Gamecube Console Retrospective - A Look Back at this Great Console!
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2010
- Now is the time to look back and review the Nintendo Gamecube from a historical perspective. What was good or bad about the console? What are some of the best selling games for the system? How powerful was the Gamecube?
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Perhaps the most underrated and disrespected console of all time, after the Dreamcast.
So true. People talked crap about it when it first came out. I was one of the few who owned the GC while everyone I knew had the PS2.
***** I used to hate all of my friends and my older brother because all they would do is kiss the PS2's ass when it was nothing special, it was a underpowered boring console that had malfunction problems, whereas the GameCube was powerful, strong and sturdy with a collection of innovative games that you could ONLY experience with a nintendo console. Shigeru Myamoto even said that the Gamecube wasn't even pushed to its full graphical potential.
hehe yup. though I did like the PS2 for the Smackdown, GTA, Jax and Daxter games but other than that, the GC had everything else plus it was more powerful and didn't break as easy.
SayberV1 The PS2 had by far and way the most versatile and biggest gaming library in any generation in the history of consoles. There are FAR - FAR more quality exclusives on the PS2 than on the GameCube. And ''hating'' your friends for having a different console preference is truly pathetic.
Guilty Bystander PS2 DID NOT have better quality exclusives than the GameCube, this is coming from someone that owned BOTH consoles, what was good on the PS2 could also be found on the more powerful and better engineered XBOX, GameCube's quality games could ONLY be found on the GameCube with that Nintendo magic that just isn't present with the other gaming companies like Sony and Microsoft. The GameCube was totally disrespected for no reason by the masses who would give it a chance and games developers who wouldn't give it a chance by at least releasing games like a Grand Theft Auto etc on the system despite the GameCube having very powerful graphics, hardware and fast load times. My 'hating' is my opinion on that fact so you can take back your 'pathetic' try on an insult to me.
I love the Gamecube. The system, the controller, the quirky little hidden gems on it along with the first party big N titles. Pure gaming bliss
The Gamecube and Dreamcast were my consoles back in the day. I had a blast playing in those two consoles I regret nothing.
yes!
I only had PS2 and recently I got the Xbox. My cousing has the N64 and I play Mario kart a lot with her and friends in her N64, and I play Nintendo games on emulator, I want to get a Dreamscast someday too
Same 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
No regerts!
Gamecube was my first console. Now i am a retro console collector
Same, but I'm also a recent game collector. Just got by purple GameCube
Vinylman95 Productions sweet dude
Phantasy Star Online is my gaming life right now on the GameCube. It's so addictive, with private servers and the community keeping online play alive.
+byte.me Glad to hear PSO is still going strong. Is that actually on the gamecube or via the Dolphin emulator?
There is still support for all platforms: PC, GameCube (including Dolphin), and Dreamcast.
I still own my Gamecube, I remember my days at college when my friends were all buying PS2 consoles and telling me that the Gamecube was basically rubbish and to steer clear of it. I purchased one at a games shop for next to nothing with an official memory card and gold plated scart lead included. I'm so glad I purchased this console.Due to lack of time, I still have 20 games yet to play, several years on lol. I purposely stay one generation behind as you can save a heap of money.
I love the GC....It is a great little console & deserving of much more love...:-)
One of my favorite systems of all time!
I like GameCube' wii' wii u
I liked the controller too. It showed that Nintendo have finally learned that humans only have two hands.
+Chris Pham I can't think of a single controller that requires more than two hands to use... What do you mean?
Well, remember the N64 controller? It was a great idea, but the designers have failed to realise that the human only has two hands. The N64 had three handles.
Chris Pham I can guarantee you that none of the 388 officially released titles for the system require you to have more than 2 hands to play.
I'm talking about the nintendo 64
Chris Pham Me too. According to Wikipedia, 388 games were officially released for it.
For me the best feature of the GameCube is the lack of load time to play any game. It's almost like you are playing a cartridge game.
downside is that it couldn't hold a lot of data.
thats why they using more than one disk, and problem solved
Metal Jesus I love your style here - love the pauses while looking at the game footage. Really feels like I'm chatting with a friend on the couch. I've been a subscriber for years and I enjoy all your content, but this is a great example of why I subbed in the first place. Cheers!
