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    What is the best way to capture screen shots from Atari 8 bit games?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boatofcar
    What is the best way to capture screen shots from Atari 8 bit games?
    Emulators make for pixel-perfect shots, so go with that if at all possible. If you're using a system/game that isn't emulated, you need a screen-grabber for your PC, and a VCR with RF input -- presuming your system only has RF output. Plug the console into the VCR's RF input, and plug the VCR's video output into the screen-grabber. If your system has composite-video output, plug it directly into the grabber. (This is an incredibly simplified description of the process, mind you -- feel free to email me for more specific tips.)

    For my PS2 and GameCube grabs, I currently use a $1K (!!) PC card with RGB and component-video input. It's really, really nice -- the highest-res grabber I've used in my 14 years of "videogame journalism."

    -- Z.

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    For my non-emulated screenshots, I use this setup for RF-modulator-dependent systems, and then do a screen grab from the VCR it's plugged into with my mighty Snappy.

    I have one VCR whose tape mechs are shot, but the tuner's still in good shape, and that's all I use it for.

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    I use a Snappy screen capture device. If your console doesn't have the right hook ups, just record to a vhs and hook your capture device to a vcr, and grab it from there.

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