NinjaCatfish
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Friend of mine absolutely loved it on Xbox, so I assume it'd be pretty good on GC as well.
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The Nintendo GameCube Appreciation and Collecting Thread.
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Friend of mine absolutely loved it on Xbox, so I assume it'd be pretty good on GC as well.
Search ebay. Even if not official, look for s-video cables that have the s-video cable itself without the yellow composite wire. Here is a link: http://m.ebay.com/itm/181243892191?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1Link?
These are non official, but are highly regarded.
Or: http://m.ebay.com/itm/181304308744?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1
The official ones.
I ordered the 10$ one (thought it was the official one), but it should be good since you don't have the the fourth yellow composite cable interfering with things.Thanks mate, much appreciated. 100$ though
Are the 10$ ones much worse haha
Damn, wonder if the component cables will crash in price, there can't be that limited a supply D:
I guess I would need a GameCube with that digital port too though...Damn...
IrishNinja
Member
OG grimace pimp purple GC is best GC, this is known. no other launch console had that kinda swagger to show up in that shade.
also peagles im sorry to tell you but your system seems infected
also peagles im sorry to tell you but your system seems infected
Going to add those games to the GC games that I'm going to play. Thanks!.
Purple GC showing its dominance over the platinum GB player eh? lol. Saw images of the platinum GC player, would look really good on the platinum system that I own. I wouldn't buy it though, because it would be a waste of money.There's a platinum GB Player below that purple Gamecube up there if that makes you feel better
On the other hand, anyone willing to trade a black GB player for a platinum one?
Not only that, it is the last console Nintendo was ballsy enough to release multiple colors for. I would love to have another orange Nintendo console. An orange wii u, so good.
They do. Should have been more specific. I want to see these consoles at launch. Nintendo teased us with a ton of colors that we never saw when the wii was announced.
Eh, guess I am complaining for no reason, since the platinum GC came out a year or two after launch.
megashock5
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Other than handhelds, wasn't the Gamecube the only console to launch in multiple colors?
I don't believe the N64, SNES or NES launched in more than one.
Randomly Nameless
Member
Definitely go with the first game. It's the better of the two and friendlier to beginners to boot.
N64, SNES and NES are also anything but recent.
But you're correct, GameCube and Wii U are the only home consoles that launched in different colors.
finalflame
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Man oh man, just found this thread! Started down a GameCube collecting binge recently, can't wait to post my pickups this month! Waiting to find a reasonably priced, first print copy of TYD. Dunno if it's just me, but I can't stand the ones with the "Best Seller" print on them.
sixteen-bit
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AntiFacebook
Member
My gamecube collection is among my prizest possesions, and i'm still working on expanding it.
I have:
Metroid prime 1&2
Baten kaitos 1&2
Wind Waker
Eternal darkness
Twilight Princess
Super mario sunshine
Paper mario 2
Tales of symphonia
Lost kingdoms 1&2
Wario world
Luigi's mansion
F-zero GX
Battalion wars
Fire emblem path of radiance
Viewtiful Joe 1(i have 2 for the ps2,that's the only reason it isn't here as well)
Pikmin 2
Pokemon gale of darkness
It is probably the only GC collection in the world which doesn't include smash and mario kart.
I have:
Metroid prime 1&2
Baten kaitos 1&2
Wind Waker
Eternal darkness
Twilight Princess
Super mario sunshine
Paper mario 2
Tales of symphonia
Lost kingdoms 1&2
Wario world
Luigi's mansion
F-zero GX
Battalion wars
Fire emblem path of radiance
Viewtiful Joe 1(i have 2 for the ps2,that's the only reason it isn't here as well)
Pikmin 2
Pokemon gale of darkness
It is probably the only GC collection in the world which doesn't include smash and mario kart.
megashock5
Member
N64, SNES and ENS are also anything but recent.
Haha, yeah, "recent" is an integral word in that sentence that I seemed to have glossed over.
there was a sale years ago, where i picked up a japanese orange gamecube in orange for 20euros.
still in package, never opened it
*click*i also bought the super rare tales of symphonia gamecube in mint green from france(i live in germany)
i loved my gamecube so much, but i never received so much hate for having a nintendo system back then compared to the nes, snes and n64 days...
since wii i dont give a fuck, but back in the gc-days, that was rough, to be the only person having a gamecube.
Cyberquake
Member
Ah, Gamecube. I love that platform.
