How To Get "HD" Out Of Retro Consoles

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[@AdamKoralik]

Hey Rich, I think you're referencing my video. Thanks for watching it.

[@ReviewTechUSA]

lol...oh crap....Yes I am!

[@AdamKoralik]

ReviewTechUSA Appreciated. Any chance of annotating back to that video? If not, no worries.

[@beastunstopable]

AdamKoralik I hate youtubers that don't give credit.

[@AdamKoralik]

beastunstopable Rich is a good guy, I'm sure he just forgot my name. It's all good.

[@ReviewTechUSA]

AdamKoralik Yes. I'll do you one better. I will mention you in my latest news story tonight an post your channel on my RTU Facebook page.

[@Danmandingo]

One of the most AWESOME THINGS about those older consoles...they STILL work. Seriously it's like consoles back in the day were built, to survive nothing short of a nuclear explosion @______________@

[@ReviewTechUSA]

That's the beauty of having no moving parts. I assure you NONE of the current offerings from the big 3 will be working in 25 years from now.

[@thatssomegoodpie]

ReviewTechUSA exept if you are really really carefull with them and don't use them too much

[@joshualambert6230]

ReviewTechUSA I think thats what the futur consoles are working towards no disc spinning just digital copies running on an SD Hardrive.

[@infamousking5568]

***** I know. My N64 is 15 years old and still going with no problems. My PS3, however, broke in 6 years.

[@nictheperson6709]

ReviewTechUSA Serious offender is the GameCube. Surprising. It's so much newer than the SNES and stuff but yet it's already failing with discs. How far gaming hardware has fallen...

[@roman_nfkrz]

true next-gen

[@Sernet-in4fr]

I'm playing CoD: Ghosts at 60 fps on Swagenesis, skrub

[@R1BARA]

Ser.net lolcod

[@LukeDude759]

"A bunch of delicious games" Don't eat your games, Rich.

[@ReviewTechUSA]

Many people asked me in the video where to get the SCART cable from. Get THIS cable. It allows you to get the stereo audio from the front headphone jack of your Model 1 Genesis/Mega Drive: www.retrogamingcables.com/sega-mega-drive-1-sega-genesis-1-stereo-rgb-av-scart-cable-tv-lead.html

[@kingemocut]

in the UK we also have a composite to SCART connectors, and it's how i used my xbox360, wii, ps2 etc.

[@Clara_Page]

kingemocut you dont get clear RGB out of it thought so you still are only getting composite quality video through it

[@kingemocut]

Clara Pagett well damn. my old tv only had a composit connection, and that had a lot more problems than my SCART one. sometimes the color just wouldn't work at all, and with no real reason. with my SCART though, i know why it would act up.

[@midnightbluenoz]

why do they give different names to consoles geneses to megadrive etc??.

[@kingemocut]

midnightbluenoz i have no idea, LSD? in the uk it was the mega drive too, and i know a lot of the us consoles had different names to the uk consoles. even up til the PSX/PS1 era.

[@peaceoutman]

What I learned: Genesis = blast processing. Intel i7 8 core = trash processing.

[@JamesScholes]

Wow, didn't you guys have Scart? It was practically standard in the UK back in the Megadrive/SNES days.

[@Jimfowler82]

U was lucky then i had RF cable :( on a black and white 15inch tv set at first lol.

[@ReviewTechUSA]

lol nope. Why is beyond me. Composite is shit.

[@JamesScholes]

ReviewTechUSA Another thing, Rich. Apparently Gold Scarts give a better picture quality than your bog-standard Scarts. So you could try that if you wanna further improve the picture quality...

[@DJINFERNO806]

***** that doesnt make any sense considering gold isnt a better conductor at all. Its all gimmick and better anti oxidation properties. Thats it.

[@Jimfowler82]

***** I read that gold is the best conductor also lots of different things use gold for its properties..

[@ScotMoves]

The biggest issue I had while trying to get older consoles to work was that my TV's didn't support the low resolution they output at. Converting their signal to HDMI wasn't an issue, but I didn't even think about upscaling. Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Enjoyed it!

