Upgrading a £5 Nintendo GameCube with GC Loader | Tech Nibble

I spent a whopping £5 on this Nintendo GameCube, was it worth it? Let's find out and see if we can make it part of #TheCave exhibition for people to enjoy

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[iXien]

What an elegant solution. And without any soldering! Lot of people left their Gamecube to play their games on Wii with a simple RGB<>HDMI adapter but I find the Gamecube so beautiful, I can't do this outrage to it, this great console that has been with me since 2003.
As I have only my own Gamecube and a lot of original games on mini-DVDs, I can't bring myself to remove the drive. So I opted for a solution without even having to open the console. I use an Action Replay with a Max memory card and a microSD that contains Swiss. The second microSD drive connected on the serial port under the console contains a 256GB card full of Gamecube games and even NES and SNES emulators with there ROMS. My serial adapter is angled in order to access the microSD card without having to constantly remove my Gameboy Player. It works so well.
Congratulations for this elegant recycling of such a legendary console 😍.

[mattsword]

love my gamecube - bought it second hand when at university before could afford a xbox 360. Whilst the wii(u) plays the games arguably better, the charm of the little box, no IR sensor needed and no big funny expensive gamepad is a win. Plus the GBA add on of course!
Got a horrible feeling the drive in mine is starting to fade though so this video for me is very timely!

[theomacer]

As soon as Mark said "other titles" I was already thinking of Eternal Darkness. That game was such a blast. Definitely wouldn't mind seeing that one get a remaster release.

[deifififodpskckck]

The latest version of Swiss has been rewritten and those bandwidth issues are mostly removed now. I’ve not had any issues running games from my SD2SP adaptor via my modchipped GC. The FMV intro of Mario Kart Double Dash is one such games that has a problem with the older version of Swiss via the SD2SP.

[bobbus_]

The Gamecube was overlooked by many unfortunately. I bought one for my son when it came out and we had a ton of fun with it, It's a great machine and even better with SD card loading,

[hjalfi]

I bought mine for Wind Waker, which is still my favourite of the Zelda series, and the cartoony style (much criticised at the time) has aged much more gracefully than many other games. I also had Metroid Prime, and mostly liked it, but eventually gave up because I was sick of replaying big chunks of game every time I died.

[fasih_rehman]

I got a GC on launch, still have my GC and it works. But in 2022 the best GC console is actually a Wii. Hacked Wii lets you run all the GC games from USB hard disk!

[Astfgl]

Nice work! Earlier this week I installed an xStation ODE into my old original PS1 and while it was one of the most nerve-wracking things I've ever done to one of my consoles, boy is it satisfying when you get it working! My entire collection of games and more on a single SD card without any CD reading reliability problems, it's great.

[mehmeh]

There really is no point paying massive sums of money for the over priced speculators games now. Kind of hope the whole market crashes as a result of these innovations

[Fuartianer]

When you said "Things are failing" my heart stops for a beat... nice video. looking forward to see more!

[ellinorengstrom]

Nice to see that you are branching out with other types of content. This is much appreciated. Keep up the good work!

[ScottTumilty]

I absolutely loved Eternal Darkness. Can freely admit to getting caught out by the part where it pretends to delete all your saved data.

[craigdavidson]

Well, I had a similar thing happen to me. I was at my local Tender Center, when right where we parked, I found a Nintendo Wii console abandoned outside one of the store's gates. I picked it up and inquired into it with the staff. They said I could have it for free. It had no cords, cables or controllers, but I did test it out at home, and it worked perfectly. It even had a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl inside, so that was an added bonus!

[Rockythefishman]

I really have a soft spot for the cube. I currently own six of them in different colours. The spice orange is my favourite such a cool colour

[Ironlord]

Great work there!! I still have my GC from back in the day, and it still works beautifully! I power it up now and again to play some oldies (even though I could just play them on my original Wii, but that's not as fun is it?). The Metroid games are pretty ace, and there's some very cool Star Wars games worth playing for sure. Mario Sunshine was lovely, but I deffo preferred the Super Mario Galaxy games on the Wii! The Need For Speed games are excellent too!!

Overall I think the GC is a great console, and of course takes up very little room!!

[sergeleon]

Whenever i see a GameCube I always have to think of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, such a brilliant game.

[Pickchore]

Nice.
Kept my platinum GC And started buying games again.
Always wanted to play Zelda Twilight Princess and found a copy for £5 the other day.

[philcarter]

I still have my launch GC that I pre-ordered, such a cracking console with so many fantastic games.
Have happy memories of me and my mate 100%'ing Double Dash and totally agree with Mark about Eternal Darkness a superb game that caught me out several times with its shenanigans, like fly's crawling across the screen 😁

[andrewclegg]

Best generation of consoles ever. Dreamcast, ps2, xbox and gamecube, all different beasts, unlike now. Got all 4, 2 of them from new.

[JamesEdwards]

Maintenance & Mods = Great Content!!!