Nintendo 64 in the Highest Definition (WITHOUT a soldering iron)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2019
- EON has done it again with the Super 64: A lagless HDMI adapter for the N64 that will pull the highest quality, native resolution video signal possible from your console. Just how good can we make these early 3D games look anyway?
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Don't have a Nintendo 64...just like hearing Bob talk 😁
you mean yell?
He’s in boysss
Super MAH-rio 64!
"if you don't care about how your retro console looks, how where you able to make it to the end of the video?"
I don't even own an N64 Bob.
LOL!!! nice reply. love it.
Looks like Episode I Racer stands to benefit the most from upscaling, thanks to its Midichlorian count
GO AWAY
O F F T H E C H A R T S
Something episode 1 actually did better than anyone else
I don’t even care about this but your videos are such high quality and very enjoyable to watch.
I love when Future Bob & Past Bob have discussions together 😄
I love the Super 64! It looks incredible for a plug-and-play solution and it couldn't be simpler to capture footage over HDMI with it!
I'm amazed everytime i watch one of your videos, the quality us top notch!
I made it thru this video to support your channel lol
Appreciated lol
Awesome video Bob - long time watcher and first time comment. I loved my N64 - was the first console that I had and got me into gaming. Diddy kong racing, Mario 64, Pokémon stadium, snap and goldeneye were always the go to games. I still get it out every now as I still have a tv that it can connect too but yes... the controller sucks!
Excellent video. Thanks for going the extra mile and sharing good tips
Not interested in doing this myself but made it all the way through the video. Interesting stuff :)
You guys should look into getting the Super nt, it looks amazing. Great video as always!
11:19 oh sh*t!! I’m almost at the end🤯
Also as always i flat out love your channel Wulff
I was starting to think of all the gaming channels I follow you were the only one who hadn’t done a video on this product.... and then this morning, here we are 😆 but I’m a sucker for Wulfden vidz, I’m sure this is the best for last lol
thanks for retro and modern vids!
The generation of video games lives on Forever!!!!🔥🔥🔥anyways love watching your videos!!!😎⚡⚡⚡
Yay a new wulff episode
1996 as the best year in video game history? I tend to have a "favorite year" for every console generation, and for the Nintendo 64/PS1, it was 1999.
I made it to the end because I'm a dork who likes to hear about tech/gadget's, and enjoy the way Mr. Bob describes and explains things lol
Well done! My first with the Super 64 would be Mario 64 but my second game would be Rogue Squadron in hi rez mode via the Expansion Pak. I bought a Super 64 and mine will be in at the end of the week. I will be using it with my HD upscaler to game in 1080p With any upscaler, the cleaner image you put in the better image you get out so using the Super 64 should yield some great results. Definitely a good time to be a N64 retro gamer! Keep up the great work!
Nice review, Super 64 is great. BTW if you pair the Super 64 with an *mClassic* it looks AMAZING. Same for Gamecube.
Eon does not use the same tech as the GameCube adapter. The GameCube has open source software to use the digital out on original dol-001 models. I do appreciate that all the reviewers that have received free units have been honest in saying it is to expensive since it is. Eon needs to lower the price.
MAN HYBRID HEAVEN. All people have to try this game!! hopefully one day we will get remaster
Whoa that black N64 Cartridge storage device at 1:11 I had one like this but like double wide, nothing has unearth this memory before wow!
I would really like an n64, I had it at daycare when I was a kid and that’s where I got my Nintendo and Mario obsession.
i finished the video cause your videos are awesome
Why would you want an Eon 64 when you could get a Retrotink with the same functionality but with a cheaper price and more versatility of inputs and console options?
Kentama can’t you also just buy a plain component to hdmi adapter?
@@Reallife315 Well yeah but that isn't going to do anything dufferent from straight up plugging your av cables in aside from make it fit the screen slightly better. Kinda pointless.
Instead of cutting the corner of the SNES, how much circuitry is inside the adapter? Can one cut its corner or are there important components?
Nevertheless there is finally someone talking more in detail about using the adaptor in other consoles.
The N64/PSOne era was all about the polygons for me, the sharper I can get those the better. Don't understand those who want to limit the pixels showing on anything after the SNES.
I can't care less about playing my retro counsel in HD and i made it to the end of the video.. I just live you Bob 💔
Personally I prefer the look of svideo cables with the retrotink2x and that solution is cheaper than this one too
Agreed. I did the rgb mod personally but I love my retrotink as well and it does a fantastic job.
