is it possible to link N64 console to pc?

[stbens]

Is it possible to link a N64 console to a pc/monitor and if so are the graphics in any way improved?

[nudetothis]

To a monitor, yes ...


http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog/product_info.php?category=76&products_id=1457&



I would consider trying this with the Gamecube but with the native resolution of the N64 being relatively low I would think it looks a lot better in PJ64 than running the console through a monitor would look.

[Zilla]

Yup, using either a pci TV card, or a video capture card. The quality realy depends on how much you're prepared to spend on the card. I think i remember lik-sang sellling converter boxes for
s-video > VGA as well.

[zero88]

converter boxes work miracles. Since the resolution on a monitor is higher than that of a TV, it would be much sharper. I play my PS2 and Dreamcast on the monitor all the time

[SquareSoft0]

OMFG you guys are weird......... Ever heard of a DEX-DRIVE!? If you actually OWN an N64 then you should........ We all know that you must own the game and system to use an emulator..... or you have to use it for coding education purposes, but that's only if you're the one to make the ROM off of an emulator machine......

[mesman00]

whaa?? he said nothing about roms, he just wants to hook up his n64 to his computer so he can play on his monitor

[SquareSoft0]

I was implying that these emulator users are using emulator illegally, if they don't know what a Dex-drive is..........:plain2:

[Quvack]

Uuuummmmm how does people not knowing what a dex-drive is make it illegal to use an emu?

[pj64er]

Originally posted by SquareSoft0
OMFG you guys are weird......... Ever heard of a DEX-DRIVE!? If you actually OWN an N64 then you should........ We all know that you must own the game and system to use an emulator..... or you have to use it for coding education purposes, but that's only if you're the one to make the ROM off of an emulator machine......

are you trying to tell him to rip roms off his cartridges through the dexdrive?! Well, if you actually OWN an n64, you would know that dex-drive is meant for only using ur pc as storage space for mempak data.

Plus, your proposed idea of ripping your own roms is in everyway more illegal (well, its still in the gray area) than simply attaching ur n64 to a pc monitor...what stbens was trying to do in the first place!

whos weird now?

[SquareSoft0]

King of weirdos..... that's what you are. I was saying that you can use a dex-drive to connect your N64 to your PC, I said nothing about using it to copy your ROMs which it can't do; and it's not illegal. "You (The Consumer) are allowed one backup copy of any non-perishable product from or not from the manufacturer as long as the copy remains to the likeness of it's original" That is a segement of the law on copies of that kind of stuff.

[thedaemon666]

hahaha once again there is no actual connection of the N64 to the pc when you use a dex-drive, so pj64er is correct in that matter, and who needs a dex-drive anyways when you have a perfectly good adaptoid with it's drivers installed? LoL not to mention I don't believe there is any support for the dex-drive as it's site has disappeared etc etc (not saying that www.interact-acc.com isn't still there but a lot of their smaller sites are gone)...
and yeah the orginal post had nothing to do with roms it was only about using a monitor to display with their N64...
and btw the improvement you get by using a monitor instead of a tv (Unless you have a high-def tv) is a crisper image, TVs have round pixels, which end up blurring your image, and monitors have square (some have hexagons etc etc but i'm not getting into that technology right now) thus creating a sharper image, and yes monitors support higher resolutions but it only helps if the image being sent to it is sent in those resolutions otherwise it will only be displayed as the n64's native res unless someone develops a way to boost the res while the signal is being converted inside of the VGA box etc etc...
my best suggestion is to read up about this stuff, a good place to do it is www.gamesx.com they have a lot of different tech items on consoles and comps, info on cart pinouts, controller pin outs etc etc go read some docs and then make your decisions on what kind of HW you wish to persue for your need

[SquareSoft0]

The Dex-Drive DOES connect the N64 to the PC, just not in the way that guy wanted. You can go to www.gamefaqs.com and when you look at some of their N64 games they have Dex-Drive saves for download. If you download a Dex-Drive save you can upload the save into your game thus there is a PC - N64 connection! Kupo!!! :sleepy:

[zero88]

the hell?

we're talking about connecting a REAL N64 to the Computer SCREEN. Not to the CPU.

[Stezo2k]

i think all questions have been answerd can some 1 close this thread before all havok breaks looks (even more)

Stez

[pj64er]

Originally posted by SquareSoft0
I said nothing about using it to copy your ROMs which it can't do; and it's not illegal.

...

"You (The Consumer) are allowed one backup copy of any non-perishable product from or not from the manufacturer as long as the copy remains to the likeness of it's original"

...

