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[Az987]

I stopped in to Goodwill today and found a bunch of GameCube titles. Sadly, I passed on MK Double Dash, Super Mario Strikers and Smash Bros Melee because the discs were pretty badly scratched.

Harvest Moon is the only game that had an instruction book but everything else is in pretty good shape. A few light scratches on Zelda, Paper Mario and Pokemon but nothing I'm worried about. Harvest Moon is in perfect condition.

The best part is I ended up only paying $4 each. I guess the cashier didn't notice the prices written on three of them.

Now I have to figure out how to get the permenant market off.

 

[blame space]

I think you'd be better off getting replacement cases.

 

[televator]

I think you'd be better off getting replacement cases.

I don't think that's necessary. I don't see why some high percent alcohol and some elbow grease wouldn't take care of it. I've never had to deal with perm marker directly on a case but I'm sure it's not too hard to get off somehow. There's also some kind of liquid that I always forget what it's called... It's a chemical found in dry erase markers, I believe -- that should be very effective for this sort of thing.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

I don't know if this would work or not but I know on dry-erase boards if you write over permanent marker with a dry-erase marker the whole thing will get erased.

 

[televator]

I don't know if this would work or not but I know on dry-erase boards if you write over permanent marker with a dry-erase marker the whole thing will get erased.

This will probably work too since dry erase marker already contain the chemical I was talking about.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

Hello GAF, can you people recommend me some good imports for the gamecube? I'm planning on importing games that never made it to the US.

There aren't that many. US/Canada was the biggest selling region for the GameCube so we got almost every good game released.

The main good games I know of that weren't put out here:

1. Doushin the Giant
2. Kururin Squash!
3. Nintendo Puzzle Collection

You could also look at the older pre-international release of Animal Crossing (Doubutsu no Mori+) which is pretty much the same thing but has different holidays and stuff like that so it's kinda neat.

Also the port of PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure) is kinda cool.

 

[Sakujou]

There aren't that many. US/Canada was the biggest selling region for the GameCube so we got almost every good game released.

The main good games I know of that weren't put out here:

1. Doushin the Giant
2. Kururin Squash!
3. Nintendo Puzzle Collection

You could also look at the older pre-international release of Animal Crossing (Doubutsu no Mori+) which is pretty much the same thing but has different holidays and stuff like that so it's kinda neat.

Also the port of PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure) is kinda cool.

doshin the giant was released in pal regions... what a boring and lame game it was...
kururin was released on GBA in PAL, but i dont know which game it was back then. there was a successor for wii, but it wasnt named something with kururin but it was also released on PAL turf.

i dont know why the gc game wasnt released here...

 

[BumblebeeCody]

doshin the giant was released in pal regions... what a boring and lame game it was...
kururin was released on GBA in PAL, but i dont know which game it was back then. there was a successor for wii, but it wasnt named something with kururin but it was also released on PAL turf.

i dont know why the gc game wasnt released here...

Nintendo. You really weren't missing out Doshin the Giant. It's not a terrible game, it's just really meh.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

Little bit on the late side, but:

So the Gamecube defined my childhood in a lot of ways and it definitely holds a dear place in my heart as my favorite console, but since recently buying another (splitting buying games with my older brother was good when I was younger but now means we have to share our collective pool, lol) I've been realizing there were a good number of games I missed between having a limited income and reasonably involved parents who weren't going to let me get Resident Evil 4 when I was like 10, so I've been looking into tracking down a lot of those games now.

*snip*

What else are things I should definitely pick up that I've missed? I'm still trying to decide how much I like Metroid Prime 2, is the first game different in any notable ways? Some of my favorites from the system are Wind Waker, Fire Emblem, Symphonia, and Smash.

- Viewtiful Joe 1. I hesitate to bring up 2 since while passable, it's... nowhere near as good as the original.
- Wave Race: Blue Storm
- Pikmin 1 and 2
- Chibi Robo
- Burnout 2: Point of Impact
- Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
- Killer 7
- Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, because it's quite the platformer experience with the bongo controller.