Same. Plus I can hook up my Wii component cables to it and have 240p retroarch games properly upscaled
2:39 serious question here... what did you use to get elgato capture cards to work on a new Mac book pro. I tried using a usb c to usb c cable but no image pops up. I know it’s meant to be used with usb 3.0. Greatly appreciated if you share your method.
Hi Wulff Den, have you ever try IINE wireless controller as an alternative pro controller for switch? I heard some very good feedback about it and I'm curious to know your opinion :)
My retro setup centres around a lovely CRT, using S-video for the N64 specifically, but if I ever move to “all consoles hooked up to the flat screen”, I’d definitely consider this for the N64. Maybe the GameCube too, since mine lacks the digital port, S-video is the best it puts out.
Hey, the 30/60fps thing is a limitation of resolution and line rate, it's a bit much to explain in a comment but the short version is this:
An interlaced picture will be a 30fps (25 in pal) output. Your capture card will read 480i. Yes, HDMI can carry 480i video, it's in spec.
A progressive picture will be a 60fps (50 in pal) output. Your capture card will read 240p if it's good, or 480i if it's bad. There's a chance that this thing upscales 240p to 480p. Technically 240p is out of spec on HDMI, but works sometimes. Depends on the device.
I recently bought the Pikachu N64 console, would this fit on it well? It has a different shape a bit but not sure about that back.
Awesome. I still have mine. With the expansion card 👌
I know the Framemeister is crazy expensive, but I love that thing. Hopefully I can snag one soon!
Like the video, but I like disclosure. Was this sent this to you for review or did you pay for it?
God i think that's Ship in Goldeneye? The ending has made me chuckle for years now, "For England Jam- RATATATATTATTATTATATATATATT" No for me"
There's a shot from Frigate and a shot from Cradle. The "For England Jam- RATATATATA" is from Cradle lol
Episode I Racer was also on Dreamcast and PC, and is definitely better on those platforms. Better graphics, cutscenes, music, more levels. Plus on PC you don't need any extra work to get an HD image, just turn up the settings.
Yea but then you couldn't use the n64 and what's the fun in that? The n64 is retro fun and has way more games than that. In fact, it has about 100 must own titles.
Great vid Bob! I would’ve gone for Super Mario 64 as well although I might’ve gone for shadow of the empire because that’s the one my dad played the most. Anyways great video! Do you think that the one upscaling dongle that was at E3 this year would work with it?
Son? LOL
Bob I may not care about the Super64 but I like watching your videos and you're funny. Though I'd totally try Smash 64 first if the Super64 fell in my lap. Also, 9:55 ya forget to link in the description.
Yes. Getting one.
Whats the name of the song playing in the background?
Can you share the site that shows which N64 models have the best S-Vid encoded. Thank you!
I just wanted to watch a video about upscaling one of my childhood's biggest anchors, I have all of a Nintendo Switch and this PC.
I miss my SNES.
Also since you asked I would have to pop in Majora or OoT and smooth them polys out.
Hey, so the EON super 64 would have no use on my N64?
My N64 from Germany has NUP 12452609 and is not in the list. CPU is NUS-001 (EUR)
I think he has CPU 01
so that say that the super 64 dont work?
Conker's Bad Fur Day would be the first game I'd pop in there
I want this solely for Conkers Bad Fur Day.
I've always thought with any Nintendo console before the Wii U you are better off playing on a CRT, especially if we are talking about of the box without any special cables or add ons.
I sort of set myself the challenge of going back in time and getting as many of my favorite consoles of my past back, so I could play games on original hardware (softmods and everdrives welcome), have them all hooked up and ready to play, and try to get them looking with the best picture possible (within reason.) I have a mid-level 4K HDTV next to a CRT TV with component and S-video, which is how My N64 is currently hooked up. One day I plan on getting a retro tink 5x to send all my analog signals to the HDTV, but the super 64 sounds like a possible alternative.
About the N64 controller, I still love it. Try playing Fzero X on the Switch with joycons or even a pro controller. It's impossible. Only the N64 analog stick will do cause that's what those games were programmed for.
11:18
Me: I like your hair😅
My first game…would be Donkey Kong 64-my first N64 game.
Definitely one of the good ones for n64
Perfect dark. God I love that game.