Great video Really enjoying getting back in to Gamecube.
Four words: Metroid:Prime and Resident Evil 4
5 words...
Resident evil 4 was ported to the ps2 with more features
RE 4 is one of those rare games that gives you a solid experience no matter the platform.
RE4 was better looking on Gamecube :)
Yeah
@elcarohw - Thanks! Glad you like the review. It was a blast to make.
Great video! Very helpful for me as I'm getting ready to get into GameCube collecting.
Man, the component cable was $80 in 2010. I'm lucky to see one under $200 these days sheeesh
Just bought a Gamecube and it will arrive in monday or tuesday, can't wait! :D
Its an awesome console; it was the first one we owned and me and my siblings spent hours on it with games like Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing and of course Melee!
I got one in Christmas 2014 and I'm LOVING it I hope you like yours
It was my childhood man ;)
Kijabij Davison yep, it's awesome, I got Zelda Wind Waker, Mario Kart Double Dash, Smash Melee, Animal Crossing, Zelda Twilight Princess, Mario Sunshine and Paper Mario :) I don't regret at all.
In my opinion wind waker was the best Zelda, no matter what don't forget to pick up F zero GX it is sooooooo good!
Man your channel is awesome. I love watching these console reviews. Looking forward in several years to get a retroactive look at the PS3, 360, and Wii generation.
Wow, still one of your best videos ever!
The GameCube is one of the most underrated consoles ever. Games like Zelda Wind Waker, Mario Kart Double Dash, Metroid Prime, Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes, Resident Evil 4, and the awesome Super Smash Bros. Melee made this console stand out over the big bland PS2.
gamecube is not underrated......
It is extremely underrated.
+jojorobino5312 stop trolling
Not trolling.
+mopbrothers FZERO GX, ROQUE LEADER 2 Rebel Strike
Double Dash was sweet. Definitely one of my favorites.
@thegoon02 - Thanks buddy! It was fun making the video.
Love your channel man! You do great reviews. Keep up the good work!
The GameCube was the best console, in my humble opinion.
Yup I agree
Agree
Agreed, I was too young to appreciate some titles. Missed out of starfox, mario sunshine, doshin and resident evil 4 ( I recently just completed it on ps5 )
Agreed. Had an amazing library of games and most of those games are one of the most unique in there series
*holds gamecube while watching video*
weslytheboss *hugs gamecube while watching this video*
Sticks tongue in GameCube memory card slot, slowly opening the flap, while watching video
I think most people will agree with me that Metal jesus has a oustanding narrative voice!
Some youtubers speak to fast and loud.. for me is a no way.
But Jason is very humble and down to earth,and the background music he put on is the cherry on top..
For an early video this is actually really well done.
No DLC
No Online
No internet to play
Good times for Gaming
The Gamecube is my favorite console, right up there with SNES. It's sad to see how unappreciated it was. The controller was amazing aside from the tiny d-pad. Although there weren't as many games as other consoles, they really focused on quality and they really delivered. Love the Cube!
I can't agree more with you. The wavebird was awesome ! Me too SNES and Gamecube are my two best consoles ever ! :- )
GameCube had more games than N64, Wii U, & even the Original Xbox though didn't it? Xbox was literally shovelware the console for the most part to my knowledge. SNES was to the NES what GameCube was to N64 basically in that both revolutionized what their predecessor did if you look back so it makes sense those would be your 2 favorite consoles.
I really like your style of videos, they are very easy to watch. Subscribed!
Owned new. I loved it! Great vid.
When I first bought the gamecube, I was really surprised on how small it is and the power it was capable of. I agree with him on him saying it's sometimes better on the gamecube for graphics than the xbox. There are some games that I bought where I was like wow. the one that really impressed me was mario kart double dash.
This video is an oldie but a goodie...
(Like Hysteria by Def Leppard as an album)
Excellent video mate! Well done!
Love your videos!
GameCube was fucking awesome.
Man have your videos improved massively in 6 years. Not to say this one was bad but man it's impressive the difference...
+Joshua Miller thanks so much for noticing :)
MetalJesusRocks
now if only people weren't shooting up the price of these games now >_< I'd love to get some of these especially that billy the hatchet one...
