Gamecube Shmups? (and 3D rail shooters?)

[sfried]

...and 1000 questions later, the Gamecube is still useless compared to many other home consoles.

I still use my GameCube to play GB games and some collections I have. I still don't have a Wii, though.

[Jockel]

about time.
the homebrew features alone make it worth the price.
add a few brilliant games like mario galaxy or no more heroes and it's a deal.

[dhowerter]

BrianC: the non-anniversary Namco Collection for GCN has three selectable zoom levels.

I know this full well, and it's exactly why I said the size is too small. Even the largest zoom level is smaller than it should be. I was referring to the restriction to interlacing when I mentioned that it was upscaled and filtered (it's also why I specifically chose that screenshot). I didn't mention this, but the graphics also look distorted in Namco Museum GCN, even on the largest setting (and this was tested with s-video and component).

2 questions:

1. Would I even be able to notice the "filtering" if I've never played the original games in an arcade AND if I connect the GC to a 27 inch Standard definition TV via composite? (yellow plug only)

2. Does Namco Museum 50th include multiple zoom views? Does it also have the "filtering"?

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[dhowerter]

Can anyone answer the 2 questions in my January 6th post?

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[Ed Oscuro]

"yellow plug only" is always going to look terrible on standard-def TV. Dot crawl and all that junk. You sure you don't have an s-video hookup on the TV somewhere? S-vid cables for the GC/N64/SNES first model aren't hard to find at all (unless you're in my house, I guess; I seem to have lost mine).

[BrianC]

BrianC: the non-anniversary Namco Collection for GCN has three selectable zoom levels.

I know this full well, and it's exactly why I said the size is too small. Even the largest zoom level is smaller than it should be. I was referring to the restriction to interlacing when I mentioned that it was upscaled and filtered (it's also why I specifically chose that screenshot). I didn't mention this, but the graphics also look distorted in Namco Museum GCN, even on the largest setting (and this was tested with s-video and component).

2 questions:

1. Would I even be able to notice the "filtering" if I've never played the original games in an arcade AND if I connect the GC to a 27 inch Standard definition TV via composite? (yellow plug only)

2. Does Namco Museum 50th include multiple zoom views? Does it also have the "filtering"?

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Please don't double post. Anyway, this is stuff that could be looked up via google or wikipedia. Please try to go there first before asking questions.

1. It's less noticeable on composite, but there is still a bit of a difference compared to the unfiltered original. However, the GCN/PS2/Xbox non 50th Namco Museum's largest size leaves a bit to be desired and doesn't show the detail as well as the originals.

2. yes, and yes. Also, as far as I know, only the Xbox one supports (or at least seems to) 480p.

S-vid cables for the GC/N64/SNES first model aren't hard to find at all (unless you're in my house, I guess; I seem to have lost mine).

As far as I know, Nintendo's online store still sells them, as well. That's how I got mine. Component cables are a bear to get for GCN, though. Part of the reason (but not the only one), I got a Wii.

[dhowerter]

I know this full well, and it's exactly why I said the size is too small. Even the largest zoom level is smaller than it should be. I was referring to the restriction to interlacing when I mentioned that it was upscaled and filtered (it's also why I specifically chose that screenshot). I didn't mention this, but the graphics also look distorted in Namco Museum GCN, even on the largest setting (and this was tested with s-video and component).

2 questions:

1. Would I even be able to notice the "filtering" if I've never played the original games in an arcade AND if I connect the GC to a 27 inch Standard definition TV via composite? (yellow plug only)

2. Does Namco Museum 50th include multiple zoom views? Does it also have the "filtering"?

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Please don't double post. Anyway, this is stuff that could be looked up via google or wikipedia. Please try to go there first before asking questions.

1. It's less noticeable on composite, but there is still a bit of a difference compared to the unfiltered original. However, the GCN/PS2/Xbox non 50th Namco Museum's largest size leaves a bit to be desired and doesn't show the detail as well as the originals.

2. yes, and yes. Also, as far as I know, only the Xbox one supports (or at least seems to) 480p.

S-vid cables for the GC/N64/SNES first model aren't hard to find at all (unless you're in my house, I guess; I seem to have lost mine).

As far as I know, Nintendo's online store still sells them, as well. That's how I got mine. Component cables are a bear to get for GCN, though. Part of the reason (but not the only one), I got a Wii.

Couple points:
1. I didn't double post. (that's when you post the same thing twice). I simply waited about a week after my first post with the 2 questions, saw no one had answered, and made the request to answer them in the second post (otherwise, they may never have been answered after the topic falls far enough down the pages

2. It's hardly worth it to spend a good deal of time looking for whether Namco Museum 50th has multiple zoom views (assuming I could even find such a minute detail anywhere) when someone here already has the game and can easily answer the question (and since we're already talking about the game anyway)

3. I also wanted impressions on the filtering on a 27 inch SD TV viewed by HUMAN EYES (not a screen grab on google images) with the GC connected via composite on a specific gane (Namco Museum); you can't really google THAT (it's a pretty specific situation there


That being said, thanks for the info. I appreciate it ^_^

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