I have this exact GameCube model sitting on the desk on the opposite side of my room, and it's perfectly functional. You'd think that a console that's older than RUclips would have experienced some kind of malfunction, but my baby's still functioning how it did when I first got it.
I can't even be mad about any of this. GC discs are fucking fragile as hell, and can fail to play with light scratching. ALSO, original hardware is wearing out. Fuck it, fly the flag.
The Wii makes a much easier and better GameCube backup player, it's not even emulated and provides a means for cheap progressive scan. This is cool however, you have to physically alter a GameCube (something they're not making anymore) to make it.
A solderless version is coming soon, which plugs into the disc drive connector, so modifying the RF shield is no longer needed. Probably worth waiting for for those that are looking at buying one.
Evil Chronic Very nice. It seems even the God of War director wants a new Golden Sun game these days. Imo GS3 wasn’t very good by GS1 and 2 were amazing games. I’d love to go through them again soon.
Gamecube was my prime for video games. Timesplitters, Metal Arms: Glitch in the system, Smash Bros Melee and Resident Evil Remake and 4. So underrated as a console
@@penxlty1220 Same, no one else knew about it! I love that game and it deserves a remake/remaster. It was a good looking game too, with excellent combat
Glad you're mentioning proper soldering tips. I bet people would enjoy a video about proper soldering techniques and tips, as well as what soldering tools and stuff you use/recommend.
People lying instead of being honest is why Nintendo hasnt backed the hell off of people emulating old games that are too pricy or hard to find or dont have the system required to play their new shit. Nintendo has killed many a project that wouldve looked epic like Zelda OOT2D or Chrono Trigger on N64. Yet not Conkers High Rule Tail thank goodness. Pisses me off because people need to make Nintendo fear new and old customers and modders. Without retro game lovers they wouldnt be able to resell old shit of which they dont or cant put out half their games so were gonna play it somewhere. If Nintendo was boycotted for it or even attacked like youtube HQ was then they may just back the fuck off from people who have the skills to improve upon nintendos old IPs but Nintendo has gotten stupid unlike Sega who hired and glorified Sega game modders.
@@JohnDoe-xh5wp Tomayto Tomawto Either one wouldve ban hammered it as theyre not as smart as Sega was when people started modding Sonic and they hired them instead of stifling creativity. Much as I love video games by those companies Id be glad to see someone give em a threat they had to take seriously so they back off of modders and old games theyll never remake or remaster. If they changed the clause that says basically "if someone uses their IP and they do nothing then they lose the IP" then maybe theyd be less afraid but shit the things they pull are ridiculous.
One Wii, one copy of Four Swords Adventures, four GameCubes, four Gameboy Advance to GameCube cables, for Gameboy players, four GameCube controllers, one Wiimote, and four Gameboy player discs. This is my setup for playing Four Swords Adventures with full size screens. For how much I've already spent on it, this is convincing me to get them rigged up with HDMI output and SD capabilities to save wear on those expensive discs. Thank you, Mr. Wave.
@@hexywesky Four Swords Adventures requires four Gameboy Advances with four link cables to play four player multiplayer but with a Gameboy Player on the bottom of a GameCube, it basically turns the GameCube into a Gameboy Advance. Thus, I run Four Swords Adventures from a Wii and connect the Gameboy-to-GameCube cables to the top of the Wii (running FSA for better output) and each one of the game GameCubes to its own individual screen. When you go into a house or a cave, you won't be staring at a tiny screen on your lap, you'll be looking to the left or right of the main screen toward your own individual TV. It really is a fantastic set-up with no noticeable latency compared to a Gameboy Advance.
Maybe, but Nintendo has been finicky about that since the SNES. The N64 was technically superior to PS1, but used inferior cartridges compared to PS1's CDs. The GC was good on internal tech, terrible again on software because of mini discs 🤦. Wii was vastly underpowered, and Wii U provided no 3rd party support and was vastly underpowered compared to PS4/XB1.
My indigo was eventually replaced with a silver GC because it stopped reading discs but I had grown attached to it so I kept it all these years. For someone who's currently having GC fever, this. changes. everything. Amazing stuff, thanks for this!
I love how Spawn is so casual about modding a GameCube. I could never do this with mine, I’d be terrified of something going wrong and here he is, just Bob Ross with consoles.
