How many systems do you have hooked up to a single TV?

[jgenotte]

I only have 9. I am SURE that many of you will blow this out of the water. How does everyone do this? Do you use splitters, switches, or just piggy-back a bunch of NES style RF adapters?

Also: Does anyone have redundant systems set up on a single TV (ie: a 2600 and a 7800)?

[Slipdeath]

I only have 9. I am SURE that many of you will blow this out of the water. How does everyone do this? Do you use splitters, switches, or just piggy-back a bunch of NES style RF adapters?

Also: Does anyone have redundant systems set up on a single TV (ie: a 2600 and a 7800)?

13, i use switches for the av cables, and just hook up the rf cables

[omnedon]

19.

and yes. A 2600, and a 7800, and an Xbox that can emulate them all.

[Gamereviewgod]

16.

Nothing is hooked up with RF. It's all switchboxes. 1 AV, 1 S-video, and one component box.

Jaguar
Jag CD
Saturn
SNES
NES
3DO
Gamecube
Genesis
32X
Sega CD
N64
Turbo Duo
Neo Geo
PS2
Dreamcast
X-Box

[jgenotte]

Do you guys make your own switch boxes or buy them? If you make them, hook me up with some info, if you buy them dosen't that get expensive (as if collecting isn't).

[Gamereviewgod]

No, not really. AV and S-video switches are only about $20 and it's been stated that a standard AV switch will work for component.

[can_dude]

at one point I had 35 but it was a fire hazard so Im back down to 9...it was pretty cool having 35 systems all hooked up to one tv though.

[Duncan]

Geez. I've got 4 right now, and I'm trying to pare it down any way I can. (I can only play so many games at once...no, really...!)

Currently hooked up:

Sega Genesis, with Sega CD and Power Base Converter attachments (the SMS is hibernating)
Super Nintendo (no Super Game Boy yet...)
Nintendo 64 (in place of the Cube, which has the Game Boy Player attached)
Sony PSone (and I'm gonna detach it in favor of the GameCube as soon as I get my official Sony LCD screen...)

Now, I'm thinking of getting a VIC-20 I've had my eye on, but I really would have to buy another TV for it...and that's pushing the limits of space and sanity.

[bargora]

Ten

[MarioAllStar2600]

I have a Gamecube, PS2, and X-box hooked up on a tv in my basement.

10 Hooked up in my gameroom, and 5 or 6 un hooked systems. When I move into my new gameroom, everything will be hooked up on one tv.

[tholly]

I have an NES - RF, SNES - RF, N64 - rca, PSX - rca, PS2 - component, XBox - I have an RCA tv that has a special XBox cable that plugs one end into XBox and other into a special slot in the back of the tv, Odyssey 2 - RF, GameCube - s-video, dreamcast - rca, snes version 2 - rca, genesis w/ cd & 32X - rca, turbo grafx 16 - RF

[GamecubeFreek]

only 9. I have another 2 to my other tv

[eolsen]

I have twelve. The 3DO, PS2, N64, and Saturn are all hooked into a system selector, audio and video. I have a splitter running from the back of the TV. One splitter goes to a SNES RF, and that has a NES RF piggybacked on it. On the other split I have my Genesis, which is hooked into a five way splitter which all the rest are hooked into. I can easily turn any of them on...except that sometimes I have to switch some of the power cords(I have 3 and they are all filled up with one extra cord)

[FABombjoy]

Main TV: 22
2nd TV: 6
3rd TV: 8

Click for schematic

RF on all TVs is tied to a switchbox with 3 outputs. It's possible to put Tecmo Bowl on and turn the place into an NES sports bar.

[Flack]

at one point I had 35 but it was a fire hazard so Im back down to 9...it was pretty cool having 35 systems all hooked up to one tv though.

Jeez! What 35 systems did you have hooked up?

I found that with too many hooked up at once, it became difficult to play them due to controller cable lengths. I ended up hooking up four systems each to my two TV's -- The SNES, Genesis, N64 and PSX are all hooked up to one television, and the NES, Dreamcast, Gamecube and PS2 are hooked up to the projector. My SX-64 has its own monitor, and my Amiga 500 can quickly jack into my RGB monitor when being played.

[Retsudo]

6. Snes, Nes, Saturn, PS, PS2, Sega Genesis 2 with Sega CD

SNES, PS, PS2, SATURN in the system Selector, NES, and Gennie with SEGA CD split in the back.

[aremid23]

All consoles that I own:

19 - w/two switch boxes

Gamecube
PS2
Xbox
PSone
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis
Sega 32X
Sega CD
Sega Master System
NES
SNES
N64
Atari 2600
Odyssey 2
Colecovision
Intellivsion
3DO
Turbo Grafx 16

And that is just one tv. I have multiple systems strung out over a total of three tvs.

[dreamcaster]

Heh, I've only got 8 at the moment plugged in, but it's possible to have a few more, but it's less of a cabling problem and more of a "where do I put this console?" problem. I've also run out of power sockets.

Through daisy-chaned RF cables: NES, SNES, Mega Drive and Saturn.
Through AV selector box: Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox and GameCube.

[kai123]

I only have one system at a time hooked up. Never really felt the need to hook more than one up at a time.

[Balloon Fight]

Two. I dont like cords going screwy.