The Nintendo GameCube Appreciation and Collecting Thread.

mightynine said:
This is tempting. Has anyone had experience sending a console to them to have work done? I'm still rocking my launch GC and I don't want anything to happen to it.
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I don't have any experience with him but I have heard that people were satisfied with their ultrahdmi n64's and he's the only one who will be doing GCVideo so there isn't much choice!
 
I found a like new silver GameCube with digital out, 3 controller's (one is a Wavebird with receiver) the official carrying case and a disc only copy of Bomberman Generation for $100. All like new, except the game. My games look great on my Wii over component, and I'm not sure if it's worth getting one right now unless I decide to get the HD cable later when it's released. Besides just having one, is there any reason I should pick one up?
 
omgkitty said:
How easy / cheap is it to get a hold of these things?
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I realize I may have been quite lucky - those SD Media Launcher things gave nightmares to some gaffers here... Mine never ran into a single hiccup - but this is what I've done:

- bought a GameBoy Player (I'm a collector, so I went for a boxed and complete set anyway... I guess if you don't care, you can forget about the original startup disc, and go for a loose GBP)
- bought an SD Media Launcher from Codejunkies webstore (I've got the Euro version, since my GameCube consoles are both PAL)
- downloaded GBI from GC Forever and copied the GBI LL (Low Latency version... I use it on a consumer CRT TV, which GBI LL is best suited for) .dol file to my SD card
and that's it really.

In order to run the whole thing, you need to plug the SD Media Launcher dongle into the GC's memory card slot, power up your console with the mini-DVD that comes with the Media Launcher itself already in, select and run the GBI-LL.dol from the menu, put a GBA cart into the GB Player slot, reset the system... And you're ready to go.
 
I lost my memory card, with my Pikmin save of beating the game in 25 game days, my progress of other games. Goddamn this sucks. So I'm lookin to buy another official Nintendo memory card. I'm thinking eBay might be the best option for me.
 
Hey, anyone knows what's up with the cases of Mario Kart Double Dash (PAL)? I sometimes can find them in red or black and I'm still unsure if the red one is specific to some countries (like Netherlands and France) while black is either 1) the common variant or 2) some countries only had the black variant in the first place. I can't find this information anywhere and, believe me, I've been trying to.
 
Saoshyant said:
Hey, anyone knows what's up with the cases of Mario Kart Double Dash (PAL)? I sometimes can find them in red or black and I'm still unsure if the red one is specific to some countries (like Netherlands and France) while black is either 1) the common variant or 2) some countries only had the black variant in the first place. I can't find this information anywhere and, believe me, I've been trying to.
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Maybe the red ones where pack-in titles? There was at least one Double Dash bundle iirc.
 
Maybe it had something to do with a first print edition? I remember seeing double dah in red cases whem it launched in shops, as well as in advertisements without being part of a bundle. Every now and then I also come across a sunshine copy in a blue case for what it's worth.
 
Saoshyant said:
None of the MKDD black cases I've seen come with a Zelda disc or a space to put a second disc.
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there were two bundles:
one which only came with the game
one which came with the zelda bonusdisc(zelda1,2 oot and mm and a demo of wind waker and some additional zelda related info)

as far as i know, the red cases were used in other countries than germany and in rental stores.
i tried to figure this out one too.

mario sunshine, zelda wind waker and mario kart double dash came in coloured boxes, but there is no real story why some games came in coloured boxes, and why some dont.

i bought mario sunshine on day 1 which is purple, but a friend from the UK had the game in a black box.

my zelda wind waker, which i bought in 2004 was in a black box with the bonus disc, while my friend in the UK has the golden box(he bought it day1 in 2003)

the playera choice versions were all silver, but the disc itself mostly remained the same as the ones sold on launch.
 
Sakujou said:
there were two bundles:
one which only came with the game
one which came with the zelda bonusdisc(zelda1,2 oot and mm and a demo of wind waker and some additional zelda related info)

as far as i know, the red cases were used in other countries than germany and in rental stores.
i tried to figure this out one too.

mario sunshine, zelda wind waker and mario kart double dash came in coloured boxes, but there is no real story why some games came in coloured boxes, and why some dont.

i bought mario sunshine on day 1 which is purple, but a friend from the UK had the game in a black box.

