Do you play ps1 on a crt tv?

[Richter Belmount]

I get a weird feeling ps1 is a exception to some gamers because ps1 games have been ported(emulated) to psp, vita , ps3 and you can also play your physical ps1 games on ps2 and ps3. Do you try to keep ps1 titles on a crt? Or do you just dont care and play them via ps2 and ps3 through some hd cables?

[PreZZ]

On ps2 with scart on sony pvm. 2d games like castlevania are stunning

[Leo_A]

I mostly play on a SD Sony Trinitron from my PSOne via S-Video. 2D games though see a fair bit of use on my HDTV played on my PS3 (Not so much the 3D games). And I'll occasionally play a game on my PS2 connected via component to my Trinitron.

I'd probably unhook my PSOne and play exclusively on my slim PS2 when playing on my CRT, but my 1st party memory cards aren't recognized by it for some odd reason. 1st party PS2 memory cards work just fine, however. Never figured that one out...

[WCP]

On ps2 with scart on sony pvm. 2d games like castlevania are stunning


Hell to the yes. Might as well play everything on the PVM... am I right ? am I right ? :)

[Gameguy]

I play my PS1 games on a CRT. Same with my PS2 games, Gamecube games, etc.

[retroman]

I stick with my CRT. I think it looks a whole lot better than a HD TV.

[NEOFREAK9189]

I play in Panasonic crt RGB scart

[Rickstilwell1]

I switch back and forth. I just play anything on whatever TV I feel like using at the moment. I've been lucky to avoid models that introduce lag.

[Tanooki]

Well if I'm using the original hardware just like the N64 and Saturn it's a bad idea to play them on LCD/LED type TVs so yeah I would use a CRT (or at least a psone+screen combo sony made since it was calibrated for it.) Some games, best one I can give though is N64, will fail to even be playable on something other than a CRT and that would be Rogue Squadron. In that game on the menu the high quality screen cap pics get scrambled because of the lack of scanlines. In game it uses a trick of the CRT for light and shadow, because it's not there, night game stages are just pitch black so you run into buildings and canyon walls with the only possible tells being white spots (building windows) being maybe present since the lighting and shadow isn't present. I remember seeing this failure on some PS1 game before, wish I could remember what, and various others were just very much darker than they should be as well masking some things.

[wizardofwor1975]

Great topic, it gives me a chance to ask about the EMS Top Gun 3 wireless light gun. Does anyone have any experience with this light gun? The reviews have been really mixed and it's a bit pricey. I'd really like to know because their advertising it as compatible with all displays and monitors.

http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Light-Display-Including-Plasma-Projectors/dp/B0073X8MR0/ref=pd_cp_vg_2

Right now I play Time Crisis for the PS1 with my beloved Namco GunCon on my crt.

[Tanooki]

Wow if that thing is legit that's a welcome sign to finally see, a lightgun that'll work on something other than a CRT and wirelessly too. The Wii waggle remote never did aim quite right as it played around a bit with how it picked up the IR bar.

[wizardofwor1975]

Wow if that thing is legit that's a welcome sign to finally see, a lightgun that'll work on something other than a CRT and wirelessly too. The Wii waggle remote never did aim quite right as it played around a bit with how it picked up the IR bar.

Agreed. It says it even woks with MAME. I'd like to have it for Time Crisis & Lethal Enforcers. But the ratings make it a total crapshoot. Aesthetically, I still perfer the Namco Guncom but the Beretta style EMS Top Gun 3 looks really good too.

[Rickstilwell1]

With dark games like Goldeneye and such I just turn the brightness on the TV way up to see in the dark.

[Tanooki]

That usually works, but DOOM on 64 was fouled up by Midway so bad, even max brightness and fiddling with contrast didn't help which is a shame as it's unique (which many didn't realize thinking it was a port) and it's fantastic.

[WCP]

That usually works, but DOOM on 64 was fouled up by Midway so bad, even max brightness and fiddling with contrast didn't help which is a shame as it's unique (which many didn't realize thinking it was a port) and it's fantastic.


Yeah, that always pissed me off a bit about Doom 64. It would just get so damn dark in that game at times that you just couldn't see what the heck was going on.

[Gentlegamer]

All my non-hdmi capable systems are played on CRT.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

I play on a sony bvm via rgb scart but I'm thinking of either just playing them upscaled on a ps3 on my lcd or outputting the isos through my psp go using component cables in 480p and buying an xrgb-3 and upscaling like that.


Games look great on an rgb monitor especially the bvm, but it's becoming impractical,if the xrgb can give me comparable quality to the bvm it may be time to move on.

[Dangerboy]

Once my move is done, my PSX will be hooked from scart to component into a component CRT. The Neo Geo and the PSX look amazing on it.

[Nophix]

The only systems right now that are hooked up to a true HDTV are Wii and newer. My PS2 is using the component in on my old CRT, one of those "flat screen" CRTs. My OG Xbox, GameCube, and Dramcast are there, as well as all my true classic cart systems.

[Tron 2.0]

Any time i wanna play a PS1 game it's through the PS3 that's all.

[Tanooki]

Yeah, that always pissed me off a bit about Doom 64. It would just get so damn dark in that game at times that you just couldn't see what the heck was going on.

Hey did you know someone recreated the engine of DOOM64 for the PC? All it takes is the N64 ROM to export various files from it which the PC program can execute and it works like a charm. No more brightness issues and you can go gamepad or mouse/keyboard on it.
http://doom64ex.wordpress.com/

[megasdkirby]

Hey did you know someone recreated the engine of DOOM64 for the PC? All it takes is the N64 ROM to export various files from it which the PC program can execute and it works like a charm. No more brightness issues and you can go gamepad or mouse/keyboard on it.
http://doom64ex.wordpress.com/

Did not know about this. Just gave it a try and it plays and looks great. Thanks for the info!

[Richter Belmount]

Did not know about this. Just gave it a try and it plays and looks great. Thanks for the info!

If I can suggest a mod , I don't know if you have played it play brutal doom also add the doom version 4 metal remixed when you play it.

[PizzaKat]

On a flat screen crt Panasonic...looks ok.

[Ozzy_98]

I use a CRT and LCD Projection, at the same time. Matrix video switches rock.

[MaxWar]

CRT only for me on the PS1

[BlastProcessing402]

These days I mainly play PSX games on an LCD HDTV using component cables via a PS2. IMO doing that to get 240p looks better than the upscaling the PS3 does. And my PSone is out since this TV has no s-video and I'm not dropping down to composite.

[OrdinaryOtaku]

I get a weird feeling ps1 is a exception to some gamers because ps1 games have been ported(emulated) to psp, vita , ps3 and you can also play your physical ps1 games on ps2 and ps3. Do you try to keep ps1 titles on a crt? Or do you just dont care and play them via ps2 and ps3 through some hd cables?

Of course I do, because I only have a CRT television. :-D

[o.pwuaioc]

I play my PS1 games on a CRT. Same with my PS2 games, Gamecube games, etc.

Same with all my games except PC.

[kupomogli]

HDTV using my PS3. I also use component cables because playing through HDMI seems to introduce some button lag.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

The only system I use an HD tv for is my Ps4. And it's only a 20" so it's a bit small. I don't even use my 360 on it cuz I prefer the way it looks on the CRT. I really don't care about HD, I'd prefer if the PS4 would work on my CRT, frankly. How crisp does it realy need to look?