Game cube trouble with the color

chamo-chan · 11-24-2008, 07:42 PM

Hello, I have a problem that I want answers to.

Recently, my mom bought me a new TV (she bought it for me because of the DTV change...)

I plugged in my game cube, and it's working perfectly, except for one thing.....

It's in black and white. (When I'm watching regular TV, it has color, but for some reason, there is no color with the games.)

Is there something wrong?

chamo-chan · 11-27-2008, 09:29 PM

.....Seriously, I need help with it.
Does someone have any idea what I should do?

weedmanas · 12-07-2008, 10:38 AM

i think, it's TV. You can't fix it.

Mcninjaguy · 12-10-2008, 07:12 PM

whsht brand and model is the TV?

Mcninjaguy · 12-10-2008, 07:18 PM

I found it your TV doesn't support NTSC 3.58
have a read here
http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=186

NTSC - National Television Systems Committee

NTSC is the other dominant TV system in the world. Technically, it isnt superior to PAL, however it is more widely used worldwide thanks mainly to its use in the United States and a variety of other countries, such as Canada, Japan, and The Philippines. NTSC has a maximum resolution up to 525 lines with a vertical frequency of 60hz.

With NTSC, theres NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43. To put it simply, true NTSC is 3.58, while 4.43 isnt. If the TV only supports NTSC 4.43 and you try to run a Japanese or American GC (with corresponding game) on the TV, all youll get is NTSCs 60hz frequency, but a black and white picture. This is due to the colour palettes between 3.58 and 4.43 being different. So, you should always hope your TV supports NTSC 3.58, as that will ensure it also works with NTSC 4.43, and PAL60.

There is an extremely rare NTSC50, where the vertical frequency is set at 50hz instead of 60hz but we wont be covering that in this article since NTSC cubes are proper NTSC, and the majority of our readers using NTSC machines will be playing their games in 60hz anyway.

11-24-2008, 07:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
chamo-chan Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows XP	Game cube trouble with the color Hello, I have a problem that I want answers to. Recently, my mom bought me a new TV (she bought it for me because of the DTV change...) I plugged in my game cube, and it's working perfectly, except for one thing..... It's in black and white. (When I'm watching regular TV, it has color, but for some reason, there is no color with the games.) Is there something wrong?

11-27-2008, 09:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
chamo-chan Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows XP	Re: Game cube trouble with the color .....Seriously, I need help with it. Does someone have any idea what I should do?

12-07-2008, 10:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
weedmanas Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 12 OS: Vista SP1 Ultimate.	Re: Game cube trouble with the color i think, it's TV. You can't fix it.

12-10-2008, 07:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Game cube trouble with the color whsht brand and model is the TV?

12-10-2008, 07:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Game cube trouble with the color I found it your TV doesn't support NTSC 3.58 have a read here http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=186 NTSC - National Television Systems Committee NTSC is the other dominant TV system in the world. Technically, it isnt superior to PAL, however it is more widely used worldwide thanks mainly to its use in the United States and a variety of other countries, such as Canada, Japan, and The Philippines. NTSC has a maximum resolution up to 525 lines with a vertical frequency of 60hz. With NTSC, theres NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43. To put it simply, true NTSC is 3.58, while 4.43 isnt. If the TV only supports NTSC 4.43 and you try to run a Japanese or American GC (with corresponding game) on the TV, all youll get is NTSCs 60hz frequency, but a black and white picture. This is due to the colour palettes between 3.58 and 4.43 being different. So, you should always hope your TV supports NTSC 3.58, as that will ensure it also works with NTSC 4.43, and PAL60. There is an extremely rare NTSC50, where the vertical frequency is set at 50hz instead of 60hz but we wont be covering that in this article since NTSC cubes are proper NTSC, and the majority of our readers using NTSC machines will be playing their games in 60hz anyway.