As someone who has built PCs for a company and for friends, just seeing that soldering was so awesome dude! The GameCube era is such a nostalgic time of gaming with titles that were just FUN.
As a physical collector I love this kind of technology. I love collecting and popping in my original games on the original console. However, I like the idea of prolonging the systems life by removing aging optical drives and discs. As much as I love my OG collection the discs and the disc reader will eventually fail. Options like these will keep original games moving forward.
An easy soldering job, contingent on having a decent iron. I remember a garbage iron that I got in a tool set once...the first time I plugged it in and tried to use it, it passed mains voltage THROUGH the tip of the iron into the board I was working on.
I always thought mods like these were weird for the original gamecube when alternatives like the Wii(U) exist. They're infinitely easier to mod and also support SD/USB out of the box. About the only reason I could think of for modding a gamecube would be game boy player support, but that's just me.
Yea its pretty obsolete unless you are one of those overly fanatic pixel junkies with an original GC component cable. I'd stick to using a Wii/WiiU personally tho.
@@TacticalPower88 I'd say there is more to it than that. The GC is just a cool form factor. A cube (ish) with a top-ejecting disc cover. Some people may consider it ugly or something, but it is cool.
@@josiahferrell5022 I loved the gamecube too. Especially during its generation where it was my go to. Just making points from a functional standpoint. I still have mines prouldly on display in my living room.
Wow seems interesting, suckers would pay a lot for a mod like this, I honestly suck at soldering I would prefer the easy way and use the bottom port to load the games, but great job man very technical stuff right here I love it.
This is pretty awesome, there is an alternative, it's called the SD2SP2, it lets you install a micro SD card in the service port 2 on the bottom of the GC, you then use an action replay disc and an SD to memory card adapter with Swiss loaded on it, works the same, just used a different storage location.
Jon this is my favorite type of content hands-down, you're the best ever and these videos are timeless... have you ever considered compiling all of your tech waves on USB's and selling those? I'd buy one for educational purposes...!
since the video was published, they have come with a new version that is just plug and play that connects directly to the drive connector instead of soldering
Would have liked to have seen some Eternal Darkness. *Antorbok - Pargon - Redgormor - Pargon - Pargon - Mantorok - Pargon* /terrifying Magick incantation completes
Austin Evans: *Hold my Ultimate GameCube with my intec portable gaming screen with a game boy player and a wave bird controller and a portable battery to power everything*
Some games crash if the speed is wrong. They Cube expects some games to load at a certain rate and sd/ide drives load too quick. I believe that's the cash....I believe it's the same when using Ninendont on a hacked Wii.
@@SpawnWave YES!!! I'm noticed!! I love your channel!! It is the 1st channel I look up everyday. "Paul Cantu" the "Thrift God" is my 2nd go to channel. Oh and happy belated birthday in case you didn't see my comment on the first video posted after your birthday.
I'd like an answer to this question as well. It certainly would be a lot simpler to just plug it into that port rather than soldering a ribbon cable to its pins on the back of the board.
@@deciosantangelo586 There's another version called the Phoebe, I believe. (It's basically the same thing, just for a different revision of the Saturn.)
Great video Jon! I'm actually awaiting my own GCLoader Plug n Play (PnP) to get here. It's still in Indiana and that's pissing me off lmao. I also ordered an SD2SP2 for storing Swiss settings until that's sorted out in a future Swiss software update. I only have an oversized mSD card I can dedicate to it, but w/e. Now, to those of you saying "Why is this better than soft modding a Wii?": This mod isn't for everyone. It's for people that want to play their GCN games on OG/native hardware, whilst preserving their discs and preventing them from getting damaged. If you want to deal with the clonkyness of the Wii OS just to play some GameCube games, then so be it and you do you. To those of you comparing this to the Dolphin Emulator, also remember that you need a somewhat beefy PC to run games at playable frame rates, and even then not all games are compatible with it. The GCLoader is literally a 1:1 replacement for the DVD drive, and there's no emulation going on whatsoever, making compatibility basically 99.9999999%. I'm sure there's an oddball game out there that won't load up from anything but its original disc, but that's why you should also have a stock console if you want to play games like that. I'm personally going to be gifting this console to my brother with Super Smash Bros Melee (I own the actual disc and he was and somewhat still is super good at the game; tournament level at one point) and a handful of other games I physically own for Christmas. He won't know what's coming and I sort of owe it to him since he's done so much for me over the past few years. It's time to give back. Anyway once again, great video Jon! I hope I get my GCL PnP sooner than what my USPS tracking is telling me (ETA Friday of this week my ass)... since both my SD2SP2 and GCL PnP are coming from similar regions (IL and IN respectively).