The Dex-Drive DOES connect the N64 to the PC, just not in the way that guy wanted.

k...if thats not what you meant, than ur original post doesnt make much sense. As well, it is well off topic. No one, until you came up, talked about roms at all.


your quote (which prolly came outta ur arse) is easily countered by: "Back-up copies are not authorized and are not necessary to protect your Nintendo Game Pak" [Super Metroid Instruction Booklet...the first nintendo manual that i can find right now]

if the dexdrive doesnt connect the way that stbens wanted, why the f**k did you even bring it up?!

Whos the king of weirdos now?

[SquareSoft0]

He didn't specify which way he wanted it connected to the PC until after I mentioned the Dex-Drive, I assumed he meant a way to just have a basic connection from the N64 to the PC. And those "copies are illedal" things in the instruction booklets means backups of games onto other cartriges which would be illegal because they can be sold.

[pj64er]

excuses, excuses...


First Post
Is it possible to link a N64 console to a pc/monitor and if so are the graphics in any way improved?

also, no, the manual did not specify cartridge back-ups, therefore backups of any kind (ie self ripped roms) is not authorized.

[SquareSoft0]

Uh, so I can assume that you trust some instruction booklet over THE LAW. I looked into it and when they are making the game it is illegal, but as soon as they stop making a game it's legal to have your own backup copy; cartrige or not.

[pj64er]

Originally posted by SquareSoft0
Uh, so I can assume that you trust some instruction booklet over THE LAW. I looked into it and when they are making the game it is illegal, but as soon as they stop making a game it's legal to have your own backup copy; cartrige or not.

:happy:
list your sources, squaresoft0. that sounds like it came from some rom site, wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Plus this contradicts what you said before:!!!:

just give up, i have lost the will to continue this.

[SquareSoft0]

Well I DID say that I looked into it further and found more info. and yes, I was partially wrong. You didn't deny the fact that you trust your Metroid manual more than you do THE LAW. I would NOT list anything from a ROM site, besides, the only ROM site I go to doesn't even have an English info. section.

[pj64er]

when i said list your sources, i meant for you to tell me which law book that came from. I didnt tell you to dig deeper into your arse.

basically neither of what you've said is THE LAW...of ANY COUNTRY. They are all MADE UP and came from THE INTERNET. And yes, i do TRUST my manual, thats the AGREEMENT between the consumer and nintendo that appears in all of nintendo's SOFTWARE.

PS Super Metroid r0x0rs.

[icepir8]

http://www.dextrose.com (http://www.dextrose.com/info/0803rgb.htm) had some info on hooking the N64 to a RGB monitor.

[yawis3632]

this is really a useless comment but SquareSoft0 you're one of the dumbest, and pointless posters ive seen, why cant you just admit you were wrong in assuming that he wanted to make roms and just hook up his monitor. u need to chill out... peace

[SquareSoft0]

I admitted to being wrong, but that PJ guy obviously didn't think it was enough

[thedaemon666]

SquareSoft0
Hahaha once again your wrong about a "basic connection" between the N64 and the dex-drive, there is only a connection with the memory pak and the dex-drive...
have you ever seen/used a dex-drive? obviously not...
and yes I owned one for a while so I do know what I'm talking about and obviously you do not...

to everyone else:
sorry I had to prove him wrong, not to be a bitch or anything, I just think its funny how he doesn't know shit about what he is talking about

[cooliscool]

Originally posted by SquareSoft0
I was implying that these emulator users are using emulator illegally, if they don't know what a Dex-drive is..........:plain2:

so... not one thing illegal on your hard drive? perfectly clean? if you tell me yes i'll shoot your ass. :plain2:

[SquareSoft0]

Who said I don't do illegal crap? I'm fulla illagal stuff, I didn't say I was clean

[cooliscool]

"I was implying that these emulator users are using emulator illegally, if they don't know what a Dex-drive is.........."

hmm.. looks like you were pointing your finger at prople using it illegaly... roflmafao.. lamer :plain2:

[pj64er]

seriously squaresoft0, just drop it. Youre just digging yourself into a deeper hole.

[Romboy]

It looks as though this thread is going nowhere. Time to close it.

[SquareSoft0]

Why close a thread that should be deleted????

[cold1]

i know of only one way to link a n64 to a pc, and that is v64jr.

[cooliscool]

off topic - cold1, there's a slight error in your system specs logic. you say you have a dual pentium3 system running 98se. The thing about that is, 98se does not work with dual processor setups.:stupid: