Marseille mClassic OG - Gaming Resolution Upscaler and Image Enhancer for Nintendo Switch, Retro Consoles Like Xbox, PlayStation, Gamecube, N64, Wii, SNES, and More - Supports 1440p/60hz

I recently bought a PS3 slim to play some older and exclusive games that simply aren't available on other consoles. However after playing for a few minutes I was disgusted at how truly awful the graphics are. I read about the MClassic and watched some YouTube videos so decided to give it a try and I have to say I’m quite Impressed. While playing GTA IV, a roughly 640p native game I noticed an immediate improvement to AA (Anti-Aliasing) and also an overall improvement in the picture detail as the MClassic upscales games from 720p or lower to 1080p. It can upscale to 1440p but my TV isn’t compatible. I seen a slight improvement to draw distance and sharpness but definitely not as much as my Sony TV’s “Reality creation” feature. When both the MClassic and the Sony TV’s super sampling work together you get a truly amazing picture. I recommend if you can run both the MClassic and some of your TV’s picture quality features then you absolutely should, but only if you can run this while in game mode. If your TV doesn’t have any options while in game mode then the MClassic on its own will still do a lot of the heavy lifting and will improve contrast, AA and upscaling, which is ideal. Remember to set your console to match that specific games resolution, so for example if your game runs at 720p, which almost all PS3 games do, then go into the PlayStation display settings and untick the 1080p and 1080i. This is so the PlayStation doesn’t use its own awful upscaling and instead it lets the MClassic do all the work. People online also said to change the option of RGB to limited, but I found no real difference between limited or full however you may see something different on your display. In terms of price it is an expensive product but if you are planning on playing an older console for a considerable amount of time then I would say it’s worth it and also your eyes will really thank you. If you’re simply dipping your toe in with the older consoles and only want to play a single game for a brief time, then maybe this isn’t for you as the enhancements can vary from game to game and you wouldn’t truly get the full benefit from the MClassic. One thing that’s slightly disappointing is the fact you have to power up the device instead of just running it via the HDMI port. This is of course necessary but it does leave a red wire sticking out the front of your console, at least for the PS3 Slim, which only has 2 USB’s on the front. As someone who hates wires sticking out this just isn’t ideal, but for me a worth while trade off for the picture quality it provides. You can put the usb into a compatible plug however I didn’t test this as I don’t have spare slot available. I did however try to put the usb into another console to power it that way and hide the wire but it simply wouldn’t work. The TV displayed a no signal, but when I put the USB back into the PS3 it instantly displayed on screen. Overall a solid improvement that excels in AA and upscaling to make your picture much more detailed and nicer on the eye. The draw distance and sharpness aren’t as impressive as an expensive TV’s super sampling tech, but if you can combine both then you will get a truly beautiful, clear and graphically enhanced image that makes its a joy to go back to older consoles and experience games at their absolute best.

The Mclassic is a very clever device. It honestly does make devices look better on my 2k monitor when they themselves are at 1080p. I’m mainly using it for my Nintendo switch. It removes allot of the jagged edges and makes games look closer to a 2k image. The only down side I have noticed is when the switch is undocked and then docked the graphics can have white dots where some shiny/reflective textures should be, however a few docking attempts tend to solve it, this could even be my dock, lead or monitor not playing nicely, Which is why I’m sticking with 5 stars. Yes it’s not 100% crisp like native 2k but expecting it to be is unrealistic, it is upscaling and a lot of games use variable resolution to maintain frame rates. I haven’t noticed any lag and (for me) keeping it docked has had no issues other than great visuals.