 

[Phenomenal Flea]

still looking for a complete skies of arcadia. i got a copy years ago, but disc 2 was missing. sent it back to the seller, since he couldnt find it.


now the price is ridiculous. i dont want to pay more than 50€ for the game in a good condition.

I realise I'm replying to this late, but if I'm not mistaken, only the Dreamcast version is two discs. Hence why the Gamecube version's sound is compressed to fit one disc.

 

[Lord British]

I was going through my (PAL) GC collection recently, for the first time in ages.

I have some pretty neat stuff that I've barely touched... Skies of Arcadia, Fire Emblem, Twilight Princess etc.

I should sell up. >_>

 

[shanafan]

Anyone have an extra copy of Phantasy Star Online: Episodes I and II PLUS they are willing to sell?

 

[Jonneh3003]

Just ordered an Orange Japanese Gamecube for £30 on ebay, I'm sick of my PAL Gamecube lacking S-video and I can't use SCART for capturing video easily.

 

[DesuCat]

There aren't that many. US/Canada was the biggest selling region for the GameCube so we got almost every good game released.

The main good games I know of that weren't put out here:

1. Doushin the Giant
2. Kururin Squash!
3. Nintendo Puzzle Collection

You could also look at the older pre-international release of Animal Crossing (Doubutsu no Mori+) which is pretty much the same thing but has different holidays and stuff like that so it's kinda neat.

Also the port of PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure) is kinda cool.

Thanks for the list, I also found out that Adventure Island and Star Soldier are on the gamecube as well.

 

[socksfelloff]

I realise I'm replying to this late, but if I'm not mistaken, only the Dreamcast version is two discs. Hence why the Gamecube version's sound is compressed to fit one disc.

I just double checked my copy. It is only 1 disc.

 

[Drain You]

A minty white FF Gamecube on ebay right now, crazy money though. Looks amazing though.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

I was going through my (PAL) GC collection recently, for the first time in ages.

I have some pretty neat stuff that I've barely touched... Skies of Arcadia, Fire Emblem, Twilight Princess etc.

I should sell up. >_>

If so, I'd be up for that Fire Emblem.

 

[Version 3.0]

I realise I'm replying to this late, but if I'm not mistaken, only the Dreamcast version is two discs. Hence why the Gamecube version's sound is compressed to fit one disc.

Gamecube discs are 1.5 times the capacity of Dreamcast discs. Might not need compression to fit.

 

[Mega]

Anyone have a complete copy of Zelda - Twilight Princess (NTSC) for sale? Flexible but looking to pay less than ebay prices (under $40).

edit: nvm. Bit on an ebay copy that wasn't too badly priced.

 

[gabbo]

A minty white FF Gamecube on ebay right now, crazy money though. Looks amazing though.

Is ebay the best place to grab games/accessories for the GC these days? I recently pulled my brothers' cube out and realized I dont have as many games as I thought.

 

[ballerusk]

Anyone have an extra copy of Phantasy Star Online: Episodes I and II PLUS they are willing to sell?

I have, but it's the Japanese version... :/

Also, still looking for box protectors for JP GC-games, I only have plastic bags for all my 279 games.

 

[IrishNinja]

damn, Rex got the best deal ive seen here in a bit!

The main good games I know of that weren't put out here:

1. Doushin the Giant
2. Kururin Squash!
3. Nintendo Puzzle Collection

never found a good deal on Kurunin (Game sack put me onto that one, i wanna say) but that Nintendo Puzzle Collection looks cool!

 

[Drain You]

Is ebay the best place to grab games/accessories for the GC these days? I recently pulled my brothers' cube out and realized I dont have as many games as I thought.

i feel like ebays prices are always a bit high. I always like to check thrift shops local used games stores, craigslist. Ebay for something specific youre looking for maybe

 

[socksfelloff]

Gamecube discs are 1.5 times the capacity of Dreamcast discs. Might not need compression to fit.

GameCube discs are 1.4gb
Dreamcast discs are 1gb

compression would have been needed as SoA fills both discs.

 

[Version 3.0]

GameCube discs are 1.4gb
Dreamcast discs are 1gb

compression would have been needed as SoA fills both discs.

