Dreamcast S Video compatability

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Dreamcast S Video compatability

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I have a VGA box and am very happy with it except that I have a ton of games that are simply incompatible with it. Rather than go back to the normal tv cables, is there a chance that these games would work via S video? I'm thinking mostly of capcom and SNK 2d fighters, Airforce Delta, etc.

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All Dreamcast games work via S-Video, that's assuming you have the correct cable of course.

Most VGA boxes have an S-Video socket. Failing that use a standard Dreamcast S-Video cable.

Something like this which has both composite and s-video connections:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joytech-AV-Cabl ... h__title_0

Here's one in the US:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sega-Dreamcas ... _447wt_286

Another in Canada:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S-Video-AV-Au ... 376wt_1135

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there's no 'ton' of games that don't work, there's like 20 or maybe 30 & half of those are shitty ones :lol:
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mazonemayu wrote:there's no 'ton' of games that don't work, there's like 20 or maybe 30 & half of those are shitty ones :lol:
This...

Too bad Lack of Love did not support VGA though... :|
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elmagicochrisg wrote:
mazonemayu wrote:there's no 'ton' of games that don't work, there's like 20 or maybe 30 & half of those are shitty ones :lol:
This...

Too bad Lack of Love did not support VGA though... :|

Shit, yeah, Lack Of Love :(

Also PAL Skies, PAL Code Veronica, Dino Crisis and Spawn..........

But mayu's right, the vast majority of games are fine.

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mazonemayu wrote:there's no 'ton' of games that don't work, there's like 20 or maybe 30 & half of those are shitty ones :lol:
Well, even though some are indeed crappy, I haven't bothered to play any of them for years since they don't work with my VGA setup. Which makes me want to play them again :)

I've got: Marvel vs. Capcom, Last Blade 2, King of Fighters 99, Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure, Plasma Sword, Airforce Delta, Mortal Kombat Gold, and a few more I can't remember off the top of my head. That's 7 there, and I've probably got about 10 or so. Out of a 40 or 50 game collection it feels like a "ton" to me :)

I got the info I wanted though, which is that all games work via S video, and that it is not like the VGA box where some games are incompatible.

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^Marvel vs. Capcom and MK Gold are VGA compatible! (At least the US versions are).
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Oh and I believe Jojo's JPN "For Matching Service" version is VGA compatible. Hope that turns your "Ton" into a "Few" :)
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^Well, they don't boot with my VGA box and the message pops up saying the game won't work with the AV cables plugged into the system when I try to play on vga.

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Well I can assure u they do.

By any chance, in regards to MK gold, whats the color of your disc?
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