#GAMECUBE GBA PLAYER TEARDOWN 480P#

The Innovation adapter (lower-right picture) has a sharp video output, but when comparing with the GBP’s original boot disc, the GBP in 480p was a better choice, due to the 480i interlace flicker in the other options. Since the Innovation adapter only outputs 480i, I wanted to test it against all stock outputs from the GBP, both with the component video cables, as well as the PAL RGB cable (more info on GC outputs can be found here). Please check out the SRA review for more info (click for full-sized). That being said, for the money, it’s a surprisingly good solution if your goal is to play on a CRT via composite video. The Super Retro Advance only outputs composite video and the aspect ratio is off. Overall, I’m not a big fan of the Retron 5 as a solution though: Overall, the Wii U seems to look a bit better, as the Retron 5 looks like the contrast and brightness are too high. Also, since the only resolution supported by the Retron 5 is 720p, I thought the only fair comparison would be to the Wii U Virtual Console. There’s much more info in the Retron 5 review, but I wanted to include a picture comparison on this page as well. Also, you can click the picture below for a full-size view: More info is available on the GBA on Wii U page, but overall, it’s my opinion that the games look even better then the GBP.

#GAMECUBE GBA PLAYER TEARDOWN 1080P#

That being said, if you have a 1080p display, running the GBA game in 1080p “pixel perfect” mode won’t fill the whole screen, but it will look better then running 480p in full-screen. This is a great option for a 480p widescreen CRT or possibly even 480p/720p flat-screen TVs. Something to note: If you set your Wii U to 480p widescreen, you can run GBA games in “pixel perfect” mode and they’ll fill the whole screen, since the GBA’s vertical resolution of 160 pixels can be multiplied 4 times to make 640. It even looks great on a CRT, both running in 480p and downscaled to 240p.

#GAMECUBE GBA PLAYER TEARDOWN SOFTWARE#

The Wii U does a decent job displaying GBA games, with the typical software emulation lag added. Unfortunately, this is a complicated and expensive solution, so unless you already have the equipment required, I wouldn’t suggest this method. It wasn’t as sharp as the Innovation adapter, but overall it was a better look. The end result looked very good and (in my opinion) the 240p scanlines made the video output look much closer to what you’d expect. GC/GBP Component video cables -> component to VGA converter -> Extron Emotia -> RGB monitor This requires using an Extron Emotia to down-convert the signal from 480p to 240p (more info in the VGA to RGB page). If you want to use the original GBP boot disc, you can still get 240p without any console modding. Game Boy Player 480p – 240p via Extron Emotia: The software Swiss allows you to force 240p output from your Game Cube (more info in the Game Boy Player page), however the addition of the Game Boy Interface software makes this method completely obsolete. The original Game Boy PLayer software for the Gamecube would only output 480i or 480p, which might not be the best option in most setups. Game Boy Player – forced 240p output via GBI or Swiss: Please check the main GBA TV page and see the top examples for the best choices:

#GAMECUBE GBA PLAYER TEARDOWN ARCHIVE#

At the moment, I’d consider all of these “outdated” methods, but I wanted to archive this page, in case the information is relevant to anyone’s setup. This page shows some comparisons of the original methods used to display GBA games on a TV.

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