THIS Mod Is Better Than A WaveBird Controller!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Use Any Bluetooth Controller on the GameCube With This Stealth Mod | BlueRetro
In this episode of Retro Renew, I'll be giving you a sneak peak at an amazing BlueRetro adapter designed specifically for the Nintendo Gamecube. This kit was co-developed by LaserBear Industries and the creator of Blue Retro, DarthCouud64. Together, they made a beautifully integrated kit that seamlessly installs into the Gamecube resulting in a very stealth mod. In addition to being able to use nearly any bluetooth controller with the Gamecube, such as a PS4 or PS5 controller, both LaserBear and DarthCoud integrated many other incredible features that brings some awesome modern functionality to the Gamecube!
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3:11 Gamecube BlueRetro Kit
3:42 Installation Tutorial
7:21 Features (Before/After Comparison)
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I need to stop watching these episodes because I keep spending money on these mods 🤣
Cheers to that! XD
The speed at which these mods are coming out is staggering.
Hahaha yep. Same.
@@MachoNachoProductions it's a blessing, certainly. 😍
Every single time lately that I think I've finally gathered all the parts I need to send out my old GameCube to my solder guy to build my ultimate plug and play GameCube another awesome mod kit comes out, it's much less frustrating than it is awesome though
I love the modding renaissance we are in. Its like having a second childhood
Well, we are all grown ups now, and cleary love to spend money on these things haha.
I don't mean to sound bitter, but I realized why I, personally, found myself looking back to old games I never experienced and I think alot of people are like me; it's because modern games are very underwhelming in a variety of ways.
GaaS, Free to play, Always online drm, games with on disc dlc, Nft Integration, huge day 1 patches, and gacha games are making me realize video game's glory days might be in the past. I disagree and refuse to support all of those modern video game conventions.
you'll notice none of these things are "make a good game"
@@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski i quit updating my ps5 at 4.50 because i knew where we were headed. i've purchased tons of games and have desireable updates on PSN and xbox. dlc's and day 1 patches without the continued bloatware patches for Mass Effect 1 remake, COD-COLDWAR-VANGUARD-MW2019 oooooooon -> 1.15/1.015.000 BEST GLITCHES!, hitman 3 1.04/1.004.000, GTAV 1.37, Outriders 1.05/1.005.000, GTA Trilogy 1.01/1.004.000
every game mentioned has all available dlc purchased...
xbox is way easier to transfer game versions i mean copy all game and versions as long as the person purchases said game(s)
playstation we're wating on being able to. IMO it's inevitable as sony must fx the internal SSD flaw that it'll eventually fail from normal use.
i can copy xbox ssd as many times as i want and sell it. i've tested this process and it does not affect my offline xbox as i have two xboxes and i've already copied the ssd. i am ready to let others enjoy the fine COD glitches on 1.15/1.015.000
*you will need over 160gb free on your stograge device or COD will return an error and fail to boot properly. **remember this so you don't accidentally delete it thinking you need to reinstall COD...
@@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski i bought 2 Bluretro and 5 Memcard Pro GC's. best value for shipping to USA.
Every single time, no matter how often I watch your intro, I get goosebumps - It's such a great intro!
I'm a huge GameCube fan ever since - Great video as always!
Thank you Patrick! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Apart from the ease of installation, my favorite fact about this mod is that you can still use your wired GameCube controller. You never know when your Bluetooth controller might need a recharge at an inopportune moment 😅
This mod plus some wireless gamecube styled controllers (like the ones from PowerA) would be an incredible combo
Or maybe a wireless mod for the original GameCube controller.
@@LightspeedAdventurer🤯
I've got my laser bear BlueRetro mod with a PowerA bluetooth switch controller and I've been using it for 2 days - it's pretty fantastic, few teething problems, but feels really nice at the moment!
Power A's triggers aren't analog though. If you like the the actual gamecube controller the only option is still a wavebird. Otherwise you lose analog control on the triggers.
@@timhouston8007 This is always such a bummer to me - I want a fully modern controller in the GameCube layout with analog triggers. Hopefully made by 8BitDo, as their controllers are excellent quality compared to other manufacturers.
I always wondered why a 3rd party wavebird receiver hadn't been made. This guy has answered our prayers
Tito thanks for keeping us up to speed with the mod scene. Especially the cube. I really enjoy the content on your channel. Keep up the awesome work!
You’re most welcome Scotty! Cheers!
Yet another amazing video. This brings the GameCube up to date in the best ways possible. Including the battery holder shows how much Greg cares about gaming. All these wonderful mods make it an exciting time to be gamer.
The battery holder made it an insta buy for me.
I've been holding off on the Pico mod because I already have a GCLoader, but this is the perfect excuse to buy another cube and do both mods.
Why?
So excited to see this mod! I've been following BlueRetro for a while and love the idea so much. Maybe we'll get more adapters in the future for other consoles?
