Gam3Gear S-Video Cable Compatible with Nintendo GameCube, N64, and SNES

Using with SNES on a Sony Bravia. So far working well, audio is good, no input lag that I can detect, and a clear picture. Using this with a scaler made it pop a little more, but this works very well by itself. Just remember to set your TV to 4:3 so the pixels don't stretch.

Works.

This is your best option for playing GameCube games on a modern television, if your HDTV has the S-Video input. I recently got my GameCube out of storage (AKA: at my relative's house), and when I plugged it in with composite cables (Red, Yellow, White), the picture was dark and murky. I'm not expecting a console released in 2001 to have stunning HD graphics, but with composite cables I had to turn the brightness all the way up just to see what I was doing in Metroid Prime. I thought component cables would be a nice upgrade, but it turns out Nintendo only made about three of these, and they used a special chip in the cable that cannot be reproduced through third party companies, so your only choice if you want a set of these is to pay $300 or more on eBay. On top of this, Nintendo straight up removed the digital port in all GameCube consoles after the launch model, so even if you had a set you'd be screwed if your GameCube didn't have the right digital out port. My console doesn't have this port, so in addition to this being absurdly expensive, it's not an option anyway. But my TV also has an S-Video port, and this cable is perfect. When I bought it I paid $5, and the picture is nice and bright! It's basically night and day, since the composite cables really make Eternal Darkness live up to its name. But with this cable I booted up X-Men Legends, and it looked great. Not modern I-see-all-the-hair-follicles great, but this is probably the best way to play a GameCube these days if it will work with your TV. If it doesn't, my backup choice would have been to use enKo's Mini Composite to HDMI Converter. It's pricier at $36, but if you don't have S-Video it will take those old composite cables and convert the signal to HDMI. I haven't used this converter, but if this cables hadn't been a significant improvement, I would have tried this next. In short, get this cable if you want to play GameCube games on an HDTV.

I was skeptical as hell about these cables. I could not justify the money on getting official Nintendo s-video or even remotely the GCN component cables off amazon or ebay. I mostly bought these for my gamecube but I also have an N64 I wanted to test them on. As for the gamecube. It made the picture look really good. I don't notice any checker boarding at all. they are a really nice upgrade over composite cables. So color me shocked to find out these work great for my gamecube. Now I only wish component cables didn't cost as much as they do :( thankfully I have a Wii with component cables for all the 480p gamecube games I have. As for the results on my N64 (I was going to order a second set if they worked out). Sadly the results on my N64 were not as noticeable. But then again the N64 has not aged quite as well and tends to look like crap on any modern display. As they say "You can only polish a turd so much". So with all that said, aside from the issues I have with the N64. The only other "issue" I have with this cable is the connector (the end that goes into your console) is a little loose. its not a snug fit like the Nintendo OEM cables are. It should still be fine as long as you don't juggle your console around while playing games on them. But over all these are pretty good for the money. a nice upgrade over RF and composite but wont break the bank like the official Nintendo s-video or even worse the gamecube component cables. They have clearly upgraded this cable to have 2 ground pins instead of just the 1 as other review here have talked about. There also was not any noticeable audio hum or anything else like that or at least none that I noticed. Only reason I didn't give it a 5 out of 5 was because of the connector not fitting as snuggly as the stock cable. Id give them a 4.8 out of 5 so far.

Best video output without a scaler for SNES. Looks great on a CRT.

Got this S-video cable as an upgrade for my GameCube (and N64, though I haven't tested that yet) and I was blown away by how much sharper the image is over the old composite AV cables on my 27" Trinitron. I wanted to try the Retro Prism Component cable too, but switching between that and this Gam3Gear S-Video cable, I honestly preferred the latter (which is $50 cheaper). The Prism Component cable made colors darker/less saturated in-game, and would not display correctly when booting into Swiss. I returned the Prism, but I just ordered another one of these Gam3Gear cables to use for my N64... Now just to find where all stored all my game carts!

These cables are advertised as "High Quality" and are absolutely garbage. If you were like me and looking for a way to upgrade the video quality of your Super Nintendo or GameCube, you probably needed an S Video cable. I was told from multiple people that as long as you get the ones with no yellow RCA plug that they work fine. I gave these a shot and was terribly wrong. The video quality is actually worse than my RCA cables. Not sharper about the same, but now have diagonal lines in solid color pallets like blue lakes or green grasses in games. Also these cable have a terrible audio humming sound to them. The louder you turn up your TV the more buzzing you get. If you unplug the S video cable only, not the red and white, the buzzing completely stops. My guess is it's not grounded properly or s shielding interference issue. I retuned these and recommend anyone that is serious about video quality and sound quality to just buy Official brand Nintendo Cables only. I just had to spend $43 for Nintendo brand S video cables and that is the only solution if you want quality.

Just hooked these up to my GameCube and can confirm what other reviewers here have said, these are excellent cables. No checkerboard pattern or static interference of any kind. I actually compared these to Monster S-Video cables and could straight up not tell the difference. Those Monster S-Video Cables are the best quality S-Video cables for the GameCube known to man, but will run you $100. So you understand why I am excited. I don’t have a SNES or N64 so I can’t speak for those. I think why they are so good is a couple of reasons. One, they are lacking the yellow composite cable which is notorious for splitting and degrading the signal. Two, the video and audio cables are on a sort of ribbon cable that keeps their signal from interfering with each other. But who cares why, get them while they last. To be clear, these are Gam3Gear S-Video Cables that are lacking the yellow video line. I’ve seen some Gam3Gear that include that yellow line so be careful to avoid those. I bought these from Shop4fun and while I’m typing this they have 11 left. Get them while they last. Because when word gets out they will go fast. They should come in a Gam3Gear little plastic bag. The only better picture possible for the GameCube are component cables that will run you like $250. And your GameCube may not even have a component slot in the back for them. And the SNES and N64 have no component output. So people most often opt for S-Video cables, but often have to hunt for quality cables. So in case I wasn’t clear, BUY BUY BUY!

I bought this cable to replace the standard composite cables for the N64. Wires are a little thin, but the difference in picture quality was night and day! The colors look more vibrant, and everything on the screen looks so much sharper now! Definitely recommend if you want to get better picture quality out of an N64 or SNES.

Works as it should, was able to connect my N64 to my Retrotink 4K CE just fine

I'm not sure why my cable shows image in black and white, no colour. I am using a pal super Nintendo on a pal TV, and from understanding this cable should be compatible, only states pal N64 not compatible. I read there could be something wrong with the chroma signal inside the cable as this signal produces colour but I tested it for continuity and the cable was fine. It seems others have mostly had success getting a picture with colour, I only came across one other review were the picture had no colour! The rest just complained of checkerboarding. Either way very disappointed with the lack of information on this but great full Amazon were able to refund me. P.s even though I had no colour with this S video cable I noticed a big difference in how sharp the pixels looked compared to composite, also I hardly noticed any checkerboarding unless up close, it's very fai t on this cable. Just a shame it's black and white

No vi gran mejora, solo en los bordes y algunos textos. No creo que sea S-Video real pero si mejora algo la señal.

Thin, cheaply made cables that have a lot of interference. There’s very bad checkerboarding that makes the image look like hot garbage on my PAL N64. It appears the quality varies a lot as I also have the same brand cable for my NTSC N64 and there is no checkerboarding and the image quality is good. Buying this brand can be a gamble so you might be disappointed.