If you're playing older consoles on a higher-resolution monitor or TV, the Marseille mClassic Pixel Enhancer can genuinely make a significant difference. I've personally used it with my Nintendo Switch, PS3, Xbox 360, and even my Wii (in conjunction with an OSSC or other HDMI adapter, as the Wii lacks native HDMI out). It's important to set realistic expectations: I won't claim it delivers a monumental, immediate improvement to every single game you play. The results are quite variable. In some games, the enhancement is massively noticeable, making a real impact on visual clarity. In others, you might genuinely wonder if it's doing anything at all. Where the mClassic truly shines is with games that lack strong Anti-Aliasing (AA). As primarily a PC gamer, the jarring "jaggies" in some older PS3 and Xbox 360 titles can make them genuinely difficult to look at on a modern screen. The mClassic does an impressive job of smoothing out these jagged edges, making for a much more palatable and immersive visual experience. For more modern games that already incorporate good AA and have less cluttered graphics, the difference might be less pronounced, though it can still subtly enhance colors and add definition to distant objects. If you're considering purchasing this device, my strongest recommendation is to watch some comparison videos online, ideally for the specific console and games you intend to use it with. This will give you the best idea of the potential impact. Additionally, if you primarily play on a TV, it's worth checking if your television already includes similar upsampling technologies. Many modern TVs have excellent built-in upscalers, and in such cases, adding the mClassic might not yield as dramatic benefits as it would on a monitor or a TV that lacks such advanced upscaling features. Overall, I use the mClassic any time I'm playing a 1080p or lower-resolution console on my 1440p monitor (which has no in-built post-processing) to achieve nicer visuals. A standout feature is the physical rocker switch on the mClassic itself, allowing you to conveniently toggle between modes (including disabling the post-processing entirely). This makes it incredibly easy to compare the effect it has on a given game or console on the fly, letting you quickly decide whether you want to use it in a specific scenario without having to physically remove cables. It's not a magical "silver bullet" that will transform every game into a modern masterpiece, but when used in the right context and with the right expectations, the Marseille mClassic can certainly make a huge and worthwhile difference to your retro and last-gen gaming experience.

I’d say this product suffers from overselling and under delivering. From my testing on the Nintendo Switch, it does make a difference in some games: In Tears Of The Kingdom the only improvement I noticed was that objects close to the camera, such as blades of grass and Swords, did look less jagged on their edges, but on the whole everything else looked the same as with this switched off. Animal Crossing New Horizons had no noticeable difference. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3 had substantially improved anti-aliasing on character hair and distant objects, and the image looked much clearer on the whole. Textures also looked more detailed. Pokémon Arceus had me stumped though, as turning this on made distant objects in motion look worse than with this off, but nearer objects did look a little bit better (not immediately noticeable though). Overall, for Nintendo Switch usage, it does make varying levels of visual improvements, but it’s not worth the £82 I paid for it, especially when only a couple of games looked noticeably better with this turned on. The suggested usage on lowering the Switch resolution to 720p and letting it upscale looks, to me, worse than the native 1080p with no MClassic attached.

I bought this device primarily to improve the experience of playing my Nintendo Gamecube on my 43" 4K TV. I paired it with a Kaico HDMI adapter and the results are pretty impressive. The mClassic upscales the 576p signal out of the Kaico to 1080p. Edges are clearly defined and the image almost appears to "glow". I was really surprised how much cleaner the image looked. I also tried the mClassic out with my Switch also running at 1080p. As you would expect the results here were not as dramatic, but there was still a noticeable improvement in the 2 games I tried. Cleaner edges and a sharper picture. Shopping from Amazon US was super quick at 4 days from ordering to having it in my hand. Cannot complain!

I'd read about the mClassic in several online reviews and had hoped that this device would be able to upscale the Switch's 1080p output to 2K. Unfortunately, despite having the correct hardware and 2k/4k cables, this wasn't the case and the device made a negligble improvement to the visuals for me. That said, it does work under the right conditions: for example if I change the Switch's native output to 720p and turn on the mClassic it does indeed bump up the output to 1080p on the TV, with a noticeble difference to picture quality thanks to the added anti-aliasing and sharpness. It's also super easy to install, although if the device was a more slender shape it could have sat comfortably inside the Switch's dock - instead you have to use a HDMI extender, which thankfully is included, along with the USB power cable. This means the mClassic hangs rather awkwardly out the back of the Switch's dock, but this does at least give you access to the selector control on the device. The greatest benefits from the mClassic are likely to be gained from running it with 2nd Gen, 3D consoles such as the PS2, Gamecube, or Dreamcast - it has a retro setting for this purpose to handle their 4:3 output signal. So if that's what you're after, the bump in resolution and added post-processing should make for a much sweeter image overall. If you're considering this, my advice is to temper your expectations. Yes it does work, but this depends on how you intend to use it. At present I don't think it really justifies the £100 asking price if, like me, you're using this solely to improve the Switch's output to a higher resolution TV.