[@DoomFinger511]

I wish you showed shots of what it looked like on a composite video so I could appreciate the difference.

[@iant720]

I've tried Emulators I just don't like em, I like the "romance" if you will of blowing on the cartridge, and having it pop up. It's just cooler than booting from my computer screen. I actually keep a big old tube tv just to play my old games and vhs movies. It's great!

[@nictheperson6709]

And CDs too I guess. There were things like Sega CD.

[@RappinPicard]

For the record, component is Y (luminance, green cable) Pb (the difference between blue and luma, blue cable) and Pr (difference between red and luma, red cable). Green is not carried but instead is calculated as the difference of what's left over.

[@supersaiyan3bi-han287]

been watching ur cahnnel for YEARS now it feels like. but ive never seen a video on here this good till now

[@class503]

holy shit Streets of Rage looks like an arcade machine and not the Genesis

[@juniknytt2848]

Thanks Rich now I can see the pixels clearly now

[@cdlink14]

I'm in the UK and I used RF output on my Mega Drive through the entire life of it. Coincidentally a few days ago I began wondering why using RF output required you to tune the signal and you just answered it for me, thanks a lot!

[@BrasilGT]

Your and Adam's channels are the best on retro hardware, the videos are useful and very informative. Keep the excellent work!

[@danwood_uk]

Cool mod, but really these retro systems look far better and more authentic on a CRT TV.

[@chase7433]

Couldn't agree more. The aspect ratio alone of a modern 16:9 screen ruins the authentic feel, that stretched picture looks horrible. Furthermore, I think this RGB up-scaler is far too sharp, the pixels here appear blocky and unrounded. Utilising the RGB SCART out of the Mega-Drive/Genesis and plugging that directly into a late 4:3 CRT TV has to be the best option by far.

[@kir0nz]

I bet your power bill looks better on a CRT too.

[@gigidyyy]

Chase 743 I concur.. well you could also get around that problem with 2 ways.. 1) hook up the retro console to your HD tv with an SLG-3000 2) hook up an emulator to your HDTV via VGA and use scanlines Having said that this IS a pretty cool mod and I appreciate that there are people that prefer the naked, sharp pixel look and this mod is pretty cool for those in favour of it :) but personally when I look at retro games in full HD I feel like my eyes are getting raped :p heck even the devs sat in rooms full of crt tvs and monitors back in the day when they were coding and desiging them..

[@Kippykip]

Back when RTU didn't clickbait and made tech videos

[@thisisrtsthree9992]

+Kippy Kip he is known as Der Clikenbaiter

[@julianswayze5961]

That is a fantastic avatar.

[@Kippykip]

Julian Swayze thanky

[@slayerofthend9752]

that is why i use ad block

[@Maldroth]

Good find Rich I never was aware of SCART myself either. I'm just getting back into playing retro I still have my NES, SNES, and Model 2 Genesis and I'd love to play them on my new TV, this will help me make the transition.

[@shmehfleh3115]

For anyone considering that specific HDMI converter, FYI: That 720p/1080p button doesn't just toggle through those two resolutions. It actually cycles through a number of resolutions, including a couple of oddballs which aren't supported on all HDTVs. I highly recommend plugging it into a PC monitor first, as PC monitors usually support a wider range of resolutions than TVs. Press the button until it says it's displaying your TV's preferred resolution, and then move it to your TV. This converter also introduces a ton of lag. Games that don't require super-fast reflexes are fine, but the lag can make some twitch games nearly unplayable, and, of course, light gun games won't work at all. I'm not a huge fan of emulation either, but personally I'd choose it over this particular RGB-HDMI converter. Of course, the *correct* answer is a CRT TV and an RGB-component converter.

[@Faginrs500]

To suggest that these units have no lag is simply not true. These units create at least 2 frames of lag, coupled with the lag induced by most TV's at the HDMI input (which is going to be at least another 2 frames in nearly but a few cases) will mean lag is real.

[@TheRealDustinNunn]

Thank God I'm an old-school gamer.

[@SparksNZeros]

the development of flash carts has made the use of original hardware and options to hook them up relevant again, it always feels more fun to play on the legit machine :)

[@Yuuretsu]

I was thinking of picking one of these up after watching Adam Koralik's video and then I saw this video pop up. I'm quite convinced now. Thanks for the video!

[@DarkRavenFilms]

Yeah the part with emulators is so true. I used to own a PS2, it got broke (You know how it is, wired controllers + idiots wanting to walk between your and you system = disaster.) Tried out a PS2 emulator...and it sucks. Audio was god awful, would experience lag... it didn't even live up to a quarter of fun that I had on the original console because it was so bad. And my PC at the time was above average computers, not high end gaming material, but not horrible either. I just prefer consoles because its obviously the best way to play those original games you know?

[@jojow158]

WHAT?! USA never used scart what is this sorcery?!

[@Cogglesz]

I'll admit when you said it was just up scaled i wasn't expecting it to look nearly as good, especially seeing you're older footage, due to room i use wii u's virtual console or a modded version of snesx9 with a real controller hooked up via a usb adapter, but that's blew me away Rich, i know myself what youtube does to videos after they're uploaded, you should maybe even upload a picture and link it to the description for the best image possible but thats a great upscaler, it really looks like a good HD emulation, if i had a good look at the raw image i'd probably be happy to say better than the Wii U's virtual console emulation in terms of how it looks. Be sure to show us some SNES footage when you've got that sorted out, i was a Nintendo kid. Thanks for the video, best footage I've ever seen from a genesis/megadrive console.

[@danrose975]

Awesome! This brings back memories! I remember having to tune in my SNES to channel 6 to get it to work, even then the picture would be fuzzy and the noise was crackly lol

[@jcrowley1985]

RF was not the first input method. Anyone remember those analog antenna cables with the "hooks" that you screw on?

[@wrestletube1]

That is the discription of the US RF I think. It was our UK ones where they just plug in the back with no screwing involved. The UK do use them screw ones for Sky and Cable television hookup cables but not for the Normal TV signal "that is now dead changed to Freeview Digital Normal TV now but we still use it for that signal." or gaming in the UK RF cables which is the same as the TV cables no screw. I think you got confused between different countries RF cables there as US is the one with the hooks so the one he showed with the hook in the video was the US RF cable you were talking about. The normal RF non screw one is the one from the UK region so doesn't count as an American country one. So basiclly in short the one you see there is the one you are in fact speaking of but the veriation which is also availble in th UK but in the UK cable format where you can switch between TV and Game mode and you plug the Male and Female ends up of the Antenna cable into the mating ends of the RF switch as well as the TV and it then routes both your game signal and your stations and you flick the switch to switch modes thats how the UK one worked anyway.

[@jcrowley1985]

Daniel Cordell What I referenced predates the cable hookup rf. What I'm talking about has two little metal hooks that you used a phillips head screwdriver to attach to the tv. I think Atari 2600 used it and my Odyssey from 1972 has them. These: saundby.com/atari7800mod/images/xfrmrsmd.jpg

[@Raletia]

jcrowley1985 It's still the same signals, it's just a different cable. [Old Style TVs] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin-lead [Coaxial] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector List of common connectors- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_connector

[@sabin1981]

What you said about no component on PS3/X360 is incorrect, I'm afraid. They both have component cables and the 360 has VGA while the PS3 even has RCA/composite too.

[@skins4thewin]

***** - The video was absolutely riddled with misinformation i'm afraid....

[@roninshogun4eva]

***** Love your name. FF6 FTW.

[@PRG013]

***** No. He said 8th generation like PS4.

[@sabin1981]

*facepalm* I have no idea how I misheard that. My apologies, thanks for the correction :)

[@icshade1562]

Couldn't help but stare at the background when you were going through Sonic 2. Never noticed it before, but it was absolutely beautiful.

[@danielahealy]

If I remember correctly, the red and blue signals are transferred over component video lines, but they are transferred in such a way that the correct amount of green can be calculated and generated by the TV, rather than having to be generated and sent over a wire by the source hardware. RGB just sends the Red, Green, and Blue signals discretely.

[@MMasterDE]

More advertisement for your father and son bonding project?

[@Legerine]

This is some really nice info.. but one suggestion for your presentation of the information.. get on with it!

[@aggrodkreg4321]

Man, I have to say, you took me back with that RF cable. I do remember having to change the channel to 3 (yeah, it WAS a knob) to play my SNES. I'm 26. and this was 23 years ago. ;-; Very nifty gadgets to keep in mind for the future. Thanks!

[@metalmanjakson01]

Adamk was who I found out about that scart converter form. Very happy with it! I just wish I had more scart cables for it.

[@henryw]

The Genesis says,"HIGH-DEFINITION GRAPHICS" on it so shouldn't it be HDMI-Compatible??? I'm only kidding, calm down

[@jacobynoctis4825]

Lol :p

[@187Wretched]

Ehh no ty. I prefer the original aspect ratio.

[@shemyhaza3987]

most dumb shits do too

[@nos1000100]

that box has 4:3 resolutions

[@Lordlt82]

Rich thank you for leading me onto this,just got mine today,and wow composite can't even compare!

[@NIGonzo]

Just found this video after playing my Megadrive (Urban Strike and Speedball 2) on RGB Scart all evening. On a 30 year old Samsung CRT. It's still not bad, and while it beats RF dead, that box looks good. Wish you still did the occasional video like this now Rich!

[@revfunk8823]

I'm subscribed, but get to the fucking point man....jesus

[@davidrush3235]

I'm glad someone said it

[@revfunk8823]

David Rush :D

[@libery4me]

FUCKING JESUS THANKS FOR SAYING IT!!!

[@revfunk8823]

David Rush amen

[@revfunk8823]

Tony Toni amen, I mean seriously lol

[@joelcr250]

This is NOT HD !

[@TNVGAMING]

Figure that out all by yourself did you?

[@joelcr250]

TnVGaming Yea, and I had to say it so that people like you could know.

[@TNVGAMING]

I already knew that it's a low resolution image upscaled to HD. It was stated in the video, any idiot could've figured it out.

[@venares76]

This HDMI upscaler box is brilliant. Even though i'm in the UK and I can connect my consoles via direct Scart to my Samsung LED TV, this box makes them look even better! I use it on my Megadrive and Saturn and the picture looks very clean and colourful with no blurring or ghosting.

[@Superdimensional]

@07:15 the guys name is AdamKoralik and i'm the one who told you about this method and linked his Vid to you on Facebook. Glad to see you picked up that stuff and doing it right!

[@skins4thewin]

This is truly sad.... yet another supposed "professional" creating a video when they are in fact completely uninformed. I cannot believe you are actually recommending these TERRIBLE Ebay HDMI RGB Upscalers to these poor people that do not know any better! They are absolutely HORRIBLE and have terrible picture quality for an upscaler. The one and only HDMI RGB Upscaler worth buying is the XRGB Mini, period. It can be gotten for 300-350 bucks, which is DIRT cheap compared to most quality HDMI based RGB Upscalers which usually run for more than a grand. Once again, the uninformed is playing the part of the professional, trying to recommend this Ebay garbage to the masses. I thought you of all people would know better...

[@Ondoit]

this is so stupid why would i use this when i can just use an emulator

[@blackheartxx1]

Because emulators can be really buggy.

[@pioneermega-ld3236]

***** Unless you own a OFFICIAL copy, it is illegal to run copies of said games. Unless the game is Abandonware, or is free license.

[@pioneermega-ld3236]

***** Then more power to you!

[@elim9054]

***** Maybe it differs from one location to another but my understanding is that it's illegal no matter what. From an ethical standpoint I don't think there's anything wrong with emulating games that you own working copies of or are no longer being sold by the developer/manufacturer, though.

[@joshualambert6230]

Eli Mullis I think emulators keep a great game going. Theres not alot of segas or vintage consoles for sale at a low price. I think gamers that sell a piece of history at an insane price need to be beaten with a floaty.

