Play Snes on Computer monitor.

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Myself and my boyfriend are heading over to meet his brother in Amsterdam pretty soon, and apart from the obvious, the only thing he and I ever bonded over was retrogames!

We decided to bring him over a Snes, but all he has in his apartment is a computer monitor. Now everyone I've asked so far has just suggested I download an emulator onto his computer, I knew this would be the only place where people would understand that that is not really an option!

So is there some sort of adapter I can use to hook up a snes to a Mac monitor?

Myrddin

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Myself and my boyfriend are heading over to meet his brother in Amsterdam pretty soon, and apart from the obvious, the only thing he and I ever bonded over was retrogames!

We decided to bring him over a Snes, but all he has in his apartment is a computer monitor. Now everyone I've asked so far has just suggested I download an emulator onto his computer, I knew this would be the only place where people would understand that that is not really an option!

So is there some sort of adapter I can use to hook up a snes to a Mac monitor?

It can be done, but not without buying additional pricey hardware. Doesn't make sense if its only a visit kinda thing.

How about a Gameboy Advance instead? It has a good few snes ports, & is a bit more personal than an emulator as a gift!

DrGreenthumb

google snes vga cable,

but unless you want to spend a few quid and have to wait for it to be delivered, the emulator seems the best option

paperwork

wow i can't even find one of these vga cables online!

DrGreenthumb

this might work, as far as i'm aware the nintendo wii and snes have the same connection for the video

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VGA-Monitor-Cable-Lead-PlayStation-3-Nintendo-Wii-/260853109235?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cbc0e91f3

Myrddin

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

this might work, as far as i'm aware the nintendo wii and snes have the same connection for the video

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VGA-Monitor-Cable-Lead-PlayStation-3-Nintendo-Wii-/260853109235?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3cbc0e91f3

It takes more than just the same connector to achieve this. The RF out from the SNES needs to be converted to VGA, & that requires hardware/circuitry. It's not a cheap escape by any means. At 7 seconds in you'll see whats needed

DrGreenthumb

all this hassle, just use an emulator

paperwork

wow how confusing!
Now I'm thinking we could just pick up a cheap portable telly while we're there!

K.O.Kiki

Try to buy a cheap CRT telly if you can, too.

Dr Bob

I was about to post that a less than a tenner easycap DC 60 off ebay would do the trick (plug it all in , install drivers , download and run a program called amcap and you're sorted).You'd need a SNES AV cable but they're cheap enough on ebay.Course then I spotted the dreaded word Mac.
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so yeah .get a CRT TV and you;re sorted.

7sr2z3fely84g5

vga box here,getting scarce so grab them while you can!-

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Gamecube-SNES-N64-VGA-Box-Connect-Computer-Monitor-/170678833076?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item27bd404fb4

Same seller has some rare items in the nintendo section.