Exactly how can one ever open up this expensive item and be expected to use it right of the bat? When it lacks the "Wall Plug Charge Adaptor" necessary to even operate it. Also lacking an HDMI cable as well. No product this expensive to buy, should hinder you once you've purchased it. I shouldn't have to read an instruction manual to find out that i also have more money to obtain other essentials which should've come with the item i've already spend lots of money on. Like the bloody USB Wall Plug Adaptor (rolls eyes) Wow rip me off before i can even get the damn thing to work yet. Don't suppose the company; 'Marseille' would metaphorically; advertise a nice 'sport car' for sale, i buy it only to find out later, when its delivered, i'd also have to spend money on 4 new car tires in order to finally drive it around however, right?! - See what i did there?, EXACTLY!!! So i hope folks pay caution to the fact you need to have a USB Wall Plug Adaptor purchased ahead of time. As this product doesn't tell you beforehand, inwhich you'd need in order to get the device to eventually work. And also an additional; HMDI cable is missing from the package itself. Sorry but 1 star i.e. "Awful", this was a terrible buy, if i'm told i may require additional 'bits & ends' of materials before i can actually have the damn item working at all. The device itself may turn out to be great, but how would folks even come to know this, if you buy a product and it tells you inside to buy more parts to have it eventually work? (again, look at my "sports car" metaphor!) etc. Hope whomever finds this useful, as now i'll have to get hold of the other additional parts, before any true review of the; "mClassic" can be made by me once again. So disappointing American products do this sort of thing and don't even inform customers ahead of time on the item itself with any; "disclaimers" whatsoever, nor on the websites via a cautionary warning and so on.

First off it's so easy to use, just plug in to the requied game system to the hdmi, connect hdmi lead to the mclassic and then to you TV/monitor and connect the micro usb from the mclassic to a usb power source and your ready to go. Three different modes that are used by a little slide switch located on the mclassic, 1, pass through which lets the original source from your system, 2, upscaler that inhances graphic quality, 3, upscaler for screen correction on old retro games. I use it for my PSVR 1 on playstation pro and it does inhance the overall look of the graphic quality, bright colours and a bit better quality in sharpness. Note, make sure you use a good quality hdmi leads, 4k 2.1 recommended to allow graphic data to pass through. All in all I'm very pleased with the mclassic and recommend it. Brilliant device!

If u have those 55” 4K tv … u need to do something to the resolution that the switch can produce during dock… most high end tv can already upscale to 1 step better then what the switch output. But with this it improve 1 more step … so that is the layman way to put it .

Ho voluto sperimentare l’accoppiata pi 4 con l’emulazione psp. Parto subito col dire che mostri avranno notato la necessità di impostare una risoluzione 2x nelle impostazioni dell’emulatore PPSSPP per rendere la grafica più accattivante e comunque godibile su schermi da 15 pollici in su. Così facendo però, spesso si hanno cali di frame nelle fasi più frenetiche dei giochi, rendendo frustante il tutto. Ebbene la mia idea era quella di utilizzare l’emulatore con risoluzione 1x accoppiandolo con Mclassic. L’esperimento è riuscito pienamente: Mclassic permette di recuperare quando di perso si avrebbe nel passaggio da una risoluzione 2x ad una 1x…in più si ha un carico minore sulla cpu e gpu del raspberry con azzeramento dei cali di frame di cui parlavo prima. Pienamente soddisfatto. (Consiglio di impostare come risoluzione di uscita dal pi 4 la 480p, ci penserà Mclassic a fare il resto). Analoga prova fatta con l’emulazione dreamcast: anche qui si ha possibilitá di ridurre il carico su raspberry, potendo ridurre la risoluzione in uscita. Risultati di tutto rispetto….chiaramente con effetto uaaaoooo ridotto rispetto a psp ma comunque rispettabilissimo. Mi riservo di fare prove con n64

I think it needs something called EDID emulator to work and im not sure about that.