[@thequeensxi]

My friend and I got a SNES when they came out in the UK, he got his pretty much when they came out (me a little later) and he had a scart lead; my bedroom TV didn't even have scart, let alone the one my parents had in the living room. The difference was more than noticeable. It was like playing an Amiga on a proper monitor rather than on a TV. The Megadrive was a phenomenal machine. Great times for games.

[@FinalManaTrigger]

The green port of the component input also doubles as composite, so you can still hook up all that old stuff that way. It won't be pretty, but it works.

[@SirLugash]

The Scart adapter was even more useful than just the RGB throughput. It provided two way Composite and Stereo Audio (which could be used to connect to the VCR in order to record from TV and play recordings on the TV through one cable) as well as one way S-Video and RGB. So whatever output signal your device supported, be it Composite, S-Video or RGB, it could be trasmitted through Scart. You could even send Component video through it provided your TV could handle it.

[@Rings1234]

My HD tv can use composite cables but I might look into this some day if I want the image on my Saturn, N64, Dreamcast or game cube to look nicer, thanks for making this vid

[@MoonduSSSt]

Great video, and great work, Rich. I just want to point out one thing, though. Something a lot of people don't know is that you CAN display composite video through a TV that has component, without any adapters. Simply plugging in the yellow composite video cord into the green component jack will output composite video. Granted, it'll probably look awful and have a boatload of lag, but it DOES work.

[@LeeHobbies]

Man I feel for you, I'm 40 and a gamer since the Binatone and Atari 2600, and believe me, we went to scart way back and it was amazing. Didn't realise you guys over the pond had it so bad. Outch. Nice vid! :]

[@DukeNukem2020]

Alot of new TVs still have it. Many manufacturers combined the Composite In with the Component In. Some brands(Like Samsung) will have(I believe the Green component in) double for the Yellow composite video. They do this to save money, also since the audio channels(White and Red) are the same on Composite and Component, they just have one of the video inputs double up.

[@NonStopPlayer96]

I love how [well I'm not sure if in America] that TVs still use Scart even in the Year of 2014 and I think the Scart was the prequel to the HDMI

[@dark2koneko]

Two of my favorite youtubers in collaboration. Awesome.

[@zevin83]

Hey Rich, I think this is the best video I've seen from you yet, and I've been following you for awhile now. Loved my old sega genesis the first system I bought from a friend for 20$ in 96' came with sonic 2 and phantasy star 2 omg those were the days. :D

[@pickupplay5]

Man, that Sonic 2 footage looks amazing! Pretty much on par with the Xbox Live or PSN port you can get on the newer systems. Very impressive, I'd love to get one of these modded Genesis systems. It'd be wonderful to play these games without the lag of the ports or emulation.

[@griff5476]

I'm genuinely pleased you found the glory of RGB from the Mega Drive. The difference in quality from composite is like night and day. The only way to play in fact! Good video, well done mate :-)

[@griff5476]

It's da best mate.. For sure!

[@Metal-Possum]

RCA released some TVs in North America during the 80's with an "EIA Multiport" It's just a rebranded SCART connector, RGB capable. SCART is very similar to HDMI as a concept, combined video formats, included audio, even an auto-change function when a device is switched on. (assuming it's supported).

[@Halterung01]

Talking about SCART: I still use it until this very day. My STB gives out a 1080i RGB-Signal over SCART and it is basically working as an anaolg Version of HDMI. My TV is a Philips 1080i-CRT-TV and it has no disadvantages compared to an LCD-TV (except for the size). Pretty cheap and effective setup

[@yinyang458]

I want to play SNES in HD I would love playing f-zero in HD! :-)

[@CoalCoalJames]

Omg RF-SWITCH!!!!! I remember going to a friends at about 6-7 years old with a huge 40+" bulb TV/genisis and scart input it blew my young mind, having only previously played a mastersystem with RF on a tiny tv. I love emulation but still props for doing this, to each there own.

[@GAMONSKI4EVER]

Hi Rich. Big fan of your channel. I am using a samsung 50" smart LED tv. After seeing this video I decided to try this on my Genesis: Wow it was stunning. Now I have Scart cables for my Snes, N64 and Dreamcast. I wanna thank you for this vid. The colors don't run anymore, everything is vivid and clear as hell and display like a dream on my tv. Last step is to buy RGB modded Nes but damn they are pricey. Thanks again and keep giving us awesome videos!

