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jajaja
02-13-2005, 02:07 PM
My sister recently bought a Gamecube. She wants to buy a memory card and an extra controller, but the official memorycard and controllers are damn expencive here.
I've browsed Ebay and I see cheap 3rd party controllers and huge memorycards up to 128mb.
Anyone have some experience with this? Are they good enough? Do they break easliy? I dont expect the controllers to be as the same quality as the official from Nintendo of course. And what about the memory card?
Please help me :)
MegaDrive20XX
02-13-2005, 02:14 PM
Where exactly is "here" that you speak of?
A normal 59 block memory card is cheap to come by these days ($5 at most)
Controllers vary, but I'd stick with nintendo brand, Im sure somewhere here on DP can help you with your problem.
Never buy parts from Ebay, too expensive and shipping cost are ugly
orangemage
02-13-2005, 02:16 PM
i stay far away from 3rd party memory cards i have had nothing but trouble with them. as for controllers 3rd party brands should would ok but IMO they never seem to feel right and i would just look for a use one or wait for a sale.
jajaja
02-13-2005, 02:17 PM
An official Nintendo Gamecube 8mb memory card costs about $62.00
An official Nintendo Gamecube controller costs about $55.00
On ebay you can get a 128mb memorycard which got 16x more space for about $5 - $10.
So even with shipping she would save alot of money.
I need to know what is good and what is bad of the 3rd party accesories :)
max 330 mega
02-13-2005, 02:24 PM
WOAH dude, those prices are fucking ridiculous.
where the hell do you live?
orangemage
02-13-2005, 02:25 PM
An official Nintendo Gamecube 8mb memory card costs about $62.00
An official Nintendo Gamecube controller costs about $55.00
On ebay you can get a 128mb memorycard which got 16x more space for about $5 - $10.
So even with shipping she would save alot of money.
I need to know what is good and what is bad of the 3rd party accesories :)
you must not be located in the us if a gamecube memory card costs $62cause i see them all the time for $30. i have seen offical nintendo cards and controllers on ebay they still go for more then 3rd party stuff but you might be able to find a deal
jajaja
02-13-2005, 02:26 PM
i live in skandinavia. I agree that these prices are realy high, especaly the memory card.