Joshua Miller sadly Gamecube has become that system that has attracted those who overlooked it back in the day and keep hearing about the genuinely good titles it had and those who may had one growing up or may of wanted one who now have disposable income. Kinda glad I rebuilt(I say rebuilt as a fair number of games I originally owned for it got swiped) my GC collection when I did, barring a few expensive titles like Gotcha force, Chibi robo and Cubivore as well as a few more common titles like I Ninja, Kirby's air ride, Mario tennis, Mario Golf, the Mario party games, Harvest moon mystical melody, etc. With yesterday's find of Pokemon XD gale of darkness I am pretty much set with the gamecube. got most of the pricier titles like Skies of Arcadia legends, Fire Emblem, Gauntlet dark legacy, Baten Kaitos, Baten Kaitos origins, Legend of Zelda twilight princess and the Zelda collectors edition, Mega man X collection, etc. pretty early before prices sky rocketed. Not to say GC was cheap to collect for but prices were still reasonable usually the 5-10 for commons, 15-20 for Nintendo titles and more sought after stuff was around 35-50.
DCT
yeah I've bought quite a bit of stuff for it seeing as I missed out on it(not for the reason of overlooking it but my family never bought me one despite the fact I wanted it so bad and never exploited the wii's ability to play it's games). Kinda skipped over generations growing up and it was strange. Dad had a NES sicne I was little but no SNES then had n64 and skipped to wii. I bought myself a U though to break the cycle especially since I love it still just like my love fo the 3ds and vita...
I spent my whole life playing digimon word 4 when it came out. I have at LEAST 2 months played on that game, I loved it and still do!!
great to see some cube love and especially some love for the controller as a pretty tall guy with big hands myself - i love the controller..i also love how clean the graphics look and love how all the games really seem like games in the true sense - i see it as one of the last bastions of actual video GAMES rather than the reality simulations we see these days..hey,i'm well and truly stuck in the past and am defo an ol bast but this generation for me was the pinnacle culmination of gaming
The gamecube is nintendo's dreamcast, the wiiu is it's saturn both underrated but very awesome consoles. And the wii is the 32x : )
***** The virtual boy is nintendo's 32x not the wii
They both can, they both can : )
***** I agree but don't you EVER make this comparison again. The Saturn is a breed apart from all consoles and is a holy relic in my house.
Okay, whatever.
Nintendo 2001: "Gamers just aren't interested in playing their games online"
+Will Faolin I wasn't back in 2001, but I'd love some online Melee now
I owned a GC when I was a little kid. I still own it. But back then, online wasn't a thing for me. But they should've added much more online features to it. It might've even outsold the Xbox if Nintendo didn't jump to such quick conclusions. Btw they made that announcement in 2003. In 2002 they released the Broadband and modem adapter.
Actually I think they did have some sort of adapter for online games but just was not used enough
Yeah they did. I have the modem adapter and it still works today.
+Legend0fthesupER sand Thats true, but the adapter was released in the end of gamecubes life span and there was no support for online whatsoever before that.
Man I'd love an updated version of this video with all your games in the collection now and with the Gamecube being very missed and before we have it for a Nintendo Switch Online with the Switch or next Nintendo handheld. Even just with the new cameras and capture tech you have now I think you'd do a great job on an updated 6th generation console retrospective, or just one for the Gamecube. Your writing has gotten better over all these years as well.
The gamecube was my only "modern" console from about 2002 to 2005 and I LOVED it! It introduced me to so many great games and is directly responsible for my taste in gaming being so diverse nowadays. I loved how experimental and daring Nintendo was with their games on the gamecube and while I love the wii to death, I wish they would return to that inspired era of their history.
