Hyperkin 3-In-1 HDTV Cable for GameCube/ N64/ Super NES

I currently have an UltraHDMI-modded N64, but can't ignore the insane profit I can get by selling it since there haven't been any new kits in almost a year.I decided to give this a shot, since its $26 and if its terrible I can return it, and I am very pleasantly surprised. The image is certainly a bit softer, and for some reason a little darker, but other than that its pretty passable. In some games, the softer image is actually better, as certain games look over-pixelated and TERRIBLE on the ultrahdmi (Ocarina of Time and Pokemon Snap, for example).Don't get me wrong, the ultrahdmi is MUCH better in most cases, especially mario games. Paper Mario looks like a switch game through there. But that costs $500 on ebay, or you can wait a year for a kit, and ship it off to a modder, and still pay $250ish after its all said and done. This device is $26, and you get an S-video quality image.I haven't had any of the sound issues people seem to be experiencing, and I feel a bit comforted knowing there is a 1 year warranty. I don't like externally powered solutions so that is a drawback of this unit. For people going directly into their TV this isn't so bad, since you can use a TV's USB port to power it, but for me it is annoying as I have a huge TV stand full of consoles that run through a receiver. So I decided to get a cheap on/off switch for this device on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FCJ7GJZ/In short, no matter how much you spend, N64 outputs terrible looking 3D graphics on modern TVs. The only way you can get quality video is playing on a CRT. But for $26, this device makes it playable on a modern television, and that's pretty great since the EON Super 64 is stupidly expensive. The Retrotink is a fantastic device, but is also $100+, and is hard to justify over this if you aren't using it for multiple consoles.

Works great. I’ve got other Hyperkin stuff before and this makes me want to buy more. I recommend setting the aspect ratio to 4:3 if you use this cable. It won’t look stretched out on the screen.

Bought this because it was a cheap solution to get my N64 hooked up to HDMI until I could afford a better solution. Worked fine at first but tried firing up my N64 today and got anything from no sound at all to static. Same when I tested this cable with my Gamecube. Both my N64 and Gamecube output sound perfectly fine using standard composite cables.Neither console has seen heavy use since I bought this cable so this is not an issue of overuse eitherAs such I cannot recommend this cable to anybody even as a cheap introductory solution. You are better off saving up the money for a Retrotink than wasting it on this.

The review below was before my device revealed it's main flaw. It turns out the main flaw of the Hyperkin HDMI upscaler is the forced male HDMI cord. I prefer my adapters to have a female port so my clumsy self can replace the cord at a moment's notice.While the below statements are fairly true, I had to knock off a star because the durability and portability are awful. Let's let my past self speak now.I love this sucker. It arrived today, on my birthday no less! My SNES hasn't looked this clean on any of my HDTVs before. There are a couple caviats though, that would have made me rate it 4.5 stars:· The sound is reverse! I know this as I always sound test using U.N. Squadron. If your fighter is all the way to the left, the shots fired should only sound on the left speaker, both when in the middle, and right only when all the way. I had trusted Hyperkin to get the sound right, so imagine how much it threw me off of my game when the sound was reverse! (I wasn't sound testing this time.)There's also a slight screen shake; I dunno if it's a result of pairing this device with my scanline generator. It shouldn't be so however, as I didn't have that issue with my now-dead RCA upscaler. It doesn't take sudden sprite changes super well.(10 minutes later...)It's not the scanline generator, but now that it's not hooked up, I can clearly see that's a really good idea to pair it up.I'll sum it up this way: This upscaling cord is definitely worth your money, but you should always be prepared to play the part of technician no matter what you buy. There is no such thing as perfect substitution for a CRT TV. There is only good enough that you can avoid using said CRT even when it's nearby. And this, is good enough. Just reverse your audio out if you can. Hyperkin should fix that as soon as they can.Edit: 15 minutes later, I play standing up, further away from the TV. I didn't notice the screen shake, unless I was on my FX PAK Pro's menu. I think ny scanline generator's helping with it, but I'm not entirely certain.I just sat down, and did not see the screen shake I saw when writing my review. Perhaps my cord just needed some time to get working, I did start testing it right out if the package for Pete's sake. It hasn't been in a room-temperature location for goodness knows how long either, so... there may have been variables we humans can't understand.I also forgot to mention the subject of game latency, or "lag." There is virtually zero lag when using this cord, and is a huge step up from an RCA upscaler. In the grand scheme of things, Uline's failure in longevity made me buy this gem of a cord. If only they would fix the sound issue, then I would have ZERO complaints left. I'm glad I didn't rate it 4 stars.

This HDMI adapter for older Nintendo consoles works well enough. It presents somewhat of a better image than the original composite cables that came with my Nintendo 64, and it’s brighter too. That’s a plus since I thought the image was a tad dark for my OLED TV. It also sharpened the picture a bit, but now I’m noticing “checker boarding” in some areas of the screen with some games. It’s not terribly distracting, and I recall seeing that back in the day. It’s something that was dependent on the quality of equipment used back then (a TV’s capabilities, composite connection vs. RF or S-Video, etc.). While this adapter is better than the original, in my opinion, it has some quirks. I was switching between the original composite cable and this adapter to compare the overall difference, and that’s when I noticed the audio stopped working for the HDMI adapter. Powering everything down and back on cured that, but it was still annoying. I’ve seen others say the audio stopped working altogether after a time, so this has me cautious, and that’s why I knocked off a star for this review. Otherwise, it’s an improvement over original composite cables, at the least.