my zelda wind waker, which i bought in 2004 was in a black box with the bonus disc, while my friend in the UK has the golden box(he bought it day1 in 2003)

the playera choice versions were all silver, but the disc itself mostly remained the same as the ones sold on launch.
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Wind Waker golden case was the "limited edition" with the OoT Master Quest bonus all over Europe. Although mine is in a black case (limited edition). Got that from the GCN bundle though (I had both the MKDD bundle and the WW bundle and did a weird thing where I sold the MKDD cube without the game because I wanted the Zelda bonus disc.
 
tesla246 said:
Maybe it had something to do with a first print edition? I remember seeing double dah in red cases whem it launched in shops, as well as in advertisements without being part of a bundle. Every now and then I also come across a sunshine copy in a blue case for what it's worth.
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Are we sure it's not related to late prints of the game when Nintendo rebranded most Mario titles to red boxes beginning in the early DS days? For example Super Mario 64 DS launched in a black box but was later released in a red box during reprints.
 
Dr. Feel Good said:
Are we sure it's not related to late prints of the game when Nintendo rebranded most Mario titles to red boxes beginning in the early DS days? For example Super Mario 64 DS launched in a black box but was later released in a red box during reprints.
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I bought Double Dash at launch here in the UK, it came in a red case.
 
Dr. Feel Good said:
Are we sure it's not related to late prints of the game when Nintendo rebranded most Mario titles to red boxes beginning in the early DS days? For example Super Mario 64 DS launched in a black box but was later released in a red box during reprints.
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You're asking the same thing as the person you're quoting :)
 
Is there a way to determine whether third-party RGB (SCART) cable for PAL GameCube outputs RGB? I'm honestly afraid to buy third-party/aftermarket RGB cable because I suppose noname manufacturers just couldn't be arsed to use all the pins and just transmit composite video over SCART.
 
DownGrader said:
Is there a way to determine whether third-party RGB (SCART) cable for PAL GameCube outputs RGB? I'm honestly afraid to buy third-party/aftermarket RGB cable because I suppose noname manufacturers just couldn't be arsed to use all the pins and just transmit composite video over SCART.
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Buy something decent, and remember an NTSC wired SNES RGB SCART cable will do the same job. Which ones have you been looking at buying so far?
 
Peagles said:
Buy something decent, and remember an NTSC wired SNES RGB SCART cable will do the same job. Which ones have you been looking at buying so far?
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Nothing in particular yet.

Oh, and thanks for reminding that SNES and N64 cables should work too! But am I reading that correct - I can use NTSC SNES RGB SCART cable for my PAL GameCube and PAL TV set, right? Why not the PAL one, and wasn't there some problems with RGB over NTSC SCART cables?
 
DownGrader said:
Nothing in particular yet.

Oh, and thanks for reminding that SNES and N64 cables should work too! But am I reading that correct - I can use NTSC SNES RGB SCART cable for my PAL GameCube and PAL TV set, right? Why not the PAL one, and wasn't there some problems with RGB over NTSC SCART cables?
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NTSC SNES RGB SCART cables have the same wiring as PAL Gamecube RGB SCART cables.

PAL SNES RGB SCART cables are different in that they have resistors on the RGB lines.

If you bought an official Gamecube RGB SCART cable, it'd be the same as an NTSC SNES RGB SCART cable. You don't want the one with the resistors.
 
Peagles said:
NTSC SNES RGB SCART cables have the same wiring as PAL Gamecube RGB SCART cables.

PAL SNES RGB SCART cables are different in that they have resistors on the RGB lines.

If you bought an official Gamecube RGB SCART cable, it'd be the same as an NTSC SNES RGB SCART cable. You don't want the one with the resistors.
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Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that out!

Unrelated to this particular discussion: as I'm currently using my GameCube with a composite cable, I've noticed that, even with that type of connection, the image quality is far better than the one of Wii in GameCube mode.
 
Sakujou said:
does anyone know why the tales of symphonia gamecube was only sold in france?
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Nintendo traditionally does well in France, the French do seem to love their Japanese stuff in general. During the GameCube era, France was probably their most profitable European market.
 
Galdelico said:
You mean a limited edition of the game?
Because I own the PAL italian version of ToS, which came fully translated too (text only, voices are in English).
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Of course he means a GCN bundle not the normal version of the game. Napoleon (GBA) is the only Nintendo game which only released in one EU country (France) for somewhat understandable reasons.
 