I may be a die-hard PS2 guy, but I felt bad for the reputation the Gamecube got, I thought it was also a great underrated system as well. When I first heard about the GC at the time when my PS2 was brand new, I really thought it was gonna suck and a lot of PS2 fanboys talk shit on it, I kinda criticized the system at first but that's because I never played it before and a lot of GC haters can't admit it, I know that my younger cousin had one and when I played it the first time, I was addicted to it and I had a lot of fun with the system and when my family would come over to her house, I would play the GC with her. Damn, the GC is still super fun and I couldn't get enough of the games it had like Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Kart Double Dash and Super Mario Sunshine, I think that system along with the N64 were the best Nintendo systems ever made, I prefer them over the Wii anyday, I know it can do everything the GC could do and more like the backwards compatibility, but I am not a fan of it because it will not look as good as it did with the original system and the GC is better looking than a Wii imo. I have had my PS2 since December 2002 and got another one last year because my laser had problems and that system still runs on me well and is super reliable and I still think it is the best and although my heart still says PS2 is the best, I would still love to own a GC and the Original Xbox as well and they are very reliable too and you won't get as many problems as the newer systems, sure, the GC and Xbox won't get the best exclusive games or the big library amount of games like the PS2, but they were more powerful, they had better graphics and games would load much faster and if you get games for those 2 systems that were also available on the PS2, the GC and Xbox versions of the game would look better than the PS2 version and look much nicer and again, the games would load much faster, the PS2 loads were kind of slow compared to the others. The PS2 may be more fun to play still, but in terms of graphics, power and specs, the PS2 was much inferior compared to much stronger GC and Xbox and I have a lot of respect for them as much as the PS2 and all 3 systems were and still are great in their own rights. The 6th gen definitely fuckin rapes the 7th and 8th gen video game eras by a long shot and it's a shame that they just focus more on graphics and hardware than the gameplay and that's why I still have more fun playing the older systems than the newer ones, I have a PS2, but I also have a PS3, 360 and a Wii, but I still play with my PS2 more, and if I get the GC and Original Xbox, I would play with them more as well.
i agree 100%. The 6th generation of video games was defiantly more fun than today.
And of course there was a gr8 release of Soulcalibur 2 on GC where u cud play as Link ,frikkin awesome
Yeah that was badass.
Just ordered that game actually
watched all your gamecube videos, and ive looked online at the Australian gamecube market and its very good, price's are great. the gamecube will be the next addition to my small collection
great video the gamecube was an awesome game console so many great games for it.
I still got the silver and black GameCube
Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Burnout and Soul Kalibur
Wow, I didn't realize the Gamecube was just behind the OG XBox. I thought the OG XBox was heaps bigger. Nice vid buddy!!!!
I might be getting this for my birthday along with many other games for it in April.
I really dunno why this console did not sell that well back in the day ...imo it had by far the coolest looking design ,back then ,& i thought they totaly nailed it with the name they gave it / GameCube ...and Nintendo had a frikkin massive fan-base , the mind boggles =)
HorroRviXenKate PlayStation 2 had the better all around games & u can play DVDs
Maybe people felt off about the small discs, specially after n64 decided to stay cartridge, and Nintendo fans missed out on a lot of great games and ports because of that decision.
HorroRviXenKate bad marketing, and poor choice of optical media
Yo, Jason with baby face.
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Excellent video man! I been really getting back into my Gamecubes lately. I have most of your recommended titles or they are on the way. A great system I felt never went as far as it could have or should have.
I got mine for my bday the year it came out, loved it!
Wind Waker and Metroid Prime are still some of my favorite games :)
Nintendo fell off after the GameCube, which was actually a really good console.
literally everything fell off after that generation
Fortunately they seem to be in a resurgence with the Nintendo switch.
john doe Nintendo Switch?
@@Fayt540 Not true, the Xbox 360 was a critical and commercial success for Microsoft. The Wii also made up for the subpar sales of the Gamecube for Nintendo. If anyone fell off completely, it was Sony.
I might be the minority but I really didnt like the N64... A system with no shmups,no 2d platformers,terrible controller.. Sure it had a few good games but the Game cube kicks its ass..
virtue696 there was a few shmups only in japan. Mischief makers is 2d platformer
+virtue696 I don't dislike it, but I do feel most of it's great games haven't aged well. Doesn't really help that the controller had the most flimsy analog stick I've ever used.
Metal Jesus rocks I don't know if you still check comments on this old video but I wanted to thank you for turning me on to Lost Kingdoms one and two. I took the recommendation from one of your GC hidden gems vids and I feel bad for missing out on them back in the day.
All that gameplay footage brings back some serious gamecube nostalgia.
After the amazing SNES in the 90, unfortunately the Big N has lost its way and failed to position itself well in the gaming industry, which is so hard and for only a few companies. After that, in 2005, thanks to the Wii, she resumed the path of success, but now, again, fight to stay alive in this tough market with it's latest console, the Wii U!
not true at all sir, nintendo is doing fine they sold 50 million 3ds and they have enough cash in the bank, and the Wii U will take over mark my words.
