What an experience this has been lmfao
So, capture cards don't really like PC resolutions very much. My HDMI capture card is like "NOPE NOPE NOPE" any time the resolution is below like, 1280 by 720. And on Windows 98, pretty much EVERY game you'll ever play goes full screen as like, 640 by 480. Extremely out of range.
My friend who's been helping me with this showed me a vogons thread going back 14 years ago, and still going strong. But everything I can find has some caveat. Oh try this old capture card, it can handle it! It doesn't accept audio, and also its a PCIe slot, and I have no more empty PCIe slots. Ooh, try this old AV system! lol 800 dollars.
Anyone got any good recommendations? There's GOTTA be some kinda simple easy capture card that can handle 640 by 480.
My current wonder is, I wonder if my Retrotink 5x can handle it??? If I can get like, some kind of VGA or DVI to SCART translation going on, and plug that into my Retrotink, can it upscale it with no issues? Or like, this fucking VGA to Composite cable https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Analog-Adapter-Display-Converter/dp/B082RB74K4/ref=sr_1_15?crid=1J5ZW679MCDEB&keywords=VGA+to+Scart+cable&qid=1707692611&sprefix=vga+to+scart+cabl%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-15
I've already spent like 30 dollars on things on Amazon for this project, some of which have been a waste of money, so I don't wanna keep wasting money on this if I don't have to lol