my old NES still works. The toploader was a great idea, but the lack of composite outs was an idiotic oversight on Nintendo's part.

[Cheebs]

NES games look great on a clean display, just not in high res. Simple graphics love scanlines, you know. Ever play a Playchoice 10 game or one of those "VS" games in the arcade? That's what an NES would look like with a clean display, and those looked great.

[burgundy]

Originally posted by StriderKyo

I dunno. I haven't seen how they look in AC, but I find 8-bit games look worse on a cleaner display. Things look blockier and more basic, and alot of the warmth is taken out of the sprites.

NES RF out = okay

NES RF out chock full of hideous phantom lines = not okay

I'm still trying to mod my toploader

[Master]

*prepares to make a case for Star Fox*

EThugg likes the Bruce Lee Xbox game.


THE END.

[Cheebs]

Originally posted by burgundy
NES RF out = okay

NES RF out chock full of hideous phantom lines = not okay

I'm still trying to mod my toploader

Sorry, but phantom lines or no phantom lines, NES RF is just bad. Heck, NES composite is also bad. Even with composite video, look at any checker pattern on the NES like the bottom of the boxers' shoes in Punchout. It is not a nice solid pattern. The video noise ceates diagonal areas of light and dark, and it just looks bad. Look at anything that's supposed to be a solid vertical edge. More distored ugliness. Look at anything that's supposed to be a plain solid color. It's full of off-color fuzz. It's a shame that one of the greatest consoles of all time has just about the crappiest video signal of all time. It is also a shame that current consoles no longer support low res video, so the NES (or any number of arcade games for that matter) will never propperly be emulated. Some day I will own a Playchoice 10 and figure out how to run NES games in RGB. It can be done, I just don't know how yet.

[lithium]

The NES's native signal is composite. The video chip converts the RGB to composite before sending it out. There are RGB hacks out there for the NES, but they're mighty technical.

[burgundy]

It can be done with a PC10. I suppose you might also be able to replace the video chip, but good luck with that.