Art-Official Entertainment Well, What you say may be true but I was referring to the video game consoles sales. I also expect that the Wii U take over as well because community of gamers needs Nintendo for it's uniqueness. They say Wii U will be their last console, let's pray that this never happen!
Carlos Brandão After SNES, I left Nintendo for Sony and definitely don't regret it. PS1 blew N64 out of the water and PS2 absolutely destroyed GC. I was one of the few that didn't even own a Wii, but I also thought PS3 was merely an okay console. Definitely not on par with SNES, PS1 or PS2. Finally, this gen I actually got a Wii U. Having never owned a Wii, it gives me the opportunity to play the few Wii games I was actually interested in. I still don't think it's very good. The library is too small, but the few good games it does have are amazing. It' also way better than PS4 and Xbone, which have basically just become shitty PCs.
The only reason the Wii was a success was because of casual gamers thanks to the Wii Fit. Other than that it was just a console that collects dust, no true hardcore gamer wanted that piece of crap. Hardcore gamers either wanted the PS3 or the Xbox 360 at the time. This is why the Wii U isn't selling too well, because they don't have the hardcore or the casual gamers buying the console. Only Nintendo fanboys are buying it and they're clearly not enough to make the Wii U a success. Part of Nintendo's downfall has a lot to do with their bad decisions that would piss off consumers. During the NES days they tried to sue Galoob for making the Game Genie, thank god Nintendo lost that case. During the SNES days they censored Mortal Kombat. And now Reggie thinks that gamers don't want to stream gameplay on Twitch. Which is bad for business, because it should be up to the consumer whether they want to stream games on Twitch or not. It shouldn't be up to a moron like Reggie. They should just fire Reggie because he is clearly out of touch with the gaming community.
" Hardcore Gamer " is just a glorified term for fanboy. And Reggie is his friend.
GAMECUBE IS THE BEST! FUCK HATERS!
that console was so much powerful! just look at RE 4...so infintely better on the cube...
but, but, the Emotion Engine...
siIvermate was nothing...the Emotion Engine was heavily abused on FF X, and the graphics were good for sure, but nothing compared even to the early Cube games
Giacomo Gargano
Yea the GameCube was closer to the Xbox than the PS2
Oceans
And in the graphics/power department.
I know this comment thread is pretty old, but, ahem, if you really wanna see a bleeding-edge system with a massive difference in graphics, you should compare any Splinter Cell on the Xbox to the Gamecube/PS2 versions. It makes the differences between the Gamecube and PS2 versions of RE4 look like a tweak-job at best.
I've had my Gamecube with Gameboy Player and GBA SP for ages. Many games use a connected GBA in different and interesting ways. I've modded my Gamecube replacing the optical drive for SD card reader, GC Loader, and will be doing the GC Dual sometime next year, so It can connect via HDMI. I'm pondering replacing the shiny plastic panel on the drive door with one that is Zelda related, give it a bit more bling on the outside. Unlike my PS2, my Gamecube doesn't gather dust. My PS2 was soft modded awhile back, with the network/modem adapter and a 120 GB HD. I have all the games I play on both of them, I just no longer risk scratching them. Gamecube is almost entirely solid state now, only moving part is the fan. The optical drive still works, just sits on the shelf now in an anti-static bag. The PS2, however, the optical drive in it died over a decade ago. I had to borrow a working PS2 to do the hacked memory card thing, then move the hack to the hard disk.
Thanks for showing Baten Kaitos in your retrospective. That is probably my favorite game on the GameCube. I hate card games generally, but that game just worked.
The problem with nintendo is that they make stupid mistakes like using cartridges when the playstation and saturn used CD and then using those mini discs. I still like the design of the gamecube better than the design of the X1, which look like a glorified VCR player from the 80's
Vampirerockstar I adore the design of GameCube, its perfect and kinda cute.
MrMajorasmask101 It's amazing how they crammed the hardware in the small space and it doesn't overheat
Vampirerockstar Ikr?! such beauty it has.
Vampirerockstar It even has a handle. The design was almost perfect and it came in a bunch of colors.
