vhs consoles

someone128 · Post by **someone128** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 10:47 am

ive been thinking of modifying a gamecube (possibly a less complex system, like genesis) to fit inside a vhs. it could play in your vhs.
but, right when this thought came to mind, so did four problems:

(1) i dont have that kind of money
(2) i dont know how to produce magnetic output so the VCR will read it like the magnetic strip on VHSs
(3) some consoles dont like to be hot, and the vcr gets hot after time
(4) some games wont fit in a vhs(ps1/2, nes, n64, etc.)

if you have any ideas, post em up.

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Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:42 pm

I'd love to be suportive of this idea but it just isnt going to work. For one the only means of storage the VHS offers outside of video is data for a computer, if you know and have the means to connect the two. Secondly even if you were to save games (older like 16 and low bit) you;d have to have a computer read the data and then its a waste of power space and time as really all the datas is on a tape drive.

A tape drive is great for massive storage but lacks the abillity for quick file retrival, so its only good for backing up you hard drive.

The option thats more resonalable and realistic is to connect the console to a solid state storage deveice, like a Compact Flash card or SD card.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:21 pm

i dont see this working well, but i could be done.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:56 pm

spkarkfist, he means to put an actual system in the vhs, like the adapters that let you use CD Players with a tape drive.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:40 pm

I remember thinking about how to make VHS's have a nice DVD style menu. It involved having a one minute run of each menu, and after that, it was recorded to the VVD (VHS DVD)'s Player's memory, so it could be played back infinitely. When you first played the VVD, it would have a header that would be loaded into the VVD's memory and it contained all the menu's locations, the title's locations and so on. Different language subtitles would be in the header as well, and enabled by going through the menu. When the tape was getting to a new menu, the VVD's Loading... screen that was built in played when it re-winded, fast forwarded experienced when going to different menus and so on. This would be easier said then done.

Post by **gannon** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:08 pm

sounds kinda like how my vcr automatically fastforwards through commercials.