I haven't had the time or chance to play Famicom for almost a year and a half now... and I always regretted it. I just haven't had the time, nor have I had the chance. But now, I am going to try and get back into playing Famicom games. :) I can't really buy anymore games, but I have a semi-decent collection, and it's enough to satiate me for the time being. :)
However, I am not as up to date on Fami as I used to be, so I an interesting situation:
- My only available TV is a 32 inch flat screen television from Sylvania. Am I able to play the Famicom on a flat screen television, or will I need other expensive do-hickeys to get it to work? I have the A/V cables, and the proper plug-in wall adaptors. My Fami worked on my old TV, but I got rid of it a few months ago after it finally bit the dust.
- Any other advice in general?
Thank you for any responses you may have. :)
Quote from: Doc on January 16, 2009, 01:43:18 pm
- My only available TV is a 32 inch flat screen television from Sylvania. Am I able to play the Famicom on a flat screen television, or will I need other expensive do-hickeys to get it to work? I have the A/V cables, and the proper plug-in wall adaptors. My Fami worked on my old TV, but I got rid of it a few months ago after it finally bit the dust.
It'll work. It will look a bit ugly, but it'll work.
Ugly? How so? ... :-\
Try an old gaming system on a new HDTV and you'll see what UglyJoe is talking about.
For a quickie reference, if you use an LCD monitor, try using a non-native resolution.
Well is it a flat-screen CRT or a flat-screen LCD?
If it's an LCD, it'll look kinda ugly. I can't think of how to describe it, exactly.
Well... it looks like my Fami-gaming will have to be done in ways other than hooking up my system. :( Oh well... thanks for the responses, guys!
It's still totally playable. That's what mine is hooked up to. My CRT television is in my parents basement and I have nowhere to put it in my apartment.
My Famicom's signal is slightly... wobbly, I guess, due to its being an RF signal. It was probably always like this playing consoles over RF, you just see it better on a nice, sharp HD display. Also, on a flat panel you don't lose anything to overscan, so you usually see some funky stuff off to the sides in what was the overscan area.
Also, the light gun games have to be played on a CRT as the LCD screens won't reflect the light gun signal back!
Oh well, my light gun never fully worked, anyway. :P
I'll try out the Fami when I get the chance. I doubt I'll get any luck, but who knows?
I had a similar problem when I had to prepare for the arrival of my famicom, or when I had to connect my nes 2. My parents still had an old tv in my basement that could take rf and it's a box type of tv. So that may be the ideal tv to look for, see if you can get one for cheap that works, any old console should work on a tv like that.
Not that easy -- the only places that have them are the local Thrift Stores, and they are not exactly the most trustworthy places... :-\
True, or maybe... maybe.... you could look on craiglist/ebay for the type of tv I'm talking about?