Brian Griffin there is a 5 inch screen for the GC so you can take it on the go
Five years later and games are already spiking in price.
Ten years later and they’re through the roof
Personally, in my opinion. I'd think that Nintendo needs more diversity in their age demographic.
i had all 3 as a kid i still love playing them today
Great look back to the underated gamecube!
I was lucky enough to have both a GameCube and a PS2. Unfortuantly, I traded my GameCube in cause I got a Wii, but it just didn't feel the same :(
Lol doesn't wii have backwards compatibility for the gamecube?
Gg Ez yes, it has. But for me, it feels better to play games on the original console(for example Game Boy games on the original Game Boy). Backwards compatibility is cool, but doesn't feel the same as playing on the original one.
Why are the best selling games the most expensive? I remember the days of buying 7 copies of Super Smash Bros Melee for $5 or less each copy (in one day) and selling them to a game shop for $7 a piece where they sold it for $15-$20. I remember when Fire Emblem was a $20 game at GameStop, Skies of Arcadia Legends was $15 and when I picked up my copy of Cubivore for $10. Ah... The good old days... When prices were logical and scalpers didn't butt rape dumb gamers. I will never pay $70 for Super Smash Bros Melee (which sold 16 million copies and was THE best selling GameCube game) if it means never playing that game again. There's no reason for it and if ppl quit paying inflated scalpers prices they'll have to sell for less. How is demand not met when almost as many copies of a game is made as the console itself? I want to love this system more than my PS2 but can't when this happens. Rule of Rose is ridiculous in price but a game that sold less than 60k copies makes sense to be expensive.
Michael Young on amazon guess what it costs ABOUT 150$ I mean why... just why oh if forgot what game I was talking about smb meelee
the best selling game on a console to one of the least produced games for a console. That's the comparison I'm the trying to make. I knew Rule of Rose was $150+ and I think it makes a lot more sense than Super Smash Bros Melee being $70. 60k copies to 18m. There are 300x more copies of Smash Bros laying around than Rule of Rose. Atlus produces a very small amount of games and has low print runs for almost all its games. That's why its so expensive. Super Smash Bros Melee is the only best selling game on a console of any generation that's over $10. That's 7x-70x (yes up to 70 times more expensive than Halo 2 which sold less copies than Melee but best selling game for Xbox) the normal price compared to every generation of console. Games like Rule of Rose, Suikoden 2, Misadventures of Trone Bone, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Magic Knight Rayearth and what not all make sense why there so expensive... Low print runs... All those games have less than 300k copies in the wild with Panzer Dragoon Saga less than 30k and the codes been lost so they cannot print, or create any new copies or do a "remaster". Hell they can't even put it on psn or Xbox live bc of that! Super Smash Bros Melee is a different story. Nintendo scalpers. Amiibos, GameCube adapter, majoras mask 3ds, all are case where ppl just inflated prices and rip off consumers. I guess if Nintendo printed more of these things it wouldn't be a problem but SSBM is something that should have never climbed above $20 in my opinion and anyone who's paid these inflated prices or sells them for $70+ is just adding to the problem. 18mil copies of a game and it sells for $70... Makes me throw up in my mouth every time I see it. The best selling game of GameCube ppl! Its like saying Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for PS2, The original Super Mario Bros Duck Hunt cart, Halo 2, Virtua Fighter for Sega Saturn all should be $70+ games! Wtf?! How does this make any sense? Super Smash Bros Melee is about as rare as finding bottled water...
flamdagaming I know u were agreeing with me but there are ppl who think it makes sense. I get fired up over this a little. Sorry I rant
I know I hate it
Michael Young This is only with Nintendo and to some degree Sega consoles. As they seem to retain there value longer than any other.
I would love to see more GameCube videos
Holy shit metaljesus lost alot of weight looking back on his old videos. great job MJR!
The Gamecube was actually marginally more powerful than the Xbox due to it's efficiency. The Gamecube used PowerPC which is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) type processor line which allows for the CPU to churn out more code than an equivalently powered x86 processor in less time. An x86 based gamecube probably would have had a CPU clocked at well over 1ghz to get the same result.