They're 1.5 gigs, not 1.4, but fair enough. I didn't know how bit SoA is. But I've always felt the Gamecube gets a bad rap for its disc capacity, while the Dreamcast gets a pass, for that and all of its shortcomings.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

They're 1.5 gigs, not 1.4, but fair enough. I didn't know how bit SoA is. But I've always felt the Gamecube gets a bad rap for its disc capacity, while the Dreamcast gets a pass, for that and all of its shortcomings.

Shorter load times and faster disc reading, doe

 

[socksfelloff]

They're 1.5 gigs, not 1.4, but fair enough. I didn't know how bit SoA is. But I've always felt the Gamecube gets a bad rap for its disc capacity, while the Dreamcast gets a pass, for that and all of its shortcomings.

I think the dreamcast gets a pass because it was gone before the 6th gen console wars really started. At that point the GameCube capacity looks terrible at almost 1/4 of ps2 and Xbox . The load times rock though .

 

[DownGrader]

Does anyone here have Worms 3D? The game seems to skip one of two voice SFXs for jumping. (I remember worms having two of them on PC.)
Is it a quirk of GameCube version or the result of my disc being scratched?

 

[Drain You]

I have, but it's the Japanese version... :/

Also, still looking for box protectors for JP GC-games, I only have plastic bags for all my 279 games.

Let me know if you ever find anything. I hate the way Jap GC games are packaged. That cardboard outside. I own more Japanese Gamecubes than I own Japanese games because I despise it so much.

 

[chaosblade]

The Gamecube's disc size is probably the most exaggerated issue with the console. It was less of an issue than the 360s DVD drive vs PS3's BD. Outside games that made heavy use of FMVs (Japanese RPGs and whatnot) there weren't that many that wouldn't fit.

 

[IrishNinja]

^weren't there examples of cut content to make some games fit, though? or am i remembering it wrong?

while the Dreamcast gets a pass, for that and all of its shortcomings.

what you trying to say bruh

 

[ballerusk]

I hate the way Jap GC games are packaged. That cardboard outside. I own more Japanese Gamecubes than I own Japanese games because I despise it so much.

I love it, that's why I have a ~complete JP collection

 

[davidwhangchoi]

I love it, that's why I have a ~complete JP collection

very jealous... wonder how much that cost to build... =)

 

[Drain You]

I love it, that's why I have a ~complete JP collection

Aesthetically I like it much better but its a bit harder to find nicer looking copies.

 

[Peltz]

The Gamecube's disc size is probably the most exaggerated issue with the console. It was less of an issue than the 360s DVD drive vs PS3's BD. Outside games that made heavy use of FMVs (Japanese RPGs and whatnot) there weren't that many that wouldn't fit.

Yea, but devs targeted the Xbox 360's disc capacity because Xbox 360 sold more units than PS3 for the majority of the generation. Had the PS3 been the "lead platform" for the entire generation, disc capacity might have become an issue for the Xbox 360, just like it was in the generation prior for GCN.

 

[chaosblade]

Yea, but devs targeted the Xbox 360's disc capacity because Xbox 360 sold more units than PS3 for the majority of the generation. Had the PS3 been the "lead platform" for the entire generation, disc capacity might have become an issue for the Xbox 360, just like it was in the generation prior for GCN.

That's the opposite of what I said. Disc size was mostly a non-issue for the GC, things like linear, cutscene heavy Japanese RPGs could generally be split up onto a couple discs, only a small handful of games wouldn't fit otherwise, IIRC. I looked into it a while back, unless I'm remembering wrong a large majority of games that generation were around 1GB or less.

 

[dhonk]

Got the Logitech Speedforce wheel locally for 25 bucks! Pretty cool!

Didnt realise there was pedals / lap adapter available though. Is it worth to seek out? Cant find em seperate from the wheel though. If anyone has them too, let me know.

 

[shanafan]

I never do this, as I enjoy the hunt, but I gave in and picked up Phantasy Star Online Plus on eBay. $85 shipped was a good deal I thought. Now I have both

 

[dhonk]

I never do this, as I enjoy the hunt, but I gave in and picked up Phantasy Star Online Plus on eBay. $85 shipped was a good deal I thought. Now I have both

Now you can do homebrew if you have the broadband adapter and a computer!