I'm a PAL collector, here is my haul. My GCN is a black model, as it should be:
Battalion Wars
Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg
Die Hard: Vendetta
Doshin the Giant
Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem
F-Zero GX
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Geist
Ikaruga
Killer 7
Lost Kingdoms
Lost Kingdoms II
Luigis Mansion
Mario Kart Double Dash
Mario Party 4
Medal of Honor: European Assault
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
P.N.03
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution
Pikmin
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X
Resident Evil Zero
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Heroes
Soul Calibur II
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Star Fox Adventures
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Smash Bros. Melee
The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition (The Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
Wave Race: Blue Storm
I'm missing a couple of big ones, that unfortunately I can't find them at decent prices. Pikmin 2, Starfox Assault and of course some of the RPGs such as Paper Mario 2, Fire Emblem and the Baten Kaitos.
I'll try to find Viewtiful Joe 2 and Wario World this month or so. Shouldn't be very expensive.
I'm a PAL collector, here is my haul. My GCN is a black model, as it should be:
Battalion Wars
Billy Hatcher & The Giant Egg
Die Hard: Vendetta
Doshin the Giant
Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem
F-Zero GX
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Geist
Ikaruga
Killer 7
Lost Kingdoms
Lost Kingdoms II
Luigis Mansion
Mario Kart Double Dash
Mario Party 4
Medal of Honor: European Assault
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
P.N.03
Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution
Pikmin
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X
Resident Evil Zero
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Sonic Adventure DX
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Sonic Heroes
Soul Calibur II
Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Star Fox Adventures
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Smash Bros. Melee
The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition (The Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
Wave Race: Blue Storm
I'm missing a couple of big ones, that unfortunately I can't find them at decent prices. Pikmin 2, Starfox Assault and of course some of the RPGs such as Paper Mario 2, Fire Emblem and the Baten Kaitos.
I'll try to find Viewtiful Joe 2 and Wario World this month or so. Shouldn't be very expensive.
digita1alchemy
Member
I'll post a picture of my collection on here later. I have most of the games I want, but two I am still looking for are Fire Emblem and Cubivore. They're both so expensive What's worse is I own Radiant Dawn, but won't let myself play it until I play Path of Raidance.
What's worse is I own Radiant Dawn, but won't let myself play it until I play Path of Raidance.GRIZZMEISTER
Banned
If you have a BC Wii it makes much more sense to play your GameCube games on it rather than to source up component cables for the GC. I know because I own several GC component cables and I've done copious amounts of comparing the two on a HDTV.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a342/Grizzmeister/ComponentCables_zpsd9cac2e1.jpg
Didn't know that an orange gameboy player exists, and the overall package looks like this:
Soo good
That is the first time I see a mint green ToS GC , and I want to update my favorite colors list. My favorite colors are: Platinum, orange, and mint green.there was a sale years ago, where i picked up a japanese orange gamecube in orange for 20euros.
still in package, never opened it
i also bought the super rare tales of symphonia gamecube in mint green from france(i live in germany)
i loved my gamecube so much, but i never received so much hate for having a nintendo system back then compared to the nes, snes and n64 days...
since wii i dont give a fuck, but back in the gc-days, that was rough, to be the only person having a gamecube.
I'll post a picture of my collection on here later. I have most of the games I want, but two I am still looking for are Fire Emblem and Cubivore. They're both so expensive
FE on the GC is really expensive, when did that happen? I am really glad I got mine at launch. I remember it being advertised quite a lot on IGN.
Wait, so are you saying the image quality on the Wii's component cables are superior compared to the GC?
GRIZZMEISTER
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NinjaCatfish
Member
Yup, I found much the same result. I found GC output to have *very* slightly nicer colours, but really not worth the $150+ that component cables go for these days. Wii Component output is very good.
Ok thanks for info guys, I'm buying a friends platinum GameCube + platinum official controller+ SSBM for 40$ today. That way I'll have 2 GameCube, feel good on that front. I have 1 BC Wii, will buy component cables for that, official Wii Component cables are reasonable on Amazon for like 30-50$
Then eventually I'll try to acquire a duplicate set so I can have 2 BC Wiis and 2 Wii component cables. Oh and a damn SD CRT, found an unboxed 20" Sony one locally for 90$. Seems pretty damn legit for being still new in box.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ele/4302103006.html
Or this one which seems ok too and only 50$.
Will be PITA to move though probably ugh.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ele/4314673124.html
Too bad no one seems to be giving away good free CRTs in Glendale D:
If anyone is in the area and doesn't want their decent CRT lemme know lol
Then eventually I'll try to acquire a duplicate set so I can have 2 BC Wiis and 2 Wii component cables. Oh and a damn SD CRT, found an unboxed 20" Sony one locally for 90$. Seems pretty damn legit for being still new in box.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ele/4302103006.html
Or this one which seems ok too and only 50$.
Will be PITA to move though probably ugh.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/ele/4314673124.html
Too bad no one seems to be giving away good free CRTs in Glendale D:
If anyone is in the area and doesn't want their decent CRT lemme know lol
in addition to this, playing GameCube games on the Wii U results in an image superior to the gamecube component cables.
it's glorious. Gamepad support too.