But the GPU was weak, maxing out at 480p while the Xbox and PS2 could do 720p and 1080i.
xbox or ps2 couldn't do 720p let alone 1080i heck ps3 can only do 720p and it upscales to 1080p sure you can play ps2 or xbox on 720p only after it upscaled them in other words you was playing a streched version of 480p and ps3 plays streched versions of 720p
deathscythefanatic Some games on PS2 and Xbox could do native 720p and 1080i
Valkyrie Profile 2, Gran Turismo 4, Jackass the Game, and Tourist Trophy on PS2...and Atari Anthology, Dragon's Lair 3D, Enter the Matrix, MX Unleashed, and MX vs ATV Unleashed on Xbox are all capable of 1080i video natively. There are many more on Xbox that can do 720p.
No scaling, native High Def in the 6th Gen
The friggin PS2 can do 720p? WUT?! I never knew that, thanks for that info!
Resolution and framerate largely isn't a function of hardware performance but of developer choice. You could run quake III at 16k or 2000 FPS on a middle-of-the-line PC but most developers target 60 FPS at 1080p or even 30 FPS for multiplatform games. There is no upper bound to the amount of computing power that can be blown at 1080p; doing path tracing on complex scenes until it converges at 1080p on nvidias latest RTX graphics cards without any shortcuts or cheating would be in the minutes-per-frame territory.
The gamecube chose cheap and cartoony graphics. PS3 developers chose 30 FPS at some target resolution; if they accidentally end up affording 60 FPS, they increase the draw distance, add som anisotropic, add some more detail until it bogs down to 30 FPS. PS4 developers made the same choice. That was absolutely a choice and really hurt games on those consoles.
This console was really good. The graphics are better than the ps2. it was capable of using special controller like the bongos. for the donkeykong game. i
graphics were not better than ps2. just cartoonish and different style. ps2 was more realistic.
When it came to first party titles yes, Nintendo games had a more cartoonish art style than Sony's but it is a fact that Gamecube had the more powerful hardware, you can see that when comparing multiplatform titles.
Resident Evil 4 looked way better on Gamecube, as did practically every multiconsole release... hell PS2 couldn't even handle Dreamcast ports very well.
The GameCube game that I always point too as a graphical and technical showcase has to be F-Zero GX primarily. I'd like to see the PS2 handle 30 racers going that fast @60fps with insane visual effects happening everywhere. Especially if you hook your GC up with S-Video in a CRT or with component cables, it looks timeless.
Same can be said for a few other titles off the dome.
Smash Melee
Metroid Prime 1 & 2
Star Fox Adventures & Assault
Paper Mario: 1000 yr Door
beleive it or not gamecube was actually slightly more powerfull than the ps2, however because the gamecube used the mini discs it didnt get 3rd party support because it was way to hard to port them over to the gamcube
I bought one the day it came out. Still have and it works perfectly. God knows how many hours i have logged on it
Always wanted a game cube. Should probably go get one sometime.
Gosh 2014 And GameCube is still the shit
2017 and gamecube is still the best console
Firion Salamand GameCube will always be the best console
Doesn't even talk about melee.......
Soft Cheddar that's already been said a million times if you already know about it he doesn't need to talk about it
Best game in history
great review man i still own mine lol i really own like 6 or seven of them lol it has such a large game library there was never a dull moment for a game cube owner still play the crap out of mine love eternal darkness and twin snakes both incredible games i own a large amount of games for the system i have not even played yet but hey as i tell my wife that is what i plan to do in my retirement lol is to play all the games i never got around to playing cheers bro as always a stellar video 5/5 !
When the gamecube came out i was absolutely blown away by every aspect of it and built up a huge library of games and enjoyed every aspect of it. Created some great memories for me and i truly believe at least for myself that this was the successor to the snes that we were all waiting for instead of n64 even though that console was great for it's own reasons too. Ultimately i sold all my games but kept the system and the gameboy player and disc because i am a gameboy advance fanatic and to my knowledge that is the only way to play those games on the tv.
Errr,it would appear you forgot the best game for GC... RESIDENT EVIL 4.
+james newman Propably because it was released on PS2 with additional content.
+CAX 117 sure did!
I prefer resident evil remake.
Residents Evil 4 on the GameCube! And Metroid prime ! So great masterpieces .