The gameboy player, my mates gamecube doesn't function anymore, seriously it probably needs a 5 dollar repair. But he doesn't care, Wii plays the games as well, so he gave me his gameboy player. Probably seen 50 hours of playtime, disc no scratches on it, right color, disc case, even the box it came in.
When you was sodering I'm certain that was the music from Golden Sun Gba. There needs to be a re release it. Or redo them or sequel. Was one of my favorites!
The thing about ODE's isn't the load time that's cut, it's the seek time. Some games load many parts from different spots on a disk, and that seek time just kills the load.
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Is it just me, or does the gamecube still look like a pretty damn cool and modern system?
just you lol
To my grandma, her old black and white tube tv also looks modern...
I have this exact GameCube model sitting on the desk on the opposite side of my room, and it's perfectly functional. You'd think that a console that's older than RUclips would have experienced some kind of malfunction, but my baby's still functioning how it did when I first got it.
Yeah it does, Look up Microsoft Series S! Then paint it purple
The new Xbox is literally an elongated GameCube
"this is perfect for collectors who have a big collection and just want to have everything in their GameCube"
Yeah....for those.
LoL 🤣🔥
Backup collectors are collectors too! Just of the digital kind.
I can't even be mad about any of this. GC discs are fucking fragile as hell, and can fail to play with light scratching. ALSO, original hardware is wearing out. Fuck it, fly the flag.
The Wii makes a much easier and better GameCube backup player, it's not even emulated and provides a means for cheap progressive scan. This is cool however, you have to physically alter a GameCube (something they're not making anymore) to make it.
@@nomdplume1606 Yeah the Wii is pretty dope, except for arcade stuff, it makes a great emulation device following the original xbox.
GameCube All Digital Edition
just hombrew your wii or wiiu that's it
GameCube SAD
@@cdnron75 and its basically free
@@cdnron75 Except, no HDMI-out. ...oh, and forget GBA games.
@Brandon Y So it’s the GADE?
A solderless version is coming soon, which plugs into the disc drive connector, so modifying the RF shield is no longer needed. Probably worth waiting for for those that are looking at buying one.
really? where?
Would like to hear an update on this. My GC disc drive is dead and I need my games back haha.
I suppose that got delayed when the whole pandemic thing happened.
Where can i download final fantasy 7 pc /steam rom _iso thanks
Where can i download final fantasy 7 pc /steam rom _iso thanks
8:30 love the Golden Sun music, just finished playing through the first two games again this past month.
Dammit you bear me to it.....🤦♂️
Yeah it took me a second. I was like where the hell have I heard that before. OH, Golden Sun.
Love those games so much :D
Evil Chronic Very nice. It seems even the God of War director wants a new Golden Sun game these days. Imo GS3 wasn’t very good by GS1 and 2 were amazing games. I’d love to go through them again soon.
As soon as the music started playing, I was like "Yup, that's definitely Golden Sun."
Gamecube was my prime for video games. Timesplitters, Metal Arms: Glitch in the system, Smash Bros Melee and Resident Evil Remake and 4. So underrated as a console
So no Pokémon gale of darkness?
I thought I was the only one who absolutely loved Metal Arms. Glad to see there is someone else out there!
@@MrG_wasTaken I played Colosseum but I think I missed out on Gale of Darkness
@@penxlty1220 Same, no one else knew about it! I love that game and it deserves a remake/remaster. It was a good looking game too, with excellent combat
Metal arms was awesome!
Glad you're mentioning proper soldering tips. I bet people would enjoy a video about proper soldering techniques and tips, as well as what soldering tools and stuff you use/recommend.
I’m a simple man. I see purple lunchbox, I click
It's Platinum
@@djcrimsonsunbird3607 No, it's orange.
Ambiguous Gender it was black at one time
Doesn’t matter it’s sexy
My lunchbox besides me is black.
