Old N64 hook up to new TVs

Even new tvs should have the old audio/video inputs

Even if they're not the same color check for 3 holes one video and 2 audio

I have a tube tv for all my old consoles

If the TV has an AV hook up, you should be good to go. Just have to get your input set right.

If not, should be able to find an adaptor easy enough.

The Framemeister would work for you, but they are $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

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Red White Yellow

I think the yellow goes into the green aux hole

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This. If your TV only has component hookups and not composite, yellow goes into the green hole, red and white still to red and white.

Even with the correct A/V hook ups, N64 looks like shite on modern tv's. Even older systems (NES/SNES) look better. Something about those early 3D graphics (PS1 suffers the same problem).

If you have an S-Video connector that looks a lot better better (S-Video cables for N64 are easy to get, however very very few tv's have S-Video inputs anymore).

Your best bet for a good picture on old video game consoles is still an old tube tv, they were built for those resolutions.

Best thing to do is go find a decent CRT from Goodwill or Craigslist and use that for your old consoles.

For people insistent on using old consoles on new tv's there are tips to make it look better of course

1. Run your tv at a 4:3 resolution of course, not stretched out to 16:9. 16:9 resolutions for console gaming didn't become the standard until PS3/XBox1 era. Running a 4:3 game at 16:9 will look warped and awkward.

2. Turn off as many of the post-processing effects on the TV as you can. Modern tv's have all these processing effects they can do, but for gaming they are bad because they introduce input lag. You essentially want your tv to do nothing to the signal, just display it as is, no auto-correction or enhancements or adjustments or anything like that. Individual tv settings vary, but essentially go through and turn off all that junk.

3. Use as high quality output as you can get out of the system, the listing from worst to best is

RF Adapter - Single cable that goes into cable jack
Composite (aka A/V) - Red/White/Yellow cables
S-Video - Similar to A/V but has a larger black connector instead of a yellow (or possibly in addition to)
Component - 5 colored cables (red/white + blue/green/orange)
HDMI

Obviously without any modding older systems do not support the newer, higher quality signals by default. It's easy to find what the highest quality output a given system can produce without modding and find the correct cables on ebay if you don't have them.

After a long hunt, I tracked down an RGB profession video monitor, which makes retro games look God like. Before that, I had a Framemeister and a cheap Amazon upscaler ran with Euro SCART. For $50, the cheap upscaler works well, especially if you are playing games where input lag doesn't matter, such as RPGs.