Wii Component leads and gamecube games

McManicMan · 27 Feb 2007 at 17:27

Hi, do gamecube games work with the Component lead on the Wii?

Kreeeee · 27 Feb 2007 at 17:58

Yep, 576i only though

bigbilly50 · 27 Feb 2007 at 19:08

Some do 480p I think - F-Zero being one of them (not many else tho)

Syph · 27 Feb 2007 at 20:47

bigbilly50 said:
Some do 480p I think - F-Zero being one of them (not many else tho)

Do any PAL releases support 480p though? I know only early GC's (like mine) have digital out for 480p but not the majority...

Kreeeee · 27 Feb 2007 at 21:20

Syph said:
Do any PAL releases support 480p though? I know only early GC's (like mine) have digital out for 480p but not the majority...

No, all pal releases are 50/60hz (not all are 60hz) interlaced.

Syph · 28 Feb 2007 at 08:18

Kreeeee said:
No, all pal releases are 50/60hz (not all are 60hz) interlaced.

Aye, that's what I thought.

Kreeeee · 28 Feb 2007 at 08:31

Syph said:
Aye, that's what I thought.

A lot of NTSC games supported progressive though.

The $6m Dan · 28 Feb 2007 at 11:04

Is it possible to get NTSC game in Europe though?
I know there was talk/rumour of it happening, but has it happened yet???

Kreeeee · 28 Feb 2007 at 15:37

The $6m Dan said:
Is it possible to get NTSC game in Europe though?
I know there was talk/rumour of it happening, but has it happened yet???

Not on the PAL Wii. "Modchips" are out but not ones that actually do what they're supposed to do.

bigbilly50 · 28 Feb 2007 at 18:18

Kreeeee said:
No, all pal releases are 50/60hz (not all are 60hz) interlaced.

This is not the case - as I mentioned, a few of them do support 480p.

I have FZero GX (PAL), a PAL gamecube and gamecube component leads and it gives you the option of playing in progressive.

Fzero is the only game I have that gives this option (although I have heard there are a few others, only a few mind you)

JaFFa · 28 Feb 2007 at 18:32

also you can get a freeloader disc to play ntsc on Pal systems but I dont know if it carries through the 480p element.

bigbilly50 · 28 Feb 2007 at 18:41

JaFFa said:
also you can get a freeloader disc to play ntsc on Pal systems but I dont know if it carries through the 480p element.

It does - you just have to be really quick holding down the 'b' button when the game starts to load (to give you the option of progressive)

Edit - just done a bit of research on the net and it looks like the only other PAL game that supports 480P is 007 Agent Under Fire lol

Syph · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:40

bigbilly50 said:
It does - you just have to be really quick holding down the 'b' button when the game starts to load (to give you the option of progressive)

Edit - just done a bit of research on the net and it looks like the only other PAL game that supports 480P is 007 Agent Under Fire lol

As I said earlier, only the very early Gamecube models had the option for component output, so there wouldn't be much point in progressive output for PAL Gamecube games.

McManicMan · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:42

ok guys, thanks, got a madcatz component lead and so far all fine and a nice improvement on my HDTV compared to the rubbish composite lead. I was actually surprised how nice 576i looked on the old gamecube games