“I only use backups of the games I own”
Oldest lie in the book.
People lying instead of being honest is why Nintendo hasnt backed the hell off of people emulating old games that are too pricy or hard to find or dont have the system required to play their new shit. Nintendo has killed many a project that wouldve looked epic like Zelda OOT2D or Chrono Trigger on N64. Yet not Conkers High Rule Tail thank goodness. Pisses me off because people need to make Nintendo fear new and old customers and modders. Without retro game lovers they wouldnt be able to resell old shit of which they dont or cant put out half their games so were gonna play it somewhere. If Nintendo was boycotted for it or even attacked like youtube HQ was then they may just back the fuck off from people who have the skills to improve upon nintendos old IPs but Nintendo has gotten stupid unlike Sega who hired and glorified Sega game modders.
@@joeshmoe7546 Nintendo didn't kill Chrono Trigger on the N64. That was Square Enix.
@@JohnDoe-xh5wp Tomayto Tomawto Either one wouldve ban hammered it as theyre not as smart as Sega was when people started modding Sonic and they hired them instead of stifling creativity. Much as I love video games by those companies Id be glad to see someone give em a threat they had to take seriously so they back off of modders and old games theyll never remake or remaster. If they changed the clause that says basically "if someone uses their IP and they do nothing then they lose the IP" then maybe theyd be less afraid but shit the things they pull are ridiculous.
Do not cite the dark magic witch i was there when it was written
Where can i download final fantasy 7 pc /steam rom _iso thanks
One Wii, one copy of Four Swords Adventures, four GameCubes, four Gameboy Advance to GameCube cables, for Gameboy players, four GameCube controllers, one Wiimote, and four Gameboy player discs. This is my setup for playing Four Swords Adventures with full size screens. For how much I've already spent on it, this is convincing me to get them rigged up with HDMI output and SD capabilities to save wear on those expensive discs. Thank you, Mr. Wave.
I don’t understand how this works but I want it
@@hexywesky Four Swords Adventures requires four Gameboy Advances with four link cables to play four player multiplayer but with a Gameboy Player on the bottom of a GameCube, it basically turns the GameCube into a Gameboy Advance. Thus, I run Four Swords Adventures from a Wii and connect the Gameboy-to-GameCube cables to the top of the Wii (running FSA for better output) and each one of the game GameCubes to its own individual screen. When you go into a house or a cave, you won't be staring at a tiny screen on your lap, you'll be looking to the left or right of the main screen toward your own individual TV. It really is a fantastic set-up with no noticeable latency compared to a Gameboy Advance.
I like how you emphasize “Backups” so much
*wink
We all know what's up
19:54 Riders on the storm... 🎵
Aaaaah, glorious Golden Sun music.
2082 wow it felt like was 2020 yesterday
Confirmed. Jon is from the future.
it really do be like datt
That means I'm 100 years old.
I thought it was 2164? Hmmm.
it was
Spawn wave has some of the coolest content. Also he seems like a great person.
SW: "...so I can play backups on my Gamecube."
Nintendo: 🧐
His wording here avoiding the words "rom" or "emulation" to ensure legality is immaculate.
Well he does plan to collect the entire library. So this mod is honestly not a bad idea.
Definitely a must if you already have an extra Gamecube just sitting around for looks. Great video!
GameCube, the last time Nintendo competed on specs and power.
While Sega & PlayStation were weaker
legendary ATI radeon 9700 gpu
So fucking worth it.
This is true. The fact it was more powerful than ps2 and ps2 dominated is the reason switched strategy’s and we got the Wii.
Maybe, but Nintendo has been finicky about that since the SNES.
The N64 was technically superior to PS1, but used inferior cartridges compared to PS1's CDs. The GC was good on internal tech, terrible again on software because of mini discs 🤦. Wii was vastly underpowered, and Wii U provided no 3rd party support and was vastly underpowered compared to PS4/XB1.
I just wanna say that the soldering is so friggin clean.
That's not clean at all. Watch some Voltaur
@@silenthill4 Makes me feel better about my soldering skills. :)
My indigo was eventually replaced with a silver GC because it stopped reading discs but I had grown attached to it so I kept it all these years. For someone who's currently having GC fever, this. changes. everything. Amazing stuff, thanks for this!