Need a bit of help on this one, GAF.
So I am about to jump on a mint in box orange japanese gamecube, but here is the thing:

Everything is in there, except for the common AV cables. They guy says it never came with them, and it also lakcs a picture of said cable on the ''contents of the box images'' packaging. Now, my only reference is a rather old youtube unboxing video of an orange gamecube (DOL-101) that looks trusty enough, and that one also lacks the yellow/red/white cable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tMNDBSvrQU

Does anyone here know if it is ''correct'' some later models/colours do not include the standard AV-cord?
 
tesla246 said:
Need a bit of help on this one, GAF.
So I am about to jump on a mint in box orange japanese gamecube, but here is the thing:

Everything is in there, except for the common AV cables. They guy says it never came with them, and it also lakcs a picture of said cable on the ''contents of the box images'' packaging. Now, my only reference is a rather old youtube unboxing video of an orange gamecube (DOL-101) that looks trusty enough, and that one also lacks the yellow/red/white cable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tMNDBSvrQU

Does anyone here know if it is ''correct'' some later models/colours do not include the standard AV-cord?
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It was pretty common for consoles to not come with AV cords or in some cases AC adapters in Japan.

My Spice Orange GC box literally says they're sold separately and gives a list of AV cable options.
 
SheepyGuy said:
It was pretty common for consoles to not come with AV cords or in some cases AC adapters in Japan.

My Spice Orange GC box literally says they're sold separately and gives a list of AV cable options.
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Thanks for the quick answer. Upon looking up some videos of unboxing japanese cubes, the cable wasn't included with any of those either. Maybe because TV's (and People) in Japan where a bit ahead of us here in Europe when it came to connections on TV's and subsequently more people taking advantage of the variety in video options to the extent composite wasn't all that common over there as it was over here.

Anyway, gonna go through with the purchase.
 
Not much of a Gamecube collector, but I have now completed my Skies of Arcadia collection with this Japanese version of Eternal Arcadia Legends I received today.

I now have a copy of every region's version on Dreamcast and Gamecube.

This is my first Japanese GC game. I never realized the boxes were so cute and dinky! It's lovely and that 90 page full colour manual is what we should still get today.

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tesla246 said:
Thanks for the quick answer. Upon looking up some videos of unboxing japanese cubes, the cable wasn't included with any of those either. Maybe because TV's (and People) in Japan where a bit ahead of us here in Europe when it came to connections on TV's and subsequently more people taking advantage of the variety in video options to the extent composite wasn't all that common over there as it was over here.

Anyway, gonna go through with the purchase.
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もったいない

Wouldn't want to include something that would never get used, like a cord you already had or a composite cord if you were using s-video.

I dunno, here in Canada if you can't hook everything up the moment you open the box people seem to get upset. I know more than a few people who had the "got a console on Christmas day and couldn't get a memory card until the 27th" situation.

I guess retail is also different in Japan, and it would be easier to assume sales staff would remind people about AV cords or AC adapters.

Corleth the Fey said:
This is my first Japanese GC game. I never realized the boxes were so cute and dinky! It's lovely and that 90 page full colour manual is what we should still get today.
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A lot of people will complain about the cardboard but the boxes are so much cuter than the crummy plan old DVD-style boxes we got here.
 
Corleth the Fey said:
Not much of a Gamecube collector, but I have now completed my Skies of Arcadia collection with this Japanese version of Eternal Arcadia Legends I received today.

I now have a copy of every region's version on Dreamcast and Gamecube.

This is my first Japanese GC game. I never realized the boxes were so cute and dinky! It's lovely and that 90 page full colour manual is what we should still get today.
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Very nice going, and yes, colour manuals are awesome!
On another note, I have Pokemon Box and Kururin Squash coming my way; my first Japanese games. Actualy wanted Pokemon Box in US but at 5$ I couldn't pass up on it. Maybe trade/sell to finance it in the future for a US copy. Gamecube prices are getting out of control, but after a long break of collecting I really want to round out most of the things I still want. Most things are only going to get more expensive anyway.

SheepyGuy said:
もたいない

Wouldn't want to include something that would never get used, like a cord you already had or a composite cord if you were using d-terminal.

I dunno, here in Canada if you can't hook everything up the moment you open the box people seem to get upset. I know more than a few people who had the "got a console on Christmas day and couldn't get a memory card until the 27th" situation.

I guess retail is also different in Japan, and it would be easier to assume sales staff would remind people about AV cords or AC adapters.
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Yes, I quite understand it, I just was surprised to find out how different it was here in Europe. I can even sort of understand it; if there are several commonly used video cables instead of what we have now for our TV's (HDMI), may as well buy the right one seperately.
 
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