This console mod looks awesome. With this mod it’s now possible to pair the official Switch online Snes controller to use with the game boy player.
It’s amazing!
That's a great use case.
My funny way of doing that up until now was to use a Raphnet GC to Classic Controller cable, then sticking an 8Bitdo classic controller wireless adapter to the end of it. It actually works with GameCube! But this will be a much more elegant solution.
Congrats on 100k!!! So happy to see your channel blossom, you’ll be getting a RUclips plaque soon enough 🙌🏻
Glad I was here for the ride.
It's so cool how many features it has. Definitely going to try this mod when I get a GameCube!
Awesome video and thanks for sharing this modification. I will be ordering 2 kits, for my US and Japanese DOL-001’s. I previously ordered the ODE SD card mount from this company and had a good experience. Thanks.
Great work as always with the video product and the information. What’s an incredible product too. The retro gaming scene keeps evolving for the better.
Great. DarthCloud puts a lot of effort in BlueRetro project, it's a joy to see such massive mods come into life. Personally i'm using blueretro for ps2 wich i've built myself using esp32 dev board. The best thing about BlueRetro is that if you don't want to spend money then this mod can be super cheap, or contrary expensive and elegant like this GC kit. Best of both worlds and anyone can be happy with it.
Also i want to add that esp32 board is very popular novadays in retroscene, but most of the devs involved (unlike DarthCloud) do not make it opensource. For example both Saturn (Fenrir 20pin) and PSX (Xstation) ODE's use esp32 and in theory could be DIY for just a few bucks, but they are not. Sadly.
I understand from the developers point of view I think it’s good to not open source, sometimes so they can be compensated for their work. I hope once they’re done supporting their projects that they will eventually make it open source so that the work isn’t lost forever.
While this kit may seem expensive I really think it’s a bargain. Buy the time you add up the cost of the esp32, battery mod, led light mod, solder, flux, wires, and time involved to install everything properly it really adds up.
@@stephenshelottiii3272 I got it just for the battery mod and remote shutdown/restart
@@stephenshelottiii3272 Yeah, I built a BlueRetro adapter for PlayStation 1 and 2, and was surprised at how much money I put in to finally get it finished and working. It's not cheap. $100 for this kit looks like a bargain to me too.
@@haloharry97 Isn't that battery for the features of this mod? Or is there one of those batteries in stock systems that are long dead that this essentially replaces?
Great video! And congrats on the 100k, you more than deserve it! 😃
Thank you Alfie 🙏
Amazing mod, especially for being solder free. I wonder how those switch GC BT controllers are on latency. I was surprised to see PS4/5 being so low with everything else being twice as slow or worse
Needs an fzero test
Congrats to 100K! You really deserved it.
I remember watching your first videos with a less than 5K subs
Amazing to see how easy the install will be. Excited to order one.
This is SO SICK! and as always, top tier quality on your videos, CONGRATS ON 100K!!! You deserve it.
Thank you so much Brad 🙏☺️
Just got this in the mail yesterday. installed and looking forward to giving it a go
Dude. Your channel deserves not 100k, but a million subs. Quality content as always.
Plus, pre-ordered the unit. Can't wait to drop that in. Next do a video of Bluetooth modded GC controllers. Me and the boys throw down massive Strikers tournaments and the 10 foot cables are always a pita.
Congratulations on 100.000 subs! Started watching when you had like 10k but this is so nice to see 😁
Thank you Thomas 🙏☺️
Mine came today - installation was very easy and everything works perfectly as intended! Definately worth the buck! :)
Congrats ton the 100k man! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This looks really cool, I probably will get it just for easy wireless controller connectivity at some point but I need to take it easy for a bit haha. The fact its such an easy install too is just so wonderful I cannot express how elegant that design is. The fine folks who designed this are some really great engineers I'll tell you hwat.
Just pre-ordered and am stoked for November's release!
Another week another top teir video, I know I say it most weeks but thank you for the videos Tito!
I can't think of a more perfect mod; no cut, no solder, good quality, and more functionality than "just" Bluetooth. It might seem a little pricy, but if you're in the market for a wavebird this is a genuinely exceptional alternative. The team behind this should be very proud of what they've created here.
I've been waiting for this for so long! I mean, I know most people just play their gamecube games in their wii, but I never got a wii, nor did I want one. And now being able to play melee and other games in an actual gamecube using my ps4 controller? No cables? No AA batteries? BUT ALSO RUMBLE?! This is a dream.
Such a great concept and perfectly done!
I got mine pre ordered :-), great video brother
Nice!
Congrats on the 100K - i remember when you were at 800 subs :) Great video and a sweet upgrade. Was thinking of getting a wave bird but this is a great option as I have Ps4 controllers around
This looks awesome, definitely installing it eventually
Did a diy BlueRetro for my GC a year or so ago. Glad it's starting to catch on.