WHAT. Info on this pls. There must be some stupid caveat though, probably can't use the GC controller for SSBM right? D:
You own several GC component cables?! Come on! How about sharing the wealth with the rest of us a bit?
I'm sure many here would be open to buying a set or maybe you could even do a random drawing/giveaway to the loyal followers of this thread, haha. Only half-kidding. Seriously, though...why not sell some of them and make a load of money?
Well I don't know about component output to CRT, but either way, it outputs a glorious upscaled digital image via homebrew to your TV via HDMI. Far, far better than the GC component output because not only is it a pure digital signal, but the Wii U is doing the upscaling and not your TV's shitty upscaling tech.
here's the best example I could find via a search
That's presumptuous.
My hardware DOES do a better job upscaling 480p than the Wii U on its own, but I use an Xrgb for my retro/low-res gaming needs and it definitely outputs a vastly superior image to what you can achieve on Wii U. You can output a pixel perfect image devoid of any upscaling artifacts if you choose by using a simple nearest neighbor upscale to 1280x960 within a 1920x1080 panel. Perfect pixel doubling and the cleanest possible picture for Gamecube games. Certainly better than the Wii U.
I don't see where an XRGB comes into the example I gave between a stock wii u and a stock GC. Of course that'll be better than the Wii U, but as it is, the Wii U is superior to many HDTV scalers for Gamecube games.
What you're saying is like saying "my Vauxhall Nova gets to 60mph faster than your bugatti because I've fitted it with a rocket fuel engine" and then using that to refute an example comparing a standard nova and a bugatti
Version 3.0
Member
That's cool, but let's not make assumptions, okay? Some of us care enough to check. I took my Gamecube to several stores and tried it with many TVs before I "upgraded" from my old WEGA to my current Sharp TV. And I'll do the same before biting on the Sony I have my eye on, later this year. Upscaling can be done perfectly well by a TV. True, most TVs are awful at it (because so few people care), but some are excellent.
I think he's just saying that if you do have an XRGB, it'll scale it it better than the Wii U would. As in the gamecube would look nicer through the XRGB than the gamecube games would do on the Wii U because it scales better than the Wii U.
Well yeah, it's a given that a £240 dedicated upscaler will do a better job than the Wii U.
can't wait to pick mine up tomorrow!
Again, I don't believe this to be true.
Not all TV and receivers scale images poorly. The Wii U does not do a particularly good job with scaling low-resolution games. On paper, it sounds great, but the end results just aren't very impressive. Both my TV and receiver (without Xrgb) can produce a better image from a stock GC than what you get with the Wii U. The Wii U image is blurrier and suffers from minor ringing.
If you use a low quality LCD then, sure, the Wii U would probably be a better solution...but that doesn't make it great.
Was randomly searching ebay a few weeks ago and found a new Wavebird for only $80ish dollars. Just got here and it's probably the best thing ever minus the annoying light that flickers on the wireless adapter. When I was younger I always wanted them but when I couldn't justify the extra cost when compared to
Speaking of ebay I'm really pissed at the quality of used games on there. Half of the games I buy to fill out my collection don't work or have freezing issues. I want working games, but new or "mint" games are so expensive.
One question: Is there anywhere I can buy black or silver extension cords for GCN controllers? I have 5 wired controllers but due to my newly arranged room they don't reach my couch like they used to.
Speaking of ebay I'm really pissed at the quality of used games on there. Half of the games I buy to fill out my collection don't work or have freezing issues. I want working games, but new or "mint" games are so expensive.
One question: Is there anywhere I can buy black or silver extension cords for GCN controllers? I have 5 wired controllers but due to my newly arranged room they don't reach my couch like they used to.
How about you just go to eBay? I got several extensions form there.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I found that the WiiU's upconversion of Wii games actually looks worse than just using an actual Wii due to all the artifacts. The only games I tried were REmake and RE4, but the performance was nowhere near as good as I was hoping for from the WiiU. I can't imagine the results with GC games being particularly encouraging.
Anyway, I've been playing more Paper Mario. I'm about 17 or 18 hours in now. Really liking it. There's just a ton of creativity in this game, and it's a lot less of an RPG than I expected going in... but it totally works. It's also made me realize that there are probably a dozen games like this on the GC that I just didn't give a chance, or that I've owned and never played. Which makes me feel like a bit of an idiot.
Version 3.0
Member
I don't have my Wii U hacked, just my Wii, so I can't comment on the difference, but this was the point I wanted to make, too: I went out of my way to get a TV with a great scaler. I have no doubt it's better than something from Nintendo, these days.
Sure, you can still get them from Amazon: