Mike's Game Room Tour / Setup 2015
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2015
- Hooking up Multiple Video Game Systems by Mike Matei
Fans having been asking me for quite a while about how I hook up all my game consoles. My setup isn’t the most efficient thing in the world, but it gets the job done. There are probably better switchers out there I could be using, but this is just the way I’ve been doing it. I use mostly basic RCA Splitters that can be bought at local stores like Radio Shack and Target.
I would like to improve the way I have everything hooked up however. So if you have any ideas on how I can improve my gaming setup, please let me know.
I know there are 8 way RCA splitters out there, but really I need one more extreme then that, which is why I haven’t bothered upgrading. I need something that does more like 20 way…
What I really need is something that can has more ports for HDMI, Coaxial & RCA all together..
Here’s a list of the systems that are hooked up at my apartment now. And what method I’m using for each.
Nintendo Entertainment system (NES) - RCA (modded)
Famicom - Coaxial (i’d like to get a modded fermium but don’t have one yet)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) - RCA
Nintendo 64 - RCA
Gamecube - RCA
Sega Genesis - RCA
Sega Saturn - RCA
Panasonic 3DO - RCA
Turbo Duo - RCA
Xbox - RCA
Playstation 2 - RCA
Dreamcast - RCA
Sega Master System - RCA
Atari 7800 - RCA (modded)
Atari 5200 - RCA (modded)
Wii U - HDMI
Retron 5 - HDMI
Xbox 360 - HDMI
Playstation 3 - HDMI
Ouya - HDMI
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That is an amazing set up.
Thanks!
That deleted comment though
Why the fuck did you reply to yourself? Do you not have any friends or something?
Master0fHyrule No problem. By the way, one of your new videos was featured on famous channel EWNetwork. So that's cool.
What are you two guys talking about?
Just glad to see that even a 4K TV can still make classics look great!
I basically did my best to hook up as many systems that play all sorts of games just to save on room. 1st gen PS3 (Plays PS1-3), Wii U (Wii-WiiU), Sega CDX (Genesis-CD), Saturn, Retron 5 (NES,Genesis,SNES,GBA etc), XBOX 360 (XBOX-360) and then my monster ass PC. Got a tube television upstairs though damn near only just for all my lightgun games since obviously all the new rigs can't do that sorta shit
AlphaOmegaSin you do PC gaming??
AlphaOmegaSin Where are you hooking up your Atari 7800? Huh?? :)-Mike
Cinemassacre My brother has the 2600, that's about all we'eve ever jammed on before. Don't have enough house space for the 5200 naturally since helicopter landing pads disguised as consoles aren't easy to fit into a home.
Th3AfroNinja I have ever since I was a kid
AlphaOmegaSin It's great to see you outside your own channel Alpha.
Why don't you, Mike and James get together again, have a Vs on the Genesis etc...? Or play Nintendo World Championships to see who get's the best time.
Mike here! To those curious, I don't seem to get any noticeable lag playing NES on my 4k TV setup by using 4way RCA splitters..
twitter.com/Mike_Matei/status/586413558260350976
This is really useful
That's a crazy setup tho
Some HDTVs have lag, some don't. On mine, I use an AV to VGA box and use the VGA port. No lag. I even use switchers to expand the VGA port to take 16 AV systems. For older systems that use RF only, I recommended a commercial-grade demod unit, instead of modifications.
Richard woo that would defeat the purpose of the nerd videos besides it is also illegal
clint c Emulation is not inherently illegal. Emulating games you don't own copies of... That's illegal. But to be fair its not like they are making new copies of Double Dragon cartridges.
My setup I have 16 consoles on one TV and they work well. Its all about those 8:1 switches.
playing N64 on a 64 inchs TV
my childhood dream , i think i could cry.
deathangellink The blurryness of N64 games already look bad, in my opinion. can't even imagine how bad it'd look on a huge tv.
deathangellink HD TVs have input lag with older consoles w/ component cables so a CRT would be better for older games. Plus old games don't look as good on HDTVs, I think they look a lot crisper on CRTs
TheBjscool Turn on gaming mode on newer tvs and no more input lag. Older consoles hooked to modern tvs does look like shit but running emulator with filters makes it looks way better.