Anyone know if you can attach 3 retro consoles (SNES, PlayStation 1, Saturn) via HD retro vision cables to a component system selector, have the component out relayed to a retro tink2x pro. Would the retro rink still improve the image quality
Don't think I'll ever pick this up unless I get for at least third off. Also, I'm one of the weirdos that like the N64 controller.
I just ordered this and I'm pretty sure I'll be playing Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon first
I got the Hyperkin one simply so I could connect my N64 to my new TV, and it looks fine. At the very least, it gets the job done!
You could always get a rad2x for $50 in the future. Nowhere near the insane price as the eon's adapter and youll still get a lagless linedoubled image with correct color and brightness representation unlike the hyperkin cable. Plus the option is always there if you wanted to get an rgb mod in the future since itll support rgb aswell.
I'd probably use Majora's Mask as my first game.
I would Say Conker's Bad Fur Day
I hit that bell but I didn’t get a notification, I’m gonna sue youtube for making me late to this video
What we really wanna know is where you got that awesome sonic/tails statue
Think Geek. They were on sale for half off :3
First game I'd play... Conker's Bad Fur Day!
I'd love a comparison of the gchd mk2 VS super 64 on slick mode
I play my N64 games on Wii Virtual Console
My game would be Ocarina of Time, easily. I'm definitely considering this and the wireless brawler controllers, since myself and my girlfriend are big N64 nerds.
That Starfox Cartridge threw me back in time ... havent seen this one in like 15 years.
I would have liked to have played it more for this video but the cartridge was acting up :(
@@WulffDen that's sad. :/ wish we could have a new one on the switch. *looks at Starlink*
But how does it handle the menu in RE2?
First game I’d try? Paper Mario. Hands down. Best N64 game ever.
so whats better super 64 or retro scaler x2? ill pay top $!? lol or is there something even more powerful then those 2
The Retrotink 2x is the better buy. It also can pull S-Video from N64 and will also work with other consoles as well with composite and Component inputs.
If you want the ultimate setup for N64 then the Ultra HDMI mod is the best option.
Well you gotta deal with external power if you get the retrotink as opposed to this as it's plug and play.
BLOODY__FATALITY it’s low latency though
@@BLOODY__FATALITYhow does this thing work without external power supply but the retrotink doesn’t? Wouldn’t this add extra strain to you n64?
"How can you possibly get this far"
Idrc cause my N64 is at the parents house (elsewhere up in the rafters of the atttic) so I own a N64 its just not in my possession. And thats why I care to listen and because Future Bob was present
For my consoles that were meant to hook to a CRT I went and got a really nice "free" 36 inch CRT with a variety of AV hookups. I searched local Facebook buy and sell groups, Craigslist and Nextdoor until I found someone giving away a good one for free. You actually see these old CRT's for free quite often. This one was in perfect, mint condition and being given away by an older gentlemen downsizing house.
I say "free" but the thing ended up costing me around $500.00. You see, it was heavy - really, really, really heavy. Me and the guy barely got it to my van. I knew on the way home there was no way my wife was going to be able to help me get this inside and upstairs to the game room. I told her we would simply lift it out of the van and onto the floor of the garage and then I would figure it out from there. She could barely lift her side of the TV and was struggling, upon setting it down she didnt her her fingers out from under the TV and it came down on her fingers, and she jerked her hand away. She put a very deep (to the bone) and long cut into the middle finger which required a trip to an urgent car clinic. Despite having insurance it still cost us nearly $500 to have her hand stitched up.
I preordered one so I should get one by the end of the week, and I'm playing ocarina of time first, then doom 64
Great....another little gadget to waste my money on! 😆 thanks for the video, for informative
I’m surprised that u didn’t talk about modding a n64 for use with rgb scart
First of all I don't have an N64 but if I did and I had the games I'd want for it the first game I would play would be Pokemon Stadium. I love that game. I wish i had it.
I think it looks better in low res, there's less contrast between low res textures and high res polygons if it's all low res. It was made to look like that.
I agree with you but the super 64 doesn't really increase it's resolution too much vs a lot of the other high modification solutions out there that are more expensive and I think it looks better than composite video (original) on a flat screen. To go on your note though, it's better on an old TV.
Donkey Kong 64 would be my first go too lol.
I'd give Blast Corps another go if I had that, but I'm not spending $150.
