is it possible....

[thesnapman44]

I have a question.
Can an Amiga 1200 be connected to another game console like a Nintendo (or other), via specific cable/s, and be used that way? Thank  you.

[Ral-Clan]

Anything is possible if you have enough knowledge...

But for 99.99% of the population, no.

[Fransexy_]

I have a question.
Can an Amiga 1200 be connected to another game console like a Nintendo (or other), via specific cable/s, and be used that way? Thank  you.

For what do you want to do it?

[Lord Aga]

Well... you can tie an A1200 and Nintendo with a shoelace. And use the Amiga. So the answer is yes. But you need to be more specific of what you have in mind

[ChaosLord]

I have a question.
Can an Amiga 1200 be connected to another game console like a Nintendo (or other), via specific cable/s, and be used that way? Thank  you.

Yes of course.

You can connect an A1200 to a CD32 gaming console or a CDTV game console or an A500 game console or an A3000 game console or an A4000 game console or an A2000 game console using a datalink cable (nullmodem cable).  This allows you play many games in 2 player simultaneous mode where each player has his own screen!  It is loads of fun!

The most popular games to do this with are Stunt Car Racer (2 player simultaneous) and Lotus (2, 3 or 4 player simultaneous).  But there are lots of others, I just didn't play the others so much.

You could also link up using a ParNet cable on the PAR: port which is much faster but I don't know a single game that uses it.

There are other games you can link in a more primitive way, using modems on both machines.  Firepower, Perfect General and lots of other games support this option but I never cared for this type of linking.

It might also be possible to link Dungeon Master from Amiga to Atari ST using a MIDI cable, which is just a special serial cable.  But I am not sure if DungeonMaster actually works.

[J-Golden]

I have a question.
Can an Amiga 1200 be connected to another game console like a Nintendo (or other), via specific cable/s, and be used that way? Thank  you.

The older gaming consoles didn't have the hardware to do any kind of networking.  It is true the SNES was the first console to have a modem type thing to play several on-line based games in japan, but this was all done through an add on that is more rare than hens teeth.  So I would say no to the 16-bit generation.

The two generations of systems later they stated introducing BBA (Broad Band Adapters) in the Game Cube and the Dream Cast.  I know there was a web browser for the Dream Cast but nothing like that for the GC.

I could keep going, but the answer is, kinda.  It all depends on what you want to do with the systems hooked up.  It also depends on how you want to hook them up.

Mostly you are looking at modding and only getting limited access across them like file sharing.

What were you thinking of doing if you hooked them up?