Hi!
Love your forum! So much :D
I am currently a bit too bored and I'm in need of a project to start (and this time I will finish it ::) promise!)
Since I like lowrez and consoles, and a second-hand-store next to my work currently carries a 1084 monitor, I chose to combine those three topics: Modifying the console so I can connect it to this monitor for superb video quality. The ext step would be put the console with the monitor in a small cab, modify the controls to joysticks (or a spinner, in case of the Jaguar) and enjoying it :D
But I am unsure which console I should pick to modify and connect. Please help me choose one of my consoles to modify.
- NES, PAL, NTSC: I guess it it out of scope to get it RGBmodded. I dont have a Playchoice 10 PPU handy.
- SNES, PAL, US, JAP: Good console. But I rarely play it, and it got too much buttons. can't decide on a game, don't like most of them.
- Mega-Drive I, II - PAL, JAP. Would be nice to do an RGB mod since I am missing a composite cable anyway, and 60hertz mod would be a nice thing to go along with it too - and would give some love back to my games, which just collect dust at the shelves. I'd need to buy MUSHA thou. Seems to be the easiest way.
- Dreamcast, PAL: All cables are missing. Including Games. Kinda pointless, but I'd know where to get an RF Cable for it. Collects dust currently.
- SATURN, PAL: Same as Dreamcast: Nearly no games, no cables, no controllers. And the Shmups are so expensive. Why do I even bother do write it on that list is beyond me ???
- Gamecube, PAL: ready to hook up with Composite-cables, IKARUGA game ready, but the RGB-cable-mod looks a bit quirky to me. Tate the 1084.
- Turbografx, PAL: I'd really like to mod that one, but I guess I'd like to get a PC-Engine/DUO to mod first. And I am missing games for it too.
- JAGUAR, PAL: I'd love to play Tempest 2000 without RF artefacts. And it seems very modderfriedly too.
- PS2, XBOX and WII: too current-gen to get some love from me.
I got very poor skills in eletronics and reading diagrams, and my soldering skills compare better to blunt force than engineering. I like to confuse polarities. But lots of friends do this stoff for fun, and they could help me build platines, read schematics, and reproduce them on bread boards, or tell me which parts I need to get.
So ... which console would you think fits best for me to get some RGB love out of my 1084?
Thanks for reading,
thanks for your opinion in advance,
ninn. :D
Go with your megadrive, it's one of the most affordable and well documented. Mods also shouldn't require too much skill and the rgb signal doesn't require any amping.
it's one of the first things that I hooked into my RGB monitor seeing as all you need is the right cable. also
Quote from: Lawrence on February 07, 2011, 08:45:17 AM
As an aside, hooking a Megadrive to an RGB monitor is the very first thing I tried to do with RGB, and it was the reason for GameSX becoming a technical site instead of just a homepage for my game store.
So, carry on. =D
Also, I've had success just connecting the C-sync to either H-sync, or both H and V on the monitor. No extra parts required.
Lawrence is the admin of this site and is also pretty knowledgeable in these matters.
M.E.G.A.D.R.I.V.E.
The first gen is better than the megadrive 2 if modding is vital IMO.
Have fun ;)