How I Play Nintendo GameCube on Modern TVs

The Nintendo Direct didn't have some of the games that I wanted to play on the Nintendo Switch and through Nintendo Switch Online. Instead of waiting for games to pop up on NSO, I decided to play some of my favorite GameCube games on the original hardware. With the help of the Retrotink 5X and some great cables from Retrobit, I was able to relive some of my favorite childhood memories and wanted to share how I did it. Hope you all enjoy the video!

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[ooftedanimal]

I thought this was from a huge channel, saw only 100 or so subs. Quality of the video is amazing.

[hunglo]

Thank you for this. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to play retro consoles on the new OLED TVs. Gotta keep the classics alive as long as we can.

[Karp]

This is great! You did an awesome job! I am a big Nintendo GameCube fan as well! Double Dash is where it's at!

[brandilasagna]

Yo please do more of this! It was fantastic! Definitely earned a sub!

[unlimitedslash]

An opinion a year later, but honestly for me the best way to hookup a gamcube, or mostly any older console is through an HDMI internal mod, it's expensive, requires soldering skills, but you get a clean picture because it doesn't go through the DAC (Digital/Analog Converter) and therefore you don't have to digitalize it again, so no noise, no artifacts, no visual aberrations, clean digital picture directly with no middle mans, some of these mods also work as upscalers and deinterlacers (like the RetroGEM from PixelFX for the N64, PS1 and PS2), others simply output a 480p or 240p depending on the console.
In terms of cost i honestly see it way more worth it than investing in tools like Retrotinks or OSSC's, it's a do once keep it forever mod that removes SO MUCH clutter from your setup, and all in all you're gonna end up paying more or less the same, because not only you have to get one of those devices, you'll also have to get "premium quality" cables, sometimes adapters, and at the end of the day you're gonna have an spaghetti monster of 200$+ per console you wanna hookup.
With this method you're gonna end up with 100 to a 150$ per modchip/console, but then the rest of the cost is simply a 5$ HDMI cable, and you'll have a better picture quality.
For the gamecube and wii in specific the best way to get a clean digital image is simply use a WiiU with CFW to play those games, install Nintendont and use it to run the legally ripped ISO's.
Of course that's only valid if you are set on using a digital TV, if you have something like a Trinitron or a Quintrix CRT TV, get high quality Component or Composite cables and forget about all this, these consoles and their games where made with CRT's in mind, specially the older you go, you'll find that some effects or other art related stuff might not look like the OG CRT look because LCD works completely different from a CRT, and mane games took advantage of how CRT's worked to accomplish a lot of technical details.

[hollyerickson]

IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE I COULD PLAY NINTENDO WII. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME HOW!

[adamsmith]

Thanks Rudy, am definitely interested in the Retro tink 5x now seeing how versatile it is and yes you've gotta love the GameCube controller.

[taylorcousins]

A good choice between the 2x mini and the 5x is the 2x pro. Basically a 2x mini with a component input. The 5x upscaling isn't really that big of a deal for me cuz its still really just outputting 480p, so the upscaling is really just to get modern tvs to recognize the signal, but guess it depends on what you care about

[georgebrown]

I regret paying for those HD adapters years ago, the mark II or whatever it was called snapped in half.

The retrotink is DEFINITELY the best option.

[WulfilaBelmont]

I like that the retrotink can be used with a variety of vintage consoles. I'll probably save up for the 2x pro, and get the prism component cable for my gamecube. Great video!

[VirtuaBun]

Still waiting for RetroTink to restock the mini's, I'm tempted to just buy from the scalpers. :/ Really informative video and was super specific to what I needed. I didn't even think about buying component cables. I'm so excited to play my GameCube again. 💖

[CartoonHangout]

Just now diving into this kind of thing, so this video is very helpful. Initially got a cheap AV to HDMI converter but wasn't 100% happy with it so I may try out the Retro-bit when I can actually afford it.

[docArr]

I just picked up one of those GCHD adapters to plug it to my flat screen tv, and one of those wireless retro fighters pad tha have rumble. And it looks and plays really good.

[dannonyogurt]

I run my legit Nintendo component cables into a Retrotink 4k... Yep over $1, 100 just to play GameCube I'm not proud of it. But I am very happy with the end result.

[delscoville]

I have a GCHD adapter. Works on the older model, as Nintendo removed the HD port later when they discontinured the Nintendo branded HD adapter. BTW all GC games use 480p HD. Which is better that it's competitors, OG XBox and PS2 which only had a few titles each that supported HD. The GCHD adapter from EON is expensive, though, about $150. But that's half the price of the Nintedo branded HD adapter used. BTW, it's expensive, because the HD out on the GC requires an extra chip, the Nintendo brand has an embedded chip that isn't obvious. The GCHD has a FPGA recreation of the chip which is larger, but works.

[jigzyonline]

I've just setup a carby and tuned it perfect to my monitor. Gamecube never looked better. Now ima pair that with the other device I forget the name.

[jescis]

3:59 any console… good thing you started with saying "virtually" because the OG Famicom is RF only unmodded 😉😉😁😁

[svenstylesz]

I prefer a CRT TV for Retroconsoles. You can find tons of them and the people just give them away without costs. Old Games just look so much better on them as on a pricey OLED TV with a expensive upscaler.

[OGaurabless]

the 5x is interesting but costly, going to try running the bifunx GCvideo through a capture card and upscale with a 3090 and scaling/framegen software later this week. :)

[tDEVILwp]

325$ is to much for the converter lol! then I have to play my gamecube games on an old TV