So this thing is designed to increase visual detail by interpreting frame data from your devices and adding to it. It also has a free anti-aliasing level given to anything passing through it (smoothing edges that have stair-stepping/jaggies/aliasing). Wow. I tried this thing out on all my 1080p and sub 1080p consoles, it really makes the content look much better on my TVs. The device only forces whatever native output resolution your TV tells it to (a 4k that doesn't natively support 1440p will only tell the device to go to 1080p). My smaller 1360X768 tv forces that instead of taking a 1080p image and downscaling it like it does with a PS4 signal. Your mileage may vary if your monitor or TV can force resolutions. Nonetheless, it's going to be whatever your TV natively supports that is 1440p or below that will be your maximum output. That said, I am very happy with this device. On my Switch, the upscaling of sub 1080p content and even 1080p content looks wonderful with the built in anti-aliasing making things look so much cleaner that I was able to boost the TV's sharpness of the image without getting visual noise (aka much better visual experience). This led to better visual clarity because the image was allowed to be less soft without becoming noisy or aliased. My 360 and PS3 that are hooked up to that smaller TV I mentioned look amazing even with the meagre "pixel boost". Heck even the PSTV I have hooked up to my 4k display looks so much better. Muramasa Rebirth and Killzone Mercenary have never looked this good. This is a good device for hardware of older resolution levels. Your returns diminish with higher resolution devices (I don't think an pass of extra anti-aliasing is worth the money on near 4K resolutions) but the sizeable visual upgrades (especially if you are a multi-console owner still plugging through old libraries) are well worth it. If you can get a low latency splitter, it spreads the love across any devices inputting without the need to buy individually for each device which is a nicety I wasn't expecting. I recommend it but make sure you understand what you are getting out of it and whether your usage scenario makes sense. Edit 09/10/22 - The photos I sent are pretty jumbled up so I am resubmitting them in a order that has the mclassic smoothed one first and the native image second. Keep in mind these are taken on a 4K tv where the image is outputting at 1080p with an anti-aliasing pass. Games with lower native resolution have a more perceivable difference and a 1440p monitor will get better results (have one on the way so I may repost thereafter). I am going to point out areas to look at to see the perceivable smoothness difference or sharper detail for those maybe not seeing the benefit. On BoTW Link: Observe the handle of the weapon over his right shoulder as well his bracer on his right arm where the transition between the pixels on link and the background are smoother. Also the texture detail on his shirt, the sheikah slate and other items has a clearer definition between colors and sharper edges. Super Kirby Clash Mage Kirby: Check out the area where Kirby's head reaches the hat or the lines of the star on the hat. The orb in his staff also has far less issues with the edges stairstepping. Though the textures are minimalist there is cleaner lines again on color changes on the hat or in the staff orb. Smash Bros Link: The Sheikah slate handle is remarkably smoother in image 05 (Mclassic) vs 06 (native). In images 07 and 08 notice how much more "serration" exists on Link's ear in 08 vs the 07 with Mclassic) These are a handful examples on my current setup, may update further. Edit 07/23/2023 Having used this for close to a year. I really appreciate what it does. Partciularly now that I have a 1440p monitor I use, this makes my Switch and Xbox 360 games look much, MUCH smoother with that 1440p upscale and anti-aliasing. I jump between these consoles and my PS5 and Series X and this has made the visual difference feel so much less jarring. 720p on Xbox 360 has been OK but now going back and playing Resident Evil titles for achievements on that console, it feels smooth, clean and very easy on the eyes. Switch gets a more minor upgrade but playing Tears of the Kingdom I have felt less impact from the dynamic resolution compared to friends of mine. What you get out of this requires a lot of understanding of the tech around it. 1080p and lower consoles benefit and if you have a monitor or TV with 1440p it will make an even bigger difference. Still highly recommend!

Franchement le mClassic c'est l'upscaler ultime, mes jeux sont graphiquement bien plus beaux maintenant avec un anti-aliasing nickel et upscale propre, les détails ressortent parfaitement sans flou ni artefacts, branché sur toutes mes consoles c'est magique, un accessoire indispensable qui transforme complètement le rendu visuel, je recommande les yeux fermés ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