Compiling SNES 101 Information

[Niode]

True but you had to pay for that It didn't come with the console. (i love the 6 button md-pad it's great, dont get me wrong, but im trying to point out the plus sides for the snes )

[RadarScope1]

SNES2 does not output S-video.

Can't use use same A/V cables from you GC? They have the same connector on the hardware, end right?

I just bought one of these on ebay -- I was hoping I could use that cable for s-vid.

[racketboy]

SNES2 does not output S-video.

Can't use use same A/V cables from you GC? They have the same connector on the hardware, end right?

I just bought one of these on ebay -- I was hoping I could use that cable for s-vid.

You can use the same cables on the SNES/N64/Gamecube

BTW, I sell them in the store

[marurun]

Without extra chips in the cartridge I believe the CPU had to be put into a HALT state to load data from the cartridge. Many early games in particular hang briefly between stages or at the title screen to load data from slow ROM chips from the cartridge. The SNES was truly a weird system. Lots of specialized graphics and sound hardware paired with a relatively unimpressive CPU.

Also, the SNES could only use MODE7 effects on backgrounds, I believe... And I think there were limits on the flexibility of the transparencies as well, like only being able to affect one layer or something like that. Weird shit.

However great many of the games were, it's one of my least favorite systems from a hardware perspective.

That and over-use of the reverb effect makes almost all SNES music and effects sound like they passed through a giant metal trash can before being played.

[RadarScope1]

So I just did a little homework on the SNES2 S-vid issue, and it turns out that Nintendo disabled s-video out on the SNES2. So you can use the GC cable but apparently nothing will be piped into the s-vid out cable. Shitty.

Why does Nintendo do stuff like this?? The so-called "AV" NES (the top loader) only outputs via RF, and then a few years ago they quit manufacturing CG's with component out ports. They're always taking steps backward with hardware revisions. Guess it's just cheaper to manufacture that way.

[D.D.D.]

So I just did a little homework on the SNES2 S-vid issue, and it turns out that Nintendo disabled s-video out on the SNES2. So you can use the GC cable but apparently nothing will be piped into the s-vid out cable. Shitty.

Why does Nintendo do stuff like this?? The so-called "AV" NES (the top loader) only outputs via RF, and then a few years ago they quit manufacturing CG's with component out ports. They're always taking steps backward with hardware revisions. Guess it's just cheaper to manufacture that way.

That's odd about the NES top-loader because the Japanese one has composite out on it.

[marurun]

And that was an improvement over the original Famicom, which only had RF.