My GCN stopped reading discs like 15 years ago but I actually kept the thing for all these years...This might be just the thing I need.
Golden Sun? We see you’re a man of culture.
One of the best games I ever played on GBA, Had to get a 'backup' copy on my RG300
This is why I’m in the comments thank you!
"Bob Burnquist of course, is the correct answer"
HELL YES.
I love this channel. No bs and the host is so friendly and has plenty knowledge. Greetings from Norway.
I love how Spawn is so casual about modding a GameCube.
I could never do this with mine, I’d be terrified of something going wrong and here he is, just Bob Ross with consoles.
just hombrew your wii or wiiu pffts
Join us we have cookies
"Mix a bit of flux here, and a nice little happy blob of solder will flow."
Mast3rLand3r Best decision anyone with a wii can make, back then and even now.
As someone who has built PCs for a company and for friends, just seeing that soldering was so awesome dude!
The GameCube era is such a nostalgic time of gaming with titles that were just FUN.
killing it my dude! keep it up!
Great choice in music using the golden sun battle music.
As a physical collector I love this kind of technology. I love collecting and popping in my original games on the original console. However, I like the idea of prolonging the systems life by removing aging optical drives and discs. As much as I love my OG collection the discs and the disc reader will eventually fail. Options like these will keep original games moving forward.
An easy soldering job, contingent on having a decent iron. I remember a garbage iron that I got in a tool set once...the first time I plugged it in and tried to use it, it passed mains voltage THROUGH the tip of the iron into the board I was working on.
I always thought mods like these were weird for the original gamecube when alternatives like the Wii(U) exist. They're infinitely easier to mod and also support SD/USB out of the box. About the only reason I could think of for modding a gamecube would be game boy player support, but that's just me.
Yea its pretty obsolete unless you are one of those overly fanatic pixel junkies with an original GC component cable. I'd stick to using a Wii/WiiU personally tho.
-)I think I will mod a wii U to have gamecube ports, a ethernet port, and the gameboy player(+
@@TacticalPower88 I'd say there is more to it than that. The GC is just a cool form factor. A cube (ish) with a top-ejecting disc cover. Some people may consider it ugly or something, but it is cool.
@@josiahferrell5022 I loved the gamecube too. Especially during its generation where it was my go to. Just making points from a functional standpoint. I still have mines prouldly on display in my living room.
@@TacticalPower88 mine*
Golden Sun music? I see you're a man of taste.
Subscribed!
Good video. Keep up the hard work. Very informative and enjoyable every time.
Wow, that gamecube is beautiful. Silver. I need one of these!
I love how you stop and smell the roses with Tony Hawk...
The recognition for Golden Sun, not only the music, but even having a copy of it, makes me so happy. It's my favorite rpg.
Wow seems interesting, suckers would pay a lot for a mod like this, I honestly suck at soldering I would prefer the easy way and use the bottom port to load the games, but great job man very technical stuff right here I love it.
This is pretty awesome, there is an alternative, it's called the SD2SP2, it lets you install a micro SD card in the service port 2 on the bottom of the GC, you then use an action replay disc and an SD to memory card adapter with Swiss loaded on it, works the same, just used a different storage location.
Tony Hawk 3 was the best by far! The Revert made sick lines possible, the levels were great, the missions were the most fun!
Gamecube probably had the best titles to sit down with your friends/family to play. Such a nostalgic console, waiting for an updated modern version.
Jon this is my favorite type of content hands-down, you're the best ever and these videos are timeless... have you ever considered compiling all of your tech waves on USB's and selling those? I'd buy one for educational purposes...!
since the video was published, they have come with a new version that is just plug and play that connects directly to the drive connector instead of soldering
Where can I find this?
Spawn: Ultimate Game Cube
Me: Dolphin in 4k 60+ fps ?
Spawn: No.. the true Ultimate NGC
60+ FPS? bullshit
Emulation will never be better than an actual gamecube, every game have small issues.
@@Flpstrike possible?
Yes
Playable?
No
@@Hpalhazred dolphin is pretty much perfect tbh, id rather playing games at 4k with better frame rates than some very minor issues
@@Flpstrike search for "dolphin 4k" on RUclips. You will find a lot of games (Mario, Metroid, Zelda, Xenoblade...) - and you can emulate that as well
God bless you for using the Golden Sun music :)
I think I just found what my first ever soldering project is going to be.
