8th March 2004, 8:59 PM
Yes, the red/yellow/white cables. The AV Famicom (that's what it's actually called because that was the main selling point, the controller thing was a secondary thing), by the way, used the same connection cables as the SNES/Super Famicom through Gamecube did, as opposed to the first version of our NES which was like what it was like, you know...
Generally, I don't really care about a small improvement like that ABF, however the fact is that it IS superior, even if by a small bit, if just because of that. Same reason the original SNES is superior to the remodel, due to the S-Video support. Paying some attention a while back, I noticed that colors were sharper, as well as the image itself (less blurry), and there weren't lines through the image. There's a reason I'm not that interested in a new model NES myself, since I actually noticed an improvement. It's not something I'd pay a lot to get, but I'm not going to pay to LOOSE it either. That's the mood I have for all the input updates there have been over the years. The cartridge slot is doubly flawed yes (one for using the spring loaded system, which fortunatly hasn't broken down on my NES, and a second time because the actual contact pins don't have very good contact anyway because it's all on one side as opposed to the normal squeezing of the cart between two rows of pins), but I actually fix the second flaw by opening it up and straightening out all the little pins with a screwdriver every year or so, then it works like it did when I first got it. However, I'd certainly like to get ahold of one of those new NES/AV Famicom controllers for comfort reasons.
Oh hey ABF. Here's how I compaired them on my NES (and it's probably easier to tell on the older systems because of how large and blatent the outlines are). I just had BOTH outputs setup on my NES (and that's how I always have it actually, for no real good reason except that if the output hole is there, I wanna be using it :D), and I kept switching my TV between input mode and channel mode. Saw the difference rather quickly that way.
Generally, I don't really care about a small improvement like that ABF, however the fact is that it IS superior, even if by a small bit, if just because of that. Same reason the original SNES is superior to the remodel, due to the S-Video support. Paying some attention a while back, I noticed that colors were sharper, as well as the image itself (less blurry), and there weren't lines through the image. There's a reason I'm not that interested in a new model NES myself, since I actually noticed an improvement. It's not something I'd pay a lot to get, but I'm not going to pay to LOOSE it either. That's the mood I have for all the input updates there have been over the years. The cartridge slot is doubly flawed yes (one for using the spring loaded system, which fortunatly hasn't broken down on my NES, and a second time because the actual contact pins don't have very good contact anyway because it's all on one side as opposed to the normal squeezing of the cart between two rows of pins), but I actually fix the second flaw by opening it up and straightening out all the little pins with a screwdriver every year or so, then it works like it did when I first got it. However, I'd certainly like to get ahold of one of those new NES/AV Famicom controllers for comfort reasons.
Oh hey ABF. Here's how I compaired them on my NES (and it's probably easier to tell on the older systems because of how large and blatent the outlines are). I just had BOTH outputs setup on my NES (and that's how I always have it actually, for no real good reason except that if the output hole is there, I wanna be using it :D), and I kept switching my TV between input mode and channel mode. Saw the difference rather quickly that way.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)