EON Super 64 (Nintendo 64 HDMI Adapter)

An accessories maker named EON has come up with an even better solution: a simple HDMI adapter that makes the original N64 compatible with modern TVs.

GoldenEye 007 arrived at a time when most of us played video games on 25-inch CRT TVs what was great for the time, even with the screen split four ways for multiplayer battles. Those old TVs are dwarfed by modern flat screens, but getting a 23-year-old console to play nice with them has required some intermediate hardware, and enough effort to not seem worth the hassle. But with the EON Super 64, you plug the adapter into your N64, plug an HDMI cable into it, and you’re off to the Mario Kart 64 races.

The adapter doesn’t do any kind of up scaling - you won’t be playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in 4K - but it does run in two different modes: Classic Mode which preserves all of the N64's aliasing (the jagged edges you see when you look real close) and a Slick Mode which appears to apply some level of anti-aliasing to smooth everything out.

For your retro game lovers it is a good enough reason to hunt down your old N64 and dig out all your classic cartridges, but there is one catch.

When the N64 launched back in 1996, it sold for $399. The EON Super 64 adapter, which appears to be available for Pre-order from a site called Castlemania Games, sells for $213.64 AUD.

Also the estimated dates of shipping will be around 22 July 2019 but on the page is also states that dates are subject to change.

That makes it a pricey solution, even with the promise of putting classics like GoldenEye and Majora’s Mask on your big screen or in my case the projector

let me know what you think is it a bit expensive

I know i will be getting one but that just because i love my retro systems

- Larman