This is such a cool idea although I think you would also be cool if they offered other solutions such as a Bluetooth dongle for controllers, that way people can still use Bluetooth controllers with their GameCube even if they don't want to modify it.
There already are, you can wire up to 4 controllers to a single esp32 devboard, or even have breakout PCBs (let's you carry the esp32 module between systems, so you don't need to re-pair your controllers if you use it on say your GC and SNES). It can be a tad costly, I ordered parts for 3 of the main PCBs, 3 adapter boards for GC, some LEDs and resistors, and resin 3d printed shells for all 6 (well 10 of each of those, same cost as 3). All in it was about $230-$250 us. Probably a lot cheaper if you 3d print the cases yourself, but my printer was down
The 5V DC pin on the controller ports would make it stupid easy to do that because it wouldn't need an external power source
I have been tinkering with options for this for awhile. This is the greatest thing we could have
Mod is amazing and was geeking out over the features.
This is amazing! Ive been debating on whether or not i wanted to invest in wave bird controllers but this solves that problem.
Pre-ordered mine and subscribed. Love these mod videos.
Awesome! Thank you so much for the sub 🙏
Man, will there ever be another renaissance for vintage gaming like we've had the last 5 years?!?! The retro tech is coming nonstop from these awesome engineers in the community 👏👏 What a time to be alive!
Totally agree! Everything is rapidly evolving! What a time!
I wanna try to use the Exlene GameCube controller for the Switch with this mod. That controller has analog triggers, rumble, usb-c and charging. Hopefully it could be the ultimate wavebird replacement
Wonder if it would work with the strange hyperkin pro cube controller that only syncs with the Wii u even though it came out after March 2017 (that's when the Switch came out)
@@bland9876 I was actually just thinking that, I got that controller last week and was surprised it didn't connect to my laptop when trying to pair
@@Festivus_Miracle there is a driver you can try to get official Wii U controllers working but idk if it will work on third party ones.
I swear. If wasn’t for you. I wouldn’t have any clue about these amazing mods . Your channel is very underrated. Keep up the amazing content Tito👍👍
Congrats on 100k subs my guy
Thank you 🙏☺️
This is a really well-done mod wow
Good to see this follows the Wii's player color code where P1 is blue, P2 is red, P3 is green and P4 is yellow.
If I have that mod and a gamecube, I will take it a step further by drilling the indicator dots and put the LED there. Thank you so much for this wonderful video.
Great vid! Congrats on hitting 100K subscribers!
Thank you so much Imad 🙏☺️
I have so many questions.
*Is rumble supported on all questions?
*Are there any known controllers that don’t work?
*Does the sleep function cause the disc to stop spinning entirely?
*Or Does the sleep function only work when using a game loader (GDEmu, Swiss wPico, Swiss wSD Gecko)
*Does the GCDual recognize this as a valid controller to modify the options?
While justifying the purchase of something like this comes down to "Cause it's cool!" The easy install, the versatility, and the fact I could potentially use a Switch Pro Controller or even Joy-Cons (assuming that's in the github) I could finally play GBA games with a better feeling controller than what I use now! I love it!
Damn this video 😂. I just pre-ordered one. Figure if I'm going to mod my Orange Spice Gamecube, I might as well go all out. Great video and thanks for the heads up.
Glad you enjoyed this video!
I wanna appreciate your efforts on your videos and Congratulations 🎊 on reaching 100K TITO Much love Bro 💙
Thank you so much 🙏☺️
Super clean! Man, I bet laser bear could also make that esp32 also handle picoboot duties
Little follow up, just installed it and I absolutely love it
gamecube getting tons of love lately. New and improved way to run swiss with the pico chip, and now bluetooth controller options. Makes getting into the gamecube much more affordable, and if i already didnt have a wavebird id say just spend the extra 20 to get this kit.
Just pre-ordered it. The Gamecube has and always will be my favorite console
the most awesome mod is the sleep wake function making it feels like modern console
I keep watching this video waiting for my preorder to ship!
let me tell it to you this way. I paused the video within the first few min to go order one! I can't wait to get my hands on one!
Very cool now I just have to decide which of my GameCube’s to add this on. “Simply incredible” says it all
I got a GameCube off of ebay with a busted disk drive a couple of months ago and I plan on Modding it with both GC Loader PNP and this Blue Tooth adapter.
what an amazing product. Simple and brings the GameCube to 2022
Totally agree buddy!!
When Tito explained the Sleep Mode function I had to laugh. Those button inputs just kept going 🤣
This is amazing and I'm 100% on board with this so excited The only thing that's kind of bittersweet for me is I bought a ton of wave bird controllers and as we all know those things are not cheap but this is a great mod and thank you for sharing I'm just getting into this whole entire community and I'm a complete noob I'm not good with computers whatsoever so thank you again for this
About time to get this Silver GameCube out of the freezing shed! Just got mine in the mail, revolutionary mod no cap
That's incredible honestly.