KashiwaDaisuke Lord Monkus I've never tried "Gaming mode" but I doubt they have no input lag, like Kashiwa said.
Lord Monkus Game mode does not eliminate input lag at all. In only disables excessive post-processing (image enhancing features and the like) to reduce input lag.
Even the fastest PC monitors have at least 0.9ms of input lag.
You can read/learn more about it at the displaylag database website.
Drinking Game: Take a shot when you hear "Ummmm..."
and uh
I just want to mention that I watch this video to get motivated about my room. Love it so much. Thanks Mike!
Ballsy move putting the n64 on top of the 360's fan vent haha.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Justin Bere Problem solved! twitter.com/Mike_Matei/status/586785042506113024
Cinemassacre hell yeah! I'm going to have to build a shelf like that too. I put away my nes and snes to make room for my xbone and I already miss them.
Just curious, how would that hurt it? I‘m ignorant.
@@shedd45 not sure if you still care, but basically heat is bad for electronics. The 360 would just exhaust heat into the N64, which won't be great.
It shouldn't melt the plastics or whatever, but it could deform metal shields on the inside.
Mike: I suspect that your Sega Saturn starts with that unnecessary menu screen because your battery's dead. Look into replacing the battery - it's really easy. It's one of the dime battery types that you can pick up at your local convenience store, and replacing it is a piece of cake. Just pop open the back hatch of the Saturn and dig the battery out with your thumbnail.
Lotus Prince CR2032's to be precise.
Bartholamue Ah, thanks! I never can remember that. I just take out the dead battery, bring it to the store, and look for another battery with a matching number. :-P
Bartholamue or just Button Cells.
Lotus Prince Do those also work for the Dreamcast?
***** Do you mean for VMUs ? I dunno. If they're not the same they're similar.
This is insane. I totally get it... but it's insane. Hooking up all these devices through all those switches. I loved the video.
Thanks! I hope you also enjoyed all my 1980's toys! =)
-Mike
I was eyeing up that My Pet Monster!
Cinemassacre Those toys where already cool, but you did a great job with painting them!
Cinemassacre you have any Boglins? I don't see people collecting those much. And the fact they are to find with the original boxes which..were actually their cages.
I love how stoked you are on your collection. You've clearly looked really hard to achieve it all!
I actually love these kind of videos. Thanks for the upload, Mike.
Wow, I can't believe I watched the whole 23 minutes. Very interesting setup you have there. If only, if only, the woodpecker sighed...
Mike your organizational skills are commendable. Now if only I can find my phone charger...
I had so much fun at the end when you showed us how it all works and played the video games... thanks for letting us inside your living room. :)
Everything I wanted as a kid is in that room. Thanks man for that one!
Oh man,this guys living the life.
Lu¢ky @$$ $0Π 0F @ B!+©H!!!!!
I thought the exact same thing! If I had a room like that I would probably only leave out of pure necessity.
Para Soul Livin' the life AND he has a 12 incher
Para Soul Ikr?
Para Soul Oh most definitely.
Daisy chaining is an art.
Wow, though unintentional, this is probably the best Radio Shack advertisement I've seen in a long time.
One of the best setup tutorials (not really a tutorial, but you know what I mean)! I've been getting into video game collecting and this was something I was worried about, now I don't have to. Thanks Mike!
There was less button pushing when the Empire fired the Death Star.
/sweet set-up!
Lol
The 3DO is hooked up but the dreamcast isn't?! BLASPHEMY!! Lol
I hope you never stop making videos, you deserve a much bigger following.
Thanks for taking the time to do this video, it was really interesting! I love your setup!
This is an insane collection! Nice setup man!
This is both hilarious and awesome. It's hilarious seeing all those wires and the "trouble" it takes to remember where everything is, but the organization really impresses me.
I usually just keep my latest gen consoles out (right now, Wii U & a "broken" 360) and plug my old consoles in whenever I want to play. I worry about internal batteries dying otherwise. :/
Still, this video was helpful. I always wondered about a lot of this stuff and if it actually worked. I may pick some of this up if ever I actually have the room to put all my consoles out at once.
This is pretty sick. I was going to try daisy chaining the splitters for my consoles and now that I know it works, I'm much more confident. Awesome and helpful.
Thanks Mike! I think I did learn a lot from this. I found it very interesting to see what it takes to have so many consoles hooked up and working all on one television. I never had any switch box, but I really wish I had. In college I had a TV in an apartment that sat on a wooden TV cabinet table with two shelves. The lower shelf had my PS3, XB-360, Wii in a horizontal frame (not very common but it makes it look more traditional as opposed to up right) with a Dreamcast sitting on top of it. The upper shelf had my N64 and PS2 huddled closely together. So because I had no switch box, naturally I had to go back and forth plugging one console in the front AV input, and another console plugged in the back AV input. Which made it tricky to keep track of which cables came from which console, and so many wires would get tangled up. So I hope I'll eventually find some kind of switching box for the consoles I have and more consoles along the way that I hope to pick up.
Is that candy next to the TV? ^_^
1980’s Legend of Zelda Gashapon Bandai mini figures! Looks like I'm the master of Hyrule now! ;)
-Mike
nudl3Zz no to who?
Master0fHyrule you asked if it was candy and he said no....If their is no plus sign and then the name in a comment then he is replying to the original comment which is you.
***** yeah
I would have used the two Radio shack switches as AV1 and AV2, then used the other branded one as the switch between them. It would look nicer.
You could also drill a hole in the side for the turbogfx cable. I'd probably do that too.
Tom Odlin yeah, that's a good idea
Tom Odlin or just have the console sideways so the offending cable (and yes cables like those are offensive) is facing forwards.
thats what i thought. my OCD wouldn't let me do it like he's doing. i would probably go even farther to try and put all the Nintendo systems on the same switch and all the Sega ones on the other. or as close to that type of thing as possible.
though turning the Turbo Duo sideways wouldn't bother me at all. my OCD is just weird.
You can't turn it sideways! Are you crazy! Because then it wouldn't be facing forwards! Plus, it woild probably sit awkwardly and unbalanced on anything underneath it.
That is a really nice TV. I cant believe how nice those systems all look being hooked using composite connections. Very cool setup.
Great Vid Mike, thanks for taking the time to show us ur setup, I have a Pioneer AV receiver which handles all my cable needs. Thanks again.
Really nice setup, love the TV. The only downside to these AV switchers is that it doesn't appear that you have component or S-video connections - which I feel help out of a lot, especially on new HDTV's. Did you ever look into a really big receiver that would have a large amount of inputs?
Mike! Thanks for the behind the scenes info, it's actually really helpful (and fun to see, haha)
This video is awesomely helpful. When I have a bigger place, this will be my reference for hooking up all of my systems. You go, dude!
Great seeing all of your systems and how you hook them together. I was looking for modular switcher for multiple consoles. Although you did not give me the solution I wanted, I loved seeing all of your systems.
Wow, insane setup!
How's input lag on the old consoles going through all those splitters, the dvd recorder and the samsung box?
Mike, you really should do a tour video of your game and toy collection sometime.
Man, I would LOVE to have a setup like this! Good job, Mike.
Thanks Mike! This is really helpful for someone like me who has 12 consoles and not a very good setup.
Mike you should get hold of Ben Heckendorn (The Ben Heck Show on RUclips). I'm sure he could make you a custom switcher with as many HDMI and Co-axial ports as you need. Plus itd be interesting to watch him make and programme something like that.
Well, I don't know him. But if he's interested in doing such a thing, I could use it. Looking for 8 HDMI ports, 20 RCA ports and 4 coaxials.
-Mike
Cinemassacre It could definitely be a thing. He's always looking for random projects like that to broadcast on his show. He often does unusual and difficult portable conversions of consoles, so massive switchers would be a piece of cake.
