RGB Video & XRGB-Mini Framemeister :: RGB101

Get the best video quality from retro consoles on your HDTV! In this episode, Coury and Try take a look at getting the best picture possible on your retro video game consoles like the Sega Genesis and Nintendo Entertainment System. Find out what it takes to get the best, sharpest, and highest resolution image from your classic video games! We cover different video signals and utilizing the Micomsoft XRGB Mini Framemeister to get an amazing picture on a HDTV in an easy to understand way. This video includes side by side comparisons of direct feed gameplay from multiple consoles utilizing the Framemeister.

Comments

• So much more material to gather for this episode than I realized… very time-consuming

• Tried my hand at spinning product photography against a greenscreen… more challenging to key out than expected

• It’s a very vertical timeline… lots of video tracks needed for direct comparisons and over-the-shoulder graphics

• It was fun how much I could zoom in and maintain fairly good image quality for RGB video sources

• The timeline was so complicated that it was a struggle to get it to even render… we almost had to delay it!

• This video is the first time that both Coury and Try appear on screen in the same episode. It worked out so well that we will be definitely be doing it more in the future.

Featured Games (in order of appearance)

* = in background

Intro (00:00 - 01:05)

1. Mega Man (NES)

2. Wild Guns (SNES)

3. Kirby's Adventure (NES)

Segment 1 (01:05 - 04:14)

1. Final Fantasy VI (SNES)*

2. Ducktales (NES)

3. Chrono Trigger (SNES)

4. Persona 4 (PS2)

5. Super Mario World (SNES)

6. Dragon Warrior (NES)

7. Wonderboy in Monster World (Genesis)

8. Tales of Phantasia (Super Famicom)?

9. Sunset Riders (SNES)

10. Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)

11. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)

12. Paper Mario (N64)?

13. Viewtiful Joe (GC/PS2)

14. Contra (NES)

15. Mega Man Legends 2 (PS1)

16. Journey to Silius (NES)

17. Banjo Kazooie (N64)

18. Demon's Crest (SNES)

19. Final Fantasy X (PS2)

20. Super Mario Bros. (NES)

21. Resident Evil (PS1)*

Segment 2 (04:14 – 05:45)

1. Gryzor (Famicom)*

2. Shinobi III (Genesis)*

3. Cybernator (SNES)

4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

5. Mega Man X (SNES)

6. Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)

Segment 3 (05:46 - 07:16)

1. Kirby Super Star (SNES)*

2. Super Mario Sunshine (GC)

3. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES)

4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)

5. Super Metroid (SNES)

Segment 4 (07:17 – 08:51)

1. Shinobi III (Genesis)*

2. Final Fantasy VI (SNES)*

Segment 5 (08:52 - 10:47)

1. Contra Hard Corps (Genesis)

2. Castlevania Bloodlines (Genesis)

3. Battletoads Double Dragon (Genesis)

4. Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)

5. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)

6. Castlevania (NES)

7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)*

8. Blaster Master (NES)

9. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2 (NES)

Segment 6 (10:48 - 11:56)

1. Rygar (NES)*

2. Ninja Gaiden (NES)

3. Mega Man II (NES)

4. Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES)

5. Crystalis (NES)

6. Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos (NES)*

Segment 7 (11:57 – 12:44)

1. Bionic Commando (NES)*

2. Super Mario 64 (N64)

3. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)

4. F-Zero X (N64)

5. Mischief Makers (N64)

6. 007 Goldeneye (N64)

Outro (12:44 – 13:26)

1. The Legend of Zelda (NES)

2. Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)

3. Katamari Damacy (PS2)

4. Earthbound (SNES)

5. Final Fantasy VII (PS1)

6. Panzer Dragoon II Zwei (Saturn)

7. Super Monkey Ball (GC)

8. Star Fox 64 (N64)