Hi, Thinking about getting an NTSC SNES. I'm under the impression that the SNES multi out will accept N64 and Gamecube cables. Is that true? I remember trying my Cube RGB SCART on a PAL SNES and that didn't work, but then, I don't think the PAL SNES could output RGB..? Currently following an auction for a SNES (tatty), they say it powers up but no video or sound. They say they think its the SCART, but their grammar is really bad, so I cant tell if they are saying that its the lead or the port..
http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/nintendo/pal-snes-rgb.htm I don't know about you, but my SNES outputs RGB perfectly. I did the above mod to my third party GC cable and it looks awesome.
Good old mmmonkey.. My soldering skills are pretty lackluster through *looks over at dead Mega Drive* Do NTSC units out output RGB through these leads without modification, then?
I don't know, but it's much cheaper to just do the mod.. Just don't use any additional solder and you'll be fine. I'm a newb at soldering too, just take your time.
The NTSC SNES does output RGB without modifications. A cable for this was sold in Japan. EDIT: it looked like this. http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r58768176
Well... the only thing I can tell about that... is that I often use the Audio/Video cable of my GameCube with my SNES (both PAL from Spain) I'm sorry I can't help more.
Ah. So the cables are cross compatible- it's just the PAL unit not being able to support that lead- thanks NaNDOR- and welcome to the forums, since that appears to be your first post =) Sanshiro, I'm not going NTSC just for RGB, in fact, that wasnt even in my mind; it is purely for games at their original speed =)
From the SNES at least to the Gamecube Nintendo did not change the video out at all (not sure about the Wii) Now you can't use the cube component cables naturally but any cable for a nintendo system should work no problem. I'm using a monster Svideo cable for my SNES that was intented for Gamcbue and it works like a charm.
If you get a NTSC SNES, you can use any PAL RGB Cable sold for the GameCube. I use one for my Japanese Super Famicom. Nintendo of Europe decided that it needed something different for the PAL SNES' RGB.
Same here. I bought a PAL GC RGB cable for use with my NTSC SNES consoles. Works excellent. I heard the PAL SNES outputs RGB at a different level or something so the same cable won't work.
I dare you to mention a decision they did right. Oh, yeah, cardboard boxes for controllers and stuff.. but besides that.
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but if I buy an NTSC SNES on ebay, will I be able to use a SNES RGB cable without doing any modifications to the console?
Yup. Same with the Super Famicom. The original Super Famicom outputs RGB, but the Super Famicom Jr. needs to be modified to output RGB. The other thing to note is that the single-chip version of the SNES/SFC - which was used in some later model SNES units as well as in the Jr. (smaller, redesigned) units - has much better RGB video output once modified. I've seen the RGB output of many consoles, and of the ones I've tried, the SNES Jr. ranks second only to the MVS arcade board. My SFC, which also outputs RGB, pales in comparison. I believe there may be some variance between the video output of different SNES revisions, but the SNES Jr. is undoubtably the best.