Cinemassacre hey man wouldn't the retron 5 relieve you of using the SNES news Sega system
Cinemassacre ***** Might be an episode idea and would help with cross channel promotions. But I think it would have to have some new additional functionality to make a full episode. Possibly auto switching, or a connection to a home automation system so you can change it with an ap on the phone.
Adam Kampa Or have a remote control to change to the different ports from your sofa.
The Denon AVRX7200W is the only thing that can hang with your HDMI needs, check it out.
or the 5200....
Pavle Smith That's cool. But too expensive. I guess I'll have to just daisy chain another HDMI hub onto what I have or something.-Mike
Pavle Smith Holy shit. That thing is ridiculous.
Cinemassacre hey james can u review captain planet and wolverene for nes
posted in wrong place
When this came out and I saw it, it gave me the idea for my gaming setup with using switch boxes for all of my retro consoles
I've had that exact same Radioshack RCA switcher for years. They are so incredibly useful and effective for multiple-console setups.
I love that Pac-Man rug! Is that the same one James had in his game-room or do you both own the cool rug? Great setup!
Jesus Mike we would've believed you if u said they all worked...GOD DAMN
thanks for taking the time to do this Mike. Must've taken ages but it was good to watch :)
As OCD as I am about wires, that setup would drive me nuts. But I love seeing how other people do it. You never know what ideas you can come up with to improve. I love how you have your controllers stored. I'm going to getting some of those shelves to do the same.
I wonder what his electricity bills look like.
Looks like he keeps them all on at the same time. House might burn down or something.
Thanks for this video, Mike. Greetings from Russia!
Give a big Hello to James Rolfe!
You hacked our election.
Thanks for this video Mike. Helped me to set up my own game room.
I had a very similar setup when I was in my teens. All of my consoles were hooked up via switchboxes with manual buttons. Was so amazing to swap between atari, to n64, back to colecovision, etc.
I also have quite a lot of cable trouble going on but your setup is crazy. ...and I want to have that green N64 D:
I have a Fireball Orange one, and a while ago I had the blue Mario 64 one.
Jesus Monroe D: i only have the standard black one. But at least it's working like a charm for 18 years already (damn, I'm getting old)
***** I got my Fireball Orange one brand new at a garage sale.
The blue one died a painful death of overuse and being stomped by a toddler.
I had a few consoles, but not too much. I rather play games on an emulator on my Mac. I have so many of these games on every consoles emulated to my computer including NES, SNES, Atari VCS, Genesis and so on. Remember the days of floppy disk? I remember floppy disk and it can be use for Apple II, Apple IIe, Apple IIgs and Commodore 64.
Musicradio77 Television Network ayyy floppies were the shit
Couldn't you mod your famicom to increase the controller cable length? I know it's a classic but it wouldn't do any permanent damage
Azurren I doubt Mike needs to increase length.
***** Okay.. I'll admit it, I didn't see that one coming ;)
***** You'd know wouldn't you?
I really like videos like this, looks fresh and so real.
dude... thank you so much. i needed this, im so glag it is actually possible to daisy chain those 4 input switchers, not the cheapest thing in the world, but i can finally hook everything up
Mike! How do you make N64 and Snes look good on that TV? Do you just use the Retron 5?
Paul Badman I think you can mod them with S-video or something?
Yeah im not good at that shit I was hoping he had some kind of trick i've tried everything I can make it look slightly better with an upscaler but it's not much
I have my Genesis hooked up with RGB Scart and it looks pretty nice
Paul Badman It could also be that he has "game mode" on, but don't quote me on that.
Naw game mode just improves latency with controllers
Paul Badman And also lag on the TV.
Its just a shame, everythings connected by A/V cables or RF. Seriously Mike no component cables, RGB, or even S-video? Cmon man!
Haha Perfect timing, it's like you knew I was moving from my shared apartment to a new house and that I was thinking about how I was going to set up all my living room with consoles! And boom, here is this video!
