HD Quality Testing MMZ3 w/ Original Hardware

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Magnus Zero

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Published on August 5, 2023 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USmLmYpi99g

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Mega Man Zero 3 (2004)

Duration: 5:28

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A quick quality test of me playing Mega Man Zero 3 on legitimate hardware/the Gameboy player via the Gamecube. Sure, TECHNICALLY this isn't the "original" original hardware. But good luck recording the Gameboy Advance natively and make it look decent. I'm using an upscaler called the RetroTINK 5x Pro, which allows me to output it to 1080p to the TV. I currently can't capture 4K with my Elgato and PC setup, but I'm not concerned about the highest quality atm.

What you see right now isn't finalized look of the footage. There are still tweaks to be made on the 5x's settings to make the pixels more sharper, and there's some downscaling methods that I can try. Obviously, you can't expect the original hardware to look as good as the Legacy Collection. But I can get it to look pretty damn close once I learn more about my options.

I've been wanting to replay all of my classic/retro games on their respective original hardware, but was held back by the limitations of current technology not displaying it clean enough. That was until I invested into a 5x Pro and slowly bought component cables for all of my systems.

I seriously would not recommend investing into a retro setup like this since it gets expensive (the scaler alone costs $325... pretty much the cost of a modern gen console). And it makes no sense to buy a scaler if you're only trying to play one or a few games in high quality from original hardware. I only justified it because I have multiple old consoles, and I prefer original hardware over emulation/collections. Perhaps I'll go more in-depth with this sort of thing in future commentary videos.

Either way, I do want go back to original hardware for any gameplay I use going forward on this channel. This includes the Zero 2 remastered run (whenever it'll be).

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