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Super Mario Bros. (1985)

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I noticed some of my viewers have been curious about the NES2 "Top Loader" and the video quality on RF. You might have heard others talk about "vertical lines" when describing the NES 2 Top Loader but aren't sure what it means or how bad they really are. Some of You even asked if I could do a comparison video... so here it is!

Here is a side by side comparison of the Composite video out of an original "Toaster" and an NES 2 "Top Loader" from RF. To try and get the best picture from RF I used a Type F to RCA adapter to avoid signal loss through an automatic RF switch. I can confirm that with the NES 2 Top Loader on a real TV you will notice vertical lines in the image. Depending on the game, the colors and your TV it might not always be as noticeable. But in the plain blue sky in Super Mario Bros it's clear as day!

Like I said you can have the NES 2 Top Loader modded for Composite AV output but it won't be cheap. The NES 2 Top Loader is already harder to find and more expensive than the original. Other options for Composite AV include clones or an AV Famicom from Japan.

*There have been some cases of factory NES 2 Top Loaders with AV output in North America but these are extremely rare models. They have the same multi-AV out jack found on the SNES, N64 and Game Cube. I've heard these were either promotional, for Nintendo internal use or for store display use only or that in some cases customers who complained about the terrible RF quality could have sent their NES 2 to NoA and received these as replacements. I can not confirm this but I do know they exist, but of course the chances of finding one of these is one in a million!

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