This gives me a bunch of ideas! :) Cool video, thanks :)
You two are the envy of every nerd alive! Living the dream :) Muchos respect!
Playing retro consoles on a 4K tv... that's hardcore
Why exactly?
nooo i prefer play my retro system on old crt tv also look better that hdtv or 4k tv
I know... to upscale a 320x240 native res to 4k is too much
I had the same trouble but I didn't have those switch boxes. I'd just plug in a console I wanna play and leave the rest unplugged. Might sound easy but it's still a pain, cause I always have to move the cords so they end up getting tangled up to each other.
Me too I do the same. What can I say patience is a vertue worthy of video games
I just recently ordered myself an 8 channel AV switch box from Amazon for my gaming setup. I have my Atari Flashback, Dreamcast, GameCube, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Wii, and Xbox hooked to it. It's such a simple yet useful device that makes switching between consoles so much easier. It doesn't even have all my consoles hooked to it, actually. My Genesis and Intellivision are both hooked up via coaxial cable to the back of my television. Haha. xD
I only have two systems but I figured someone would have multiple systems and just RUclips it! and there you are! awesome video dude! Those systems are priceless!
This is madness!
..NO.. THIS IS.. MIKE's HOUSE!!! *kicks you into pit of death*
No this is Patrick!
***** Nice! +10
why not just turn the Turbo Duo sideways in the cubby?
Looks ugly & i bet it will hang out from the shelf
I would drill a hole to the shelf for the cord. You just have to remember to unplug it before taking it out or in.
Jako1987 yeah that too. having to pull it out to play it, i just simply wouldn't play it because of that.
Jako1987 The only problem with that is if you were't paying attention and you or someone else pulled on it the wrong way the whole shelf could fall over and potentially break thousands of dollars worth of stuff.
Well he could turn it sideways but then he would probably have to take it out to put in HuCARDS (Turbo Chips) if he wants to play one of those games.
Nice! I always enjoying seeing people's setups. It's especially interesting when it's a crazy one like James' or Mike's. :P This may seem like a lot of work to put something like this together, but it looks like it makes things a whole lot more convenient in the long run. This makes me want to update my own setup.
Awesome video Mike, you are the man! those switch boxes are every gamer's treasure
RIP Radioshack.
Where's Game Sack? They would have a heart attack if they saw all these retro consoles hooked up to a 4K tv via composite video.
You're the best, Mike. Love your little behind the scenes videos!
DO MORE! :D
Congratulations on the collection and on the organization, good job Mike.
10:05 Mike has cool Elvis hair.
electricmastro Is it just me or does it look like it's being rendered on a ps1
YouAre NotSugoi lol i thought about that too, it looks like ps1 hairs indeed
electricmastro That is some cool Elvis hair. Wish I had some.
I half expected a 6 second video where he goes "I use a switch" and end.
Next time my wife gets mad at me for being obsessed with video games, I'm going to force her to watch this. Great setup and organization :)
When I worked at an electronics store, people would come in who want set ups like this. I'd have to draw a lot of diagrams. It was cool seeing people get all excited about this kind of stuff.
Too bad the retron 5 is a piece of shit.
Ben Kiley I'd never heard of it before this video, but the idea sounds good. Why is it shit, is there something really bad with it?
John Hampson
it is an emulator. Emulators aren´t perfect - when using emulators it makes more sense to straight load ROMs from an SD-Card. So? What niche is the Retron 5 filling? People that have original cards but would like to expire all issues of an emulator? Either real hardware all the way or ROM and emulator.
OUYA lol works for all these systems.
Brick Tamland
I have to agree the ouya does work 100 times better than the retron 5.
sarowie
Not only that Hyperkin the company behind the Retron5 has stolen the code from actual emulators to get their system to work.
is there any input lag?
***** Game mode generally turns off the lag-inducing "image improvement" filters.
Nothing seems to have any lag. Only my Wii U did, but ever since I turned "game mode" on, that's been fine.
-Mike
fat2slow I use a Samsung television too, a much cheaper model though.