[@matsv201]

In US the composite (as well as RF of cause) us NTSC color coding. In Europe (except france and russia) we use to use PAL. PAL is more modern and composite with PAL actually look quite good. SCART uses a almost standard RGB output (but only Grey, Red and Green, the blue is calculated as Gray minus red and green), it also in addition have a composite and also a Composite feadback (allowing VCR to record whats on the TV). S-video is a Gray+colorcoding where the color coding is combined in one signal. A intresting thing. RF- everything is comined Composite - Al video, but no audio S-video - Grayscale and color-coding i separated SCART/RGB - Have all 3 different colors in separate cable. Also, SCART is not true RGB, but its really similar.

[@killjoy2053]

So many memories. Great video Rich

[@FastestEchidnaAlive]

The KZbin user you're thinking of is Adam Koralik. He did an in depth discussion of this very topic a few months ago.

[@hiphopgamer80]

great retro video rich. this was very informative. cant wait to do business with you. more retro videos!!

[@bluefoxtv1566]

The difference between Component and SCART is that the sync signal is combined on component, and on SCART it's it own wire.

[@Ozyroth]

I'm loving this mods! But I was hoping some new info on the SNES, oh well I can wait. Keep the good work!

[@RetroRed101]

That's really cool. you have plans for a super Nintendo version of that?

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

This box looks nice. I made some scart cables for snes and md with power supply and some resistors. The quality is great an the LCD upscales it perfectly. You can't use old scart with new tv, they will blink and propably damage the tv's scart circuit.

[@FMFlameNinja]

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers using NESticle or Genecyst. Those were among the first emulators I've ever used when I discovered emulation as a 10-11 years old. I even remember when ZSNES couldn't emulate transparency properly in the underwater sections of Burst Man's stage from Mega Man 7. Only way I could progress was to disable background layers. Also, does the name Zophar's Domain ring a bell to anyone?

[@joshslatton3980]

Good video, you and your dad have a good thing going. I have been working on the same project myself on other systems, I am going to start with a Sega Saturn. I have done an s-video to HDMI Saturn already just for testing like you did here, and I am now waiting on "parts from overseas" like you. Just like back in the RGB to component days, nothing will be perfect though. I am glad you are making these videos to educate the people for when systems like this flood the internet. My personal favorite mod is RGB to VGA because there is no video conversion, just a frequency change. You still lose the light gun I assume, I have never tried it.

[@thackraysherpa]

Rich please tell me you are going to get the stereo sound from the headphone jack when you do this mod to the genesis/megadrive 1. or can you already pull the stereo straight from the main board ? not all games came with stereo sound but some did. shame the genesis/megadrive 2 did not have stereo, at least not standard.

[@Gamesfan34260]

I still use Composite! I had no idea it was so old. Doesn't look THAT bad tbh.

[@94XJ]

Oh the memories that came flooding in when you said "NESticle."

[@ravenshadevox]

I like how the old Sega Genesis controller feels in my hand. Emulators are cool but I still have amazing Genesis carts, that I like to plug in every once and a while my self.

[@MarbleThumbs]

I live in the UK and I always thought Scart was the same as composite, nice to know I was getting betting picture quality for the most part.

[@smasherjosh5000]

Gotta say that RGB SCART is fantastic and glad to see that you have a Retro Gaming Cables Limited RGB SCART cable for your Genesis, I may not own a Mega Drive but I own a PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, GameCube and Wii, I own except for the PlayStation 1 Retro Gaming Cables Limited RGB SCART CSYNC Cables for those consoles, before you ask I am looking to get a PlayStation 1 RGB SCART cable, what I like about the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 RGB SCART cables from Retro Gaming Cables is that not only are their cables shielded like all their cables but their PlayStation cables can come with a GunCon port perfect for Light Gun game fans

[@Therealjimjam]

Rich, I'm pretty sure the guy you were talking about was AdamKoralik on KZbin. I saw a video that he made talking about how he managed to get a better picture from his Sega console.