Gamecube holds a very special place in me heart
The gamecube by default is already a console in its ultimate form
Looks nice!
Ayee!! I liked your recent NINTENDO SWITCH accessories video!!
"The Ultimate Nintendo GameCube"
It can't read game discs
Pirated games *coff coff*
[Comunque ué bella fox]
Bella Bicchiere Glass
@@ahnn15 - Arrr
That's OK. Original GCs can't really read GC discs anymore either.
@@Hansengineering mine does
I wish I could pay someone would convert these GameCubes. Like this dude.
18:05 🎵 So here I'm... Doing everything I can... 🎵
Bob Burnquist was definitely the right answer. Spawn can definitely kick flip.
On a side note: we honestly need a revival of the Golden Sun series! 😁
I only managed to finish the first one but own them both, and i happen to agree with you. Switch would make a great platform for Golden Sun.
@@valmontdraconus there are three golden sun games fyi
Thank you for literally teaching how to solder and what to look for.
You need to give us a tour of your game collection
Golden Sun battle theme! You sir have earned this like!
Going for a full GC collection is awesome! Have you seen RetroWolfs collection?
Stephenplays also has the entire gamecube library and is getting close to completing the wii library
Chronik Spartan Games my gc collection is complete for ntsc-u and ntsc-j lol
@@YutaponCube that's pretty badass! The Wii collection has a lot of great games despite the huge amount of filler!
@@jrapocalypse nice work bro 🤘
I would love to have that. Gamecube and GBA were amazing times for us gamers.
Would have liked to have seen some Eternal Darkness. *Antorbok - Pargon - Redgormor - Pargon - Pargon - Mantorok - Pargon* /terrifying Magick incantation completes
Outside the birth of my child I've not seen anything in my adult life more beautiful than Spawn Wave's soldiering skills. Breathtaking!
14:31 You might have to look at your calendar, that update was so new that you jump into the future to 2082. XD
I love that song you used while soldering. Golden sun is great.
Austin Evans: *Hold my Ultimate GameCube with my intec portable gaming screen with a game boy player and a wave bird controller and a portable battery to power everything*
I see you've watched Austin's video. Another man of culture. Time to find more
Hey Guys, This is a really pointless, but cool console
I miss the early 2000's 😭😭 we're growing up so fast
15:46 There is an option "SD/IDE Speed" maybe that is to improve load times.
Some games crash if the speed is wrong. They Cube expects some games to load at a certain rate and sd/ide drives load too quick. I believe that's the cash....I believe it's the same when using Ninendont on a hacked Wii.
Thank you for name dropping Gotcha Force. Great game.
👀 Yeah "backups" 👀
Sure SPAWN WAVE
Of course 👀
I have a GameCube collection update coming soon anyway with some awesome pickups for those backups.
@@SpawnWave YES!!! I'm noticed!! I love your channel!! It is the 1st channel I look up everyday. "Paul Cantu" the "Thrift God" is my 2nd go to channel. Oh and happy belated birthday in case you didn't see my comment on the first video posted after your birthday.
@@SpawnWave I hope to see Custom Robo in one of these GameCube update videos sooner or later
And best of all you picked the clearly correct color choice for doing this.
I'm a bit confused, why couldn't this be made to plug into the port where the DVD drive used to plug in? Wouldn't that be simpler?
I'd like an answer to this question as well. It certainly would be a lot simpler to just plug it into that port rather than soldering a ribbon cable to its pins on the back of the board.
@@talon12020 it probably bypasses the built in security but I'm no expert
there's a new version that is pnp for pre-order
Love your videos they mean alot to me
14:50 We're living in 2020 meanwhile John is in 2082
he is from the future :o
I loved seeing SpawnWave talk about some of the old games he played all the time, was a very interesting look back into history.
I hope other systems get the same treatment, specially the Sega Saturn and other console which games can get pricey
It already exists for the Saturn, its called the Reah.
@@deciosantangelo586 There's another version called the Phoebe, I believe. (It's basically the same thing, just for a different revision of the Saturn.)
Saturn was just cracked not long ago too. One of the only systems i never got..
I haven't seen NFSU2 gameplay since I played it 17 years ago. The nostalgia hit me like crazy.