 

[sixteen-bit]

This promotional cassette player is so cute

 

[alf717]

That's the opposite of what I said. Disc size was mostly a non-issue for the GC, things like linear, cutscene heavy Japanese RPGs could generally be split up onto a couple discs, only a small handful of games wouldn't fit otherwise, IIRC. I looked into it a while back, unless I'm remembering wrong a large majority of games that generation were around 1GB or less.

In the right hands many things were possible. For example Mega Man Anniversary Collection. The Game Cube version is known to have the remixed music missing but when Capcom took the helm and put together Mega Man X Collection the video compression and audio compression they used allowed them to take four approx. 500+ MB discs and pack them into a Game Cube disc with space to spare. All the audio and sound effects are packed within .BIN files and when extracted are .OGG format files. Atomic Planet's approach was to take the original XA audio from the PS versions of Rockman 1-6 and convert them to .DSP format. This took up so much space there was no room for the remixes. X collection was even gonna have remixed songs but that plan was tossed out.

 

[Jonneh3003]

I got a bit sick with the lack of S-video on PAL Gamecube and ordered myself an NTSC-J Gamecube thinking that my PAL Action Replay would allow me to play import games on the NTSC-J machine, a little silly of me. Is there a Japanese freeloader or action replay that allows you to play PAL and NTSC games?

I know I can use RGB on PAL Gamecubes but I need S-video to capture footage.

 

[TheMoon]

I got a bit sick with the lack of S-video on PAL Gamecube and ordered myself an NTSC-J Gamecube thinking that my PAL Action Replay would allow me to play import games on the NTSC-J machine, a little silly of me. Is there a Japanese freeloader or action replay that allows you to play PAL and NTSC games?

I know I can use RGB on PAL Gamecubes but I need S-video to capture footage.

I don't know if all Freeloader editions support region conversion in all directions or if only some do it but some or one definitely does. (What a terrible sentence)

 

[Peagles]

I got a bit sick with the lack of S-video on PAL Gamecube and ordered myself an NTSC-J Gamecube thinking that my PAL Action Replay would allow me to play import games on the NTSC-J machine, a little silly of me. Is there a Japanese freeloader or action replay that allows you to play PAL and NTSC games?

I know I can use RGB on PAL Gamecubes but I need S-video to capture footage.

Yeh you need a Japanese Freeloader. Where you'd get one these days though I'm not sure. I'd go XenoGC if you have the soldering skills, then it all just works.

 

[NormalFish]

Yeh you need a Japanese Freeloader. Where you'd get one these days though I'm not sure. I'd go XenoGC if you have the soldering skills, then it all just works.

Is the Xeno as easy to install as it looks? I'm still interesting in getting a PAL NGC for gameboy player at 240p with gbi

 

[Peagles]

Is the Xeno as easy to install as it looks? I'm still interesting in getting a PAL NGC for gameboy player at 240p with gbi

Yeh it's fairly easy, though the solder points are small and you need to open up the cube a bit. I used really thin kynar wire which made it considerably easier, but you can do the blob method too.

 

[NormalFish]

Yeh it's fairly easy, though the solder points are small and you need to open up the cube a bit. I used really thin kynar wire which made it considerably easier, but you can do the blob method too.

hm alright, thanks. I think I'd be able to handle it, but I'd have to -- y'know -- actually have a cube first lol. I'll get around to it eventually.

 

[Peagles]

hm alright, thanks. I think I'd be able to handle it, but I'd have to -- y'know -- actually have a cube first lol. I'll get around to it eventually.

If you have trouble getting a PAL cube let me know. I have been known to ship them overseas

 

[NormalFish]

If you have trouble getting a PAL cube let me know. I have been known to ship them overseas

I'll let you know. I've been thinking it's a good idea for like 6 months and yet keep getting sidetracked by other things every time I have some spare money to throw around. Would be great to have a way to stream GB games on real hardware, though.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

anyone replaying resident evil zero for comparision now that HD remaster is being released?