Wii Mod Amazing

[ArcadeAction]

I realize I am years behind in doing this.... but recently I modded my Wii so I could play my SuperNES, Genesis and NES etc games on it.

My primary reason was so I could use component video out. When I grew up playing these, I was always using an RF cable or composite video at best. For me, a huge draw to going to the arcade was that the monitors and colors and sharpness of the games always looks so much better. This is because they were using RGB input. Playchoice 10 games looked so much better at the arcade than a NES at home, even when it was nearly the same game.

Using the Wii outputting to a high quality component CRT (I'm using a Philips 27" CRT with component in) is absolutely incredible. I have several component televisions, but this particular one has about perfect convergence and I just can't say enough about it. It's so good. It makes all the games look "arcade perfect". I have several Sony CRTs, but this Philips is just incredible. I also have a 27/29" trisync monitor that does 15khz, 24khz and 31khz and VGA 640x480 in my Capcom Impress Candy Cab that I am looking forward to trying the Wii on. I just need to get a VGA cable for it.

Here in the USA, I'll admit, I always had a bit of distain for the Mega Drive/Genesis because the graphics just didn't look comparable at all to the SuperNES. The Genesis used 64 colors on screen compared to the SuperNES's 256. They were also being hooked up here with an RF cable, which results in a blurry image. Using a component connection, though, the Mega Drive/Genesis absoutely shines and I think looks amazing. In Europe, where the Mega Drive was ultra popular, and where I also believe people were using a SCART connection, now I totally get it why people liked it so much. Sonic looks so colorful. Mega Drive/Genesis games also actually do have a nice speed and smooth/fast moving backgrounds. "Blast Processing" does seem to be a real thing.

Just incredible.

Basically I'm now using a modded SuperNES classic for playing games on HDTVs and the modded Wii for playing games on CRT TVs. They both do an excellent job for their formats. It is also fun to play the original consoles on the RF and composite connections like I did when I was a kid for nostalgia sake and I've kept a few woodgrain CRT TVs around just for that.

I could mod all my original systems to do RGB out or get special connectors to do that. For now I'm going to keep them original as right now I can just enjoy them already with the different connections and TV formats.

My favorite gaming system of all time now might just be the Wii, simply because it allows me to play the older games I like so much in such a great new way. The cost also makes it very accessible.

Maybe seems silly to say, but playing these games in component quality video on this TV feels like as much fun as when I first got my systems growing up. I don't wear glasses, but the experience and change from RF/composite to component video for retro games is probably like having blurry vision and then getting a pair of good glasses for the first time. It makes such a difference.

[TrekMD]

That sounds cool.  Nice way to get higher resolution for the games.

[zapiy]

Nice one mate, nice to see you made some discoveries regards to the love the Megadrive receives over here..

I modded my Wii sometime ago, may dig it out and have another play.