{"id":120484,"date":"2020-11-10T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/turns_out_this_kickstarted_hdmi-ready_n64_is_a_bust"},"modified":"2020-11-10T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:30:00","slug":"turns-out-this-kickstarted-hdmi-ready-n64-is-a-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/turns-out-this-kickstarted-hdmi-ready-n64-is-a-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Turns Out This Kickstarted HDMI-Ready N64 Is A Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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N64 fans know that out of the box, the console doesn’t exactly<\/em> give you the best possible picture \u2013 which is why we’ve seen aftermarket options appear like RGB mods<\/a> or external HDMI adapters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the king of the hill has to be the superb Ultra HDMI mod<\/a>, which allows your dusty N64 to deliver astonishingly pin-sharp visuals to your HD television. The big problems with this solution? It’s expensive at around $150, and you have to install it yourself, so soldering skills are required (getting it done by a third-party usually adds hundreds of dollars to the cost of the board itself). Oh, and the board is produced in very<\/em> limited quantities so actually getting your hands on one is easier said than done.<\/p>\n

Taking all of this into account, it’s easy to see why so many retro fans got unreasonably excited by the news that a company by the name of Intec Gaming was bringing a new HDMI-ready option to the market via the wonders of Kickstarter.<\/p>\n

The Warrior 64<\/a> uses an original N64 motherboard and boasts a Hori-style pad, but it all comes housed in a new case design and ships with HDMI output as standard. The cost? Around $150, which is what the Ultra HDMI board costs on its own, without installation. You can also buy the HDMI mod board yourself for around $95 and install it to your console.<\/p>\n

If this all sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. Retro YouTuber Metal Jesus Rocks<\/a> was lucky enough to get early access to the machine and has discovered that the HDMI output is vastly inferior to what you’d get from an Ultra HDMI mod.<\/p>\n