[@ebilvampireboy]

I miss scart leads, had to wiggles them to get them running but we still get teles new I the UK with scart that upscale, nice video as always

[@Axxeman30008]

Great job, Rich. I'm so ready to play my Genesis on my flat screen. Good luck, to you & your dad.

[@viriatus714]

cool video. I always wondered why the old consoles looked bad on a HDTV...but never bothered to look into it until now.

[@paid5m]

now i just turned 13 on the 4th but i enjoy this video very much. thank you so much. my dad bought a genesis in 2011 and we spent alot of money on the things used in this video. i may play the new gen consoles but the genesis is my all-time favorite. it is so crystal clear thanks to you. happy gaming!(:

[@BowserN64]

Dude this is downright awesome! I have to find a way to get one of these converters for my N64!

[@AriesT1]

Scart is fantastic, as we never had problems, even today, with old gaming consoles. Modern flat TVs still have the slot. Greetings from Germany. :)

[@0raffie0]

The Commodore 64 has that same DIN connector on the back, and I had that exact converter cable that you're using DIN to SCART, to connect the C64 to a TV/monitor. Btw, I like your enthusiasm in the video :)

[@nathanaelgreenaway]

I really love the "this is not about emulating" rant in the middle :) lovely video just to see the genesis (or mega drive as I knew it in europe) Growing up as an 80's/90's kid I have to say all the computer magazines always went on about how much better scart was than RF, as a kid I bought into it but to be honest I didn't notice any real difference back in the day... great to know about these little boxes though, I'm planning on buying all the old consoles and wasn't sure about connecting to a modern TV - my daughter's 8 now, and I really want her to experience gaming as we had it, though of course it would never be the same for her. Thanks for a great video and the memories though!

[@RibbonZInKGaming]

Ah man this is an awesome and exciting project, I can't wait to see everything in its final form. I might need to pick me up one of these when you start selling them lol, or send you mine to get the HD treatment. Even at this early on in its development I'm already in "Shut up and take my money!" mode.

[@rainbowdarth]

Damn that looked better than I remembered it being back in the day. Can't wait to that final model. Never thought the sega could look that good. If we had that good of picture back in the day, I would have played my sega more for sure.

[@xtraflo]

Back in the day though, we didn't know any better in terms of Audio & Video. The RF connection seemed fine until Composite, Component and S-Video was released.

[@The_Wndr]

SCART was sooo common in Europe. In fact, I don't even remember playing video games on my old consoles with any connection/cable other than RGB/SCART. It looks great.

[@WhiplashPuppet]

A RF switch? God damn, Rich. I'm only twenty two and you're making me feel like a fossil over here. I remember I used to use RF switches for my SNES, N64, and other older consoles...while we're on that topic. Who here remembers turning to channel three to play video games?!

[@SandeProHiQu]

That looks so much better than the previous footage

[@NathanTZ]

Big ups on mentioning the old Bloodlust Software emulators of the 90's.

[@S-Video]

When I played my SNES on RF my mom thought it was raining because of the interference noise.

[@dblclutchmitsu]

A large number of modern tvs still support composite, though they may not have the "yellow" port. Oftentimes you connect yellow to green on the composite in then change a setting on the TV for that input in order for the image to come through in color. Awesome video though.

[@NoChillMan]

Man, I'm only 16, but when I was younger(4-5 y-o), I had a TV in my room that only had RF, and the channels were on a turn dial like on a stove top. I remember playing Sonic 2 and Raiden on it. I think that's how I played on the N64 and Gamecube too. A few years ago I bought a composite cable for the Genesis, and thankfully good guy Nintendo made their A / V cables backwards/forwards compatible so I could use composite on the N64 (since the Gamecube came with composite, and I later got a slightly newer TV to play on)

[@PixelOutlaw]

Many modern TVs allow you to insert the yellow composite lead into the green component socket. This is not part of the component video standard but many TVs allow this. It is worth testing on your TV. Not as good as SCART but worth noting

[@308830]

im eating cookies while i watch this video