I always thought your logo said swim.
They up graded the GC Loader so you don,t have to have the flex cord it is called GC Loader PNP.
Ahhh sheet, I see a sd card and a gamecube.
Great video Jon! I'm actually awaiting my own GCLoader Plug n Play (PnP) to get here. It's still in Indiana and that's pissing me off lmao. I also ordered an SD2SP2 for storing Swiss settings until that's sorted out in a future Swiss software update. I only have an oversized mSD card I can dedicate to it, but w/e.
Now, to those of you saying "Why is this better than soft modding a Wii?": This mod isn't for everyone. It's for people that want to play their GCN games on OG/native hardware, whilst preserving their discs and preventing them from getting damaged. If you want to deal with the clonkyness of the Wii OS just to play some GameCube games, then so be it and you do you.
To those of you comparing this to the Dolphin Emulator, also remember that you need a somewhat beefy PC to run games at playable frame rates, and even then not all games are compatible with it. The GCLoader is literally a 1:1 replacement for the DVD drive, and there's no emulation going on whatsoever, making compatibility basically 99.9999999%. I'm sure there's an oddball game out there that won't load up from anything but its original disc, but that's why you should also have a stock console if you want to play games like that. I'm personally going to be gifting this console to my brother with Super Smash Bros Melee (I own the actual disc and he was and somewhat still is super good at the game; tournament level at one point) and a handful of other games I physically own for Christmas. He won't know what's coming and I sort of owe it to him since he's done so much for me over the past few years. It's time to give back.
Anyway once again, great video Jon! I hope I get my GCL PnP sooner than what my USPS tracking is telling me (ETA Friday of this week my ass)... since both my SD2SP2 and GCL PnP are coming from similar regions (IL and IN respectively).
If you recognize the music playing while he works on the motherboard your a real OG!!!!!! 😭😭😭
Recognized & infinitely sad there hasn't been a new one or a remastered collection!
Still waiting for those remasters 😔
Love the Golden Sun battle music at 8:15.
I fart a lot while watching Spawn Wave.
Omg same
radical rupture
Thumbs up for the Golden Sun soundtrack.
Best console ever.
it's nice to know that humanity is still playing gamecube in the year 2082
You should post a list of all the games that don't work !!! 👨🍳👨🍳👨🍳👨🍳
The gameboy player, my mates gamecube doesn't function anymore, seriously it probably needs a 5 dollar repair. But he doesn't care, Wii plays the games as well, so he gave me his gameboy player. Probably seen 50 hours of playtime, disc no scratches on it, right color, disc case, even the box it came in.
The loadtimes where faster because of the way the data was written and that the disc was always spinning
Oh that glorious golden sun music, feels like playing it again man, time to dust off my back-lit gba =D
"Tony hawk 2 was the GOAT right?"
*laughs in Tony Hawk Underground*
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Was actually planning on pulling my old GameCube tomorrow, what a coincidence!
When you was sodering I'm certain that was the music from Golden Sun Gba. There needs to be a re release it. Or redo them or sequel. Was one of my favorites!
Everytime I watch sodder videos reminds me of when I was brazing diamond segments to core bits
15:52 $UICIDEBOY$
if you know you know!
I don't get it.
@@looeegee FTP
I've been watching all of your recent videos and they're great! i love retro restoration. I wanna take this up as a hobby so bad, but its expensive
“Backups of games I already own” sure is a funny way of saying pirated rips
You can rip them yourself from the discs you already own, so not pirated, because not an asshole.
Skies of Arcadia is one of my favorite games! Glad to hear you say it 🤪 it's quite expensive. I'm going to get a mod soon!
Yeah I bought recently near to £50 on eBay not played it yet though. Plus bought metal gear and ikaruga.
@@riccccccardo such a great RPG. Very unique elements and memorable characters! Lmk what you think!
Jordan R just bought a snes mini it’s got loads of RPGs on it to secret mana seems interesting
we're in 2020, this guy's in 2082. 14:50
Spawn Wave: The Wii Version is definitely the way to play ...
ScottTheWoz: What !!! What does that even mean??!!!
Yeeeeesssssss
The thing about ODE's isn't the load time that's cut, it's the seek time. Some games load many parts from different spots on a disk, and that seek time just kills the load.