I think so too 👍😁
Great. Very simple. Thanks!
This is amazing! I don't have to hunt for that expensive Horii SNES-style controller from my GB Player games!
Thanks for this video. I've been seeing this pop up on twitter but wasn't entirely sure what its capabilities were.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
So cool! Preordered
Awesome!
Awesome mod! 🤩
Totally agree!
This is sooooo slick!
Okay after watching this video I'm sold on the idea.
I’m so getting this. I been running the emulator on my pc but I hate the audio sound on some games. Can’t wait to be able pair my newer switch controllers to my GameCube.
I wish the PS2 had the same level of awesome mods as the GameCube has.
You can always just shorten the antenna wire yourself with a little bit of solder work to reconnect the ends and use heat shrink to protect the joints.
Soooo cool, cant wait to get my hands on this. I wonder if you be able to have the player port leds be the same color as what it changes the controller to
I'm not keen on taking my Gamecube apart, but this is so damn cool! I'm kinda tempted.
You have to take apart your GameCube as well as any retro and modern consoles. Why? Because you need to really clean them inside specially the fans. Spraying some pressure air into the consoles open vents does nothing but to push more dust into them. I recommend opening your console for cleaning once a month or every two months. Also get familiar with soldering, specially on retro machines. They will need repairs eventually.
Awesome Mod. Maybe i will try it out if i manage to get my Hands on one. 😊👍
I love it!
I love it! Thanks macho.
Glad you enjoyed this one 😁🙏
Thank you for your video
I love this mod! It’s just awesome!! I can understand the price and it worth it but I really can’t spend that much on a old console when i can just plan over a emulator already with ps4/5 controller. But if I had enough money I would buy it in a instand! :)
The sleep function is the main attraction for mel
congrats on getting 100k+ friends
I love how HW modding is rising up per modern and retro consoles. As always, Like from Spain!
Thank you Martin 🙏
Every single time lately that I think I've finally gathered all the parts I need to send out my old GameCube to my solder guy to build my ultimate plug and play GameCube another awesome mod kit comes out, it's much less frustrating than it is awesome though. Still saving up for that GCdual, now this one and I should (hopefully) be done, lol
Wow what a product! The price tag seems fair given what you get. The fact that it's plug and play alone gives it a high price tag, but then when you went into all the quality of life features, it's totally worth it.
Just when I thought my cube was fully modded! (I feel like I just commented this on one of your videos)
Awesome video, as always. Do you know of any mods that allow you to invert the Axes on a Controller?
Whoooah, incredible. I didn’t know there was a sleep mode via Swiss! Is that only usable with this kit? This just shot to the top of my list.
Need to ask, what’s the rumble situation with this mod? Does rumble work with this option or does the Bluetooth connection not allow it?
Oh man, this is awesome. The price isn't bad at all.
One thing that would be cool is if they matched the color in the ports for like player 1 2 3 4 like they do on the playstation controllers. I understand that not everyone would be using the playstation controller but the color matching would still an awesome touch.
I am thinking about RGB Like you can Choose the colors for each Player and the "ON" LED thats will BE nice.
It looks radical!
I got mine today, installed it and so far so good. I'll be keeping the Wavebirds as is but I'm wanting to get my 8bitdo Pro 2 working for the gameboy player. I was able to get into remapping the buttons via the Blueretro interface but I'm not sure what to choose for source and destination. I got some playing around but a video on using this thing would be awesome!
Imagine this kind of update for systems that only had two controller ports but supported multi-taps. Imagine four M30s seamlessly connect to your Sega Genesis after you've inserted NHL 94 in the cartridge slot. Racing wheel support would be a game changer for experiencing games like Gran Turismo 3 on PS2 on original hardware. At $100 a piece, I could see myself adding this to every console I own, honestly. Modern quality of life improvements like this are underrated on home consoles.
Is it weird that you don’t have more subs. Damn i would think you would have way more
2 mounth early I'm thinking that with the Pico Boot, we're done with great GameCube Mod... I was so wrong and happy with that 🤣.
The Blue Retro project is a awesome way to modernise our vintage hardware with modern controller. The GameCube controler and the WaveBird are so expensive this day, I'm so happy to saw that solution. And a plus it's with a ps4/5 controller, it's going to be a amazing Game boy player pad 🤟.
My wish now, if it's not did, it's to have the same think for the OG Xbox. The OGx360 is good but a blue retro for og xbox can be Awesome.
Once again, congratulations for the 100K 🤟🤟🤟
What a cool mod.
awesome video!
😲 - Woah, that's impressive!
This mod is really cool! I hope something like this will be made for the PS2 one day!