You cant realy say that the Xbox is faster just becuase the clockfreqvensy is higher. Xbox uses a quite slow celeron processor that is clocked, for the time, high frequensy. PS2 is just the opposite with a 64bit SIMD CPU, really fast, but slow clock, the Gamecube aslo uses a 64 bit processor, but its not as fast as the PS2, but the frequency is higher. I say its quite a fair match. Point out that the PS2 have the fastest CPU ram and GameCube have the slowest. The problem is that the Xbox have shared memory that slows the it down quite a bit.
Also, about loading the games. The game cube have less than half the memory as the xbox, of cause it loads faster. (the gamecube disc is actually just a 8cm DVD with a special code on it)
Also looking on the video ram. The GC and PS2 is quite simular, but here the xbox lags after quite a bit, on the other hand the xbox can load mutch bigger textures.
Basicly the xbox games looks better becuase it uses higher res textures, was a huge deal back then (nowdays its all about the shaders)
GC was most powerful system of its generation, Im basing this on late-gen exclusives, compare Twilight princess to Shadow of the colossus, well honesly, Twilight princess looks better as for Original Xbox, there is only one late-gen game - Stranger´s Wrath, looks like shit compared to SotC and tLoZ: TP
Well, it probobly have the most CPU "horsepower", and on the GPU side it´s quite good to. The problem with the GC is the lack of ram.
I remember also being very impressed with the Xbox's bump mapping. Which I never saw on the PS2 or GC..
Well, its harder to analyse the difrance in the GPU, really have to dig up the eqvivalent PC unit, but the GC can produce around 650Mpixel/second and the Xbox around 900Mpixel/second. In the texture part the difrance is larger.
In bandwidth its even more complicated because the GC have 3MB of on chip GPU cache (similar to what the xbone have to day). 3MB was at the time quite a lot, compare that to the 360 using 10MB 5 years later.
The GC have quite a lot of ram to 43MB, sure less than the xbox 64MB, but the operation-system is alot lighter on the GC.
The PS2 GPU is a bit slower than the GC. Worse, the PS2 use a traditional signal processing processor instead of a GPU. Its more flexible, but less efficient.
Also back in those days the GPU was more CPU intensive. That is, the GPU uses the CPU to a larger extent to sett up the frame before rendering it, making a heavier CPU load.
Today the GPU can virtually do everything (except starting the code) it self. But with the DX11 at least, the firmware lookes up the CPU to do nothing like 80% of the time, making the actual CPU load quite high anyway. With DX12 the will address this problem. Also, Mantel and openGL don´t have that problem to that extent.
matsv201 i can have 16 gb of ram but if I have crappy graphic card and a crapy cpu then all those 16 gb of ram go to waste. So the gamecube was most powerful of its generation because it was the most balanced one. (In therms of components with all kinds of tweaks here and there.
love my gamecube still have it
The GameCube is one of my all time fav consoles. That gen is my all time fav gen. The GameCube/Xbox/ps2/Dreamcast gen was the best for games
Never liked the gamecubes controller it felt like the buttons were randomly placed
lots of places to hide your drugs underneath it.
You should have also taken a look at the Metroid Prime series. Arguably, those are what defined this console the most.
Great great console, I just bought it like 6 months ago and I have a tons of games for the system on my wishlist.
I just found a gamecube under my bed and all the wires around the house. so glad to have one back
I just have the one GC...but I'd like to eventually add another color, just in case this one ever failed me.
I agree. I was blown away on the graphics.
This is by far my favorite console of all time and its the most underrated console to ever come out, 2020 and still play it.
loved playing phantasy star online with the dial up modem attachment
Dude you have Geist! that game is amazing! great taste in videogames!
I love video games you rock metal jeus
the production and just.. over feel to these videos are great. God forbid we had something like a history channel set only to video games I could easily see these on there.
It's really the story of Nintendo that it's thought of as a kid's stuff at the time and later on you find out it wasn't since you approach it without hype or hatred. This trend kind of continues to this day, I feel.
It's a superb console... still rocking mine in 2019....
Only just got one recently for the Resi Re-makes , the Lads @GamesShed have been helping me build up a nice little collection for it , to go alongside my Mammoth Ps2 collection :)
I loved the GC I remember getting launch week from Media Play. It had a slow first few months but then some really kickass games started to come out.