So... I got this practically new Intellivision, with 12 boxed games (complete, inlays and instructions and all!) and an intellivoice, for 80 pesos. Which is like 7 dollars and 20 cents. That's the good news. The bad news is that I can't get the damn thing to output a viewable signal. I know, for sure, it works. I tried it with a NES RF cable, and I can see title screens and playfields. I can play Astrosmash without much trouble for example. Thing is, I get a HUGE lot of snow, so I can't play most games. I use an RCA cable with one of those old "TV-GAME" switches, like the old days, and I get nothing resembling a signal. Not on channel 3, not on channel 4. I seem to be getting some interference. But from where? What other options do I have to make this work, short of using it on another television? Maybe some way to output some sort of AV signal from it?
Umm, did it not come with an RF lead? I know some US consoles had a special switchbox for that console or whatever - although I don't understand that. Here, an RF lead is an RF lead. Maybe you need to tune in to another frequency? I know not all of my consoles operate on the same frequency. Alternatively, it could be a problem. Only link I can find is this.
Yeah, what it didn't have is the switchbox. I didn't want to go all the way to the store to buy one, so I tried to get a signal with a NES RF switch. It worked, though with a lot of interference. My C64 worked like that as well, with a lot of interference, back in the day. So I went and bought the switchbox today, but I get no signal whatsoever when I plug it. I still get a weak signal from the NES RF, so I know it's not the system that's broken. I haven't tried on an older TV. That might be the issue.
YES!!!! EXACTLY THAT!!! I never knew these existed, though. This would solve all of my connection troubles! Thank you so much! I'm gonna go look for a similar part in the electronics stores downtown tomorrow morning
I got it to work! Yes! I tried it on an older TV (Mine is manufactured in 2002, a Samsung Tantus 21 inch Flat-Screen) It, surprisingly, works without much trouble I get a playfield and I can pretty much play any of my software now. I still have a somewhat fuzzy signal out of the nintendo lead, but It's not much clearer with the TV-Game switch. I have a feeling this is pretty much the best I'm gonna get, though, but it's not bad at all. But it's somewhat sad. Is older hardware doomed to incompatibility? I mean, 20 or 30 years from now, we might not be able to play our old videogames on new TVs!
