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N64 Help
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 1/17/18 at 12:58 pm
Ok, I need help. My wife got me a 64 for Christmas so that I could play Ken Griffey Jr Baseball. It appears to be the easiest set up on earth, but I can’t do it. I’m an idiot. We have two old TVs that should be compatible. I’ve plugged in the power cord and matched yellow, red, white on the back of the TV. None of the inputs work. Am I missing something? Do I need an adapter?
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:07 pm to Hunt the Fan
I could be wrong, but is 64 the last system that required you to go to a certain channel to play. I remember having to do that with Super Nintendo, but I can't remember with 64.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:10 pm to DestrehanTiger
I went to channels 3 and 4 on the TV input. Neither worked. I think I remember that, too.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:15 pm to Hunt the Fan
Is it possible the game doesn't work? N64 doesn't have a generic splash screen, to my recollection.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 1:17 pm to Hunt the Fan
Maybe troubleshoot the ports on the TV(s) first just to rule that out? Do you have an old DVD player somewhere that you can plug into those composite and stereo sound ports?
Posted on 1/17/18 at 2:40 pm to Hunt the Fan
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I’ve plugged in the power cord and matched yellow, red, white on the back of the TV.
Most TVs will have a "Video" or "Input 1" "Input 2" setup for what you have plugged into an AV. If the system turns on yet there's no video output and the AV cables are plugged in, my first thought is that the AV cables are bad.
Got another TV you can try it on? Even modern TVs should still have AV ports.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:02 pm to BulldogXero
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Even modern TVs should still have AV ports.
To follow up on this, I have both my N64 and my PS2 hooked up to a modern flat panel HDTV with zero issue.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:30 pm to Hunt the Fan
red goes into red
white goes into white
yellow goes into green
Try that
white goes into white
yellow goes into green
Try that
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:31 pm to Hunt the Fan
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I went to channels 3 and 4 on the TV input. Neither worked. I think I remember that, too.
If youre using the wires you say you are, it should be an A/V or Video input
Posted on 1/17/18 at 3:37 pm to VermilionTiger
It worked on one of the newer TVs. I didn’t even consider trying that. Y’all can’t imagine how inept I am at this. Thanks for the responses.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 4:12 pm to Hunt the Fan
I remember that I had to go to channel 91 (I think) for my old RCA tv when I wanted to play my 64 games. If all else fails, you can look up the tv on the internet and see which channels were needed for the AV inputs.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:03 pm to Hunt the Fan
You should be able to hook it up via the red, white, yellow AV jacks no problem on a modern tv. Just make sure the TV is set to that display 'source' in the settings. YOu know how you can cycle through different sources on most tvs with multiple inputs.
If it won't work on multiple TV's it's possible the N64 or the cables you are trying are not good?
Regardless, expect the N64 will look like absolute crap on a modern HD TV. The resolution of those old systems was small and when it's blown up and zoomed in looks very bad.
You can alleviate this by making sure your tv is set to 4:3 resolution mode when you play and perhaps one day trying to get it hooked up via S-video (hard to find a TV with s-video inputs though).
Or easiest of all, find an old tube TV to play on.
If it won't work on multiple TV's it's possible the N64 or the cables you are trying are not good?
Regardless, expect the N64 will look like absolute crap on a modern HD TV. The resolution of those old systems was small and when it's blown up and zoomed in looks very bad.
You can alleviate this by making sure your tv is set to 4:3 resolution mode when you play and perhaps one day trying to get it hooked up via S-video (hard to find a TV with s-video inputs though).
Or easiest of all, find an old tube TV to play on.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:39 pm to IAmReality
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Regardless, expect the N64 will look like absolute crap on a modern HD TV.
Especially the games that were attempting to look realistic. Super Mario 64 is a bit worse for the wear, but not terrible. But something like Goldeneye? Mother of god...
Posted on 1/18/18 at 3:41 am to Joshjrn
Posted on 1/18/18 at 7:34 am to Hunt the Fan
if youre using red andY R W you need to be on the input setting of the TV, unles syou have a converter that puts it to channel 3/4. Once youre on the input watche the screen to see if theres a little flicker when you flip the power, might be a simple case of blowing in the cartridge to get the game to work.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 9:17 am to IAmReality
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Or easiest of all, find an old tube TV to play on.
The flat Sony Trinitron CRTs are amazing. I had a college roommate who owned one. I will get one for retro gaming some day.
Posted on 1/18/18 at 11:05 am to Volvagia
*shudders*
And I could be misremembering, but I want to say that image has fewer jaggies than my TV did the last time I fired up Goldeneye
And I could be misremembering, but I want to say that image has fewer jaggies than my TV did the last time I fired up Goldeneye
Posted on 1/18/18 at 10:48 pm to BulldogXero
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The flat Sony Trinitron CRTs are amazing. I had a college roommate who owned one. I will get one for retro gaming some day.
PVM + RGB SCART mod.
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