No lag.
fat2slow Even in game mode i have noticed that in games (F-Zero-GX in paticular) there is a slight lag. Where as CRT there is NONE!!! Which is why i prefer a CRT over LCD/Plasma TV''s. when it comes to that.
Vadagar HD TVs always lag when you use AV cables. ALWAYS, every single one of them, no matter if you run game mode or not
its because the AV cable is too slow for the HDTV
on a CRT this is not a problem
thats also why smashbros melee tournaments are played on CRTs only
Thanks Mike now i know a good way to hook up all my consoles. I didn't even know such multiboxes existed for real. Also very smart that you writed all the consoles (or systems) names on the ports from wich they connect. I would,ve probably forgot that. It was a very educational video for wich i thank you.
That was very cool. I enjoyed seeing the set up. Good work with the setup.
Mike do yourself a favor and move up from composite video to at least S-video. I have a few of the same splitters I know your setup can handle it. Ultimately you would want the highest possible video output for each system via mods normally, but most old systems have a s-video cable that can be cheaply found on the internet. I recently moved six of my consoles up to s-video from composite video and found that the difference in video quality is more than worth the cost of a few cables. I know that video quality is important to you as you use your setup to capture videos for reviews. Cheers.
Vhaeroth always use RGB over everything. even S-video doesn't compare to RGB
I agree but S-video is cheep and easy to implement.
true
RideRedRacer RGB is best, but there isn't a good connector for that in the US, unlike Europe's SCART. Sure, you can get SCART to HDMI, but it would rake up on costs quickly because all SCART stuff needs to be imported.
ya very true. im in America and I recently just set up everything with scart/hdmi with the framemeister xrgb mini. it was very expensive. I had my NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, and Dreamcast all modded or set up to be RGB. the picture quality is immaculate (besides N64) haha. I really enjoy playing them looking like this.
Reading the comments... I never realized just how young and broke most of the audience is.
Maybe because people from all over the world with different realities are watching this?
oxodunk You need to brush up on your reading comprehension. There was a keyword in my sentence... can you find it?
***** Are you implying that I don't also notice when I'm surrounded by rich people?
You haven't seen the Vimeo thing have you?
N37BU6 Just a heads up, your comment comes off very condescending, that's why you're getting flamed.
Great video, really informative, loving your mix of old and new!
Well, now I have the knowledge to extend my setup properly, thank you!
Umm
ArcaneJazz Umm
rkotm uuuuh
Being a Pal gamer, those RCA cables make me gringe...
RGB 4 life
I didn't know about the "RetroN 5", that is AMAZING!
Thank you so much for this video! =D I've been wanting to hook up all of my systems since I finally moved into my own place and this gave me some great ideas! ^_^
This video was painful to watch as an AV professional
Laptop -> TV + Emulators. That'll cut 75% of the wiring problems from all the classic consoles.
where's the fun?
Well done. I have something like 17 systems hooked up in my game room in a similar way. I achieved 6 HDMI ports when I bought a 7.1 receiver. I love it. Plus I have my retro systems hooked up to two separate CRTs.
I really enjoyed the video. It seemed kind of conversational and I liked the lack of script that allowed for jumping to different subjects around the room. I've used the gate switches before but never tried linking them.
When I see videos like this, I feel happy that I don't have a need to own a lot of stuff. It's impressive but ugh! So much stuff!
Sick set-up. Everthing is pretty much organized.
You guys are rad! I'm sure people appreciate seeing how it's done from the pros! ;-)
Holy crap, that's a lot of cables. Nice video, very insightful!
Its always fun seeing a fellow junky's hook-ups.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one using this method; I have roughly 12 consoles hooked up to 1 TV through the miracle of daisy chaining. The only thing I ever need to switch out is some of the power cables, since some of them are too big to have connected at the same time. (I'm looking at you NES, SNES and Genesis/CD/32X!)
Man, and I thought my old set up of three consoles for one TV was pretty badass :p
Cool stuff here Mike!
this is the most work Mike has ever done