I couldn't care less about making my retro consoles look better, but I still made it through the video because I want to support you.
yer cute
I think having a backup CRT monitor/TV would still be the best option for N64. I know big CRT's are ungodly stupid fucking heavy, but also- SOUND QUALITY. They have much better of it on many sets, some with a built-in active subwoofer. That'd be the one and only way to go, but that's just me.
How does Left 64 Dead look with this thing?
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Great video Wuff Nintendo guy, though I wouldn't say N64 games looked bad for the time they looked sick with the 3D. I would try the slick mode for MK 4 because that game played great best port of that game was for N64, the PC version sucked had issues and PSX version also sucked as it didn't look as good as the N64, played like crap and would constantly freeze, load during gameplay and fatalities. I would use it on MK 4 to see if it makes it look more like the arcade port of the game. Maybe MKT too but honestly I had no issues with the graphics of that game. Other games I'd use it on would be Perfect Dark, Cruiz N series and Goldeneye.
There's nothing wrong with the original N64 controller.
Jxudo I like the trident design but the analog stick is bad.
it was well designed for its time, and was quite comfortable imo in "2d platformer" mode where you only hold the dpad and the buttons instead of that middle prong
2:18 Your TV needs a good clean 🚿
I literally play my NES (non top loader lmao) on my tv with RF input
I need an excuse for when my wife sees a $150 charge from "Castlemania" on our account.
Adahop maybe say that you needed it for science?
Yeah I have to run my cables to a old VCR and then the VCR runs it to my tv.... Thank you Mom for keeping the VCR around
that censored sound cracked me up
For most people, they hyperkin cable will be a better option for $30
@@asianpablo1574 nice joke
@@asianpablo1574 I know lol. Slick mode is just a buzz word. Its just a smoothing filter, something not even exclusive to their device. The retrotink2x did it first and is $50 cheaper and works on multiple systems. Eon just copied what they did since both devices linedouble 240i to 480p.
And I thought getting the GameCube in HD was impressive. This just seems impossible!
why didnt mention the retrotink? 50 dolars cheaper for the same results
Combine this with a mclassic and THEN you are getting the best quality out of your N64 without a soldering iron.
Only if you care about anti aliasing
I’ll share what I posted on the NintendoLife review, with some changes:
As neat as this product is, it’s way too expensive for what it does. Their GCHD Mk-II adapter is worth the price: The ability to display clean 480p via HDMI AND the ability to use component cables on a CRT/older HDTV for the sharpest picture possible. All with the amazing options the GCVideo layer offers. It was the easiest $150 I’ve spent in a while. If you want an HDMI-only solution that also has GCVideo, the Carby is $75. Half the price.
But this is an S-Video to HDMI converter that upscales the N64’s analog 240p/480i image to 480p. It doesn’t look great in comparison to other enthusiast options, and the sharpening filter option seems mediocre as well. For $150? That’s way, way too much. I’m sure the adapter makes sure the games are lag-free, unlike cheaper adapters, but if the picture still looks like poo, what’s the point?
I’d argue it’s more worthwhile just the install an RGB mod and use an OSSC or install the UltraHDMI mod if you can. Those are way less convenient, but they’re WORTH it imo. I can’t say the same about this adapter. If it was half the price, then I’d say otherwise.
For $10 more and 30 minutes of time I'll stick with the rgb mod to put out everything in 1080p.
Plus a soldering iron... and the skills to use one. Lucky for you if you know how :)
@@johnc19891 it's not hard just buy the equipment and practice on some old PC hardware. Like removing and putting back on the bios chips on like a Windows 98 motherboard. I just don't want the rgb mod it HDMI mod cause I don't want to butcher my Pokemon n64 case
@Billy... you see the cost incurred from all of that? Most people aren't gonna bother with that.
@@johnc19891 I mean a cheap resoldering station is like 50$ and you can find motherboards for junk old PCs for basically free. Teaching yourself to solder will help you out in the long run, and it's not that expensive. Or you can just sit there and not get it cause you don't want to pay money for installation fees.
@@johnc19891 It's really not even that expensive. Most soldering kits you buy online these days come with practice stuff. I ordered my niece a kit that was $15 and came with all sorts of extra cutters, a practice board, and wire to practice with. Between one of those $15 kits and some TH-cam videos my 10 year old niece is now capable of doing component level repairs on her mom's desktop which she did under my supervision. They should be teaching this in school honestly. Modding aside it's a cheap and easy skill to learn that can save you a lot of money on replacing electronics when they are still usable.