GameCube Turns 20 Years Old

[Nz17]

Then versus now, some GameCube games are much more pricey today! And speaking of cost, those networking options for dial-up and broadband sure are expensive now!

[gbpxl]

I still have my launch GameCube from 2001, somehow it managed to survive multiple moves and garage sales for 20 years. My laser's going out on it though. had to adjust the strength on it. makes me wonder how long it will be before you can't play GameCube games just because the laser eventually will weaken too much to read games and cant be adjusted anymore.

no other system's launch blew me away like the GameCube did. Seeing Nintendo characters in realistic looking 3D games was amazing. Luigi's Mansion was the first game I played it.

[SpaceHarrier]

makes me wonder how long it will be before you can't play GameCube games just because the laser eventually will weaken too much to read games and cant be adjusted anymore.

Thankfully the early model Wii is backwards compatible, and there are millions upon millions of those things lying around!


I had no plans to get a Gamecube anywhere near launch. Then I saw Rogue Squadron II on a display kiosk at Toys r Us. I marveled at how realistic that looked and immediately made it my mission to obtain the system as soon as possible. I believe I finally landed one in November, naturally with the aforementioned Star Wars classic.

[Gameguy]

Thankfully the early model Wii is backwards compatible, and there are millions upon millions of those things lying around!

With a Wii you don't even need original discs to play the games, you just need the images. At least there will be options if disc drives no longer read discs anymore. The worst thing about bad disc drives is needing a boot disc for the Gameboy Advance Player on an actual Gamecube, that's really the main reason in using one over a Wii these days.

I still have my Gamecube but haven't used it much. Eventually I'll hook it up again and start playing those games more regularly. It's the last generation console I have actual interest in, while I have newer consoles I'm not really too interested in them.

[Greg2600]

Can also install the GC Loader without having to solder. Plays all the game ISO's.

Gamecube was a nice little system. Never super fond of the controller, and I largely ignored it for awhile while getting into Xbox. However, began collecting for it not long after they axed it for the Wii, and it's very enjoyable.

[RARusk]

All Wiis, even the stripped down Wii Mini, can play GC games. It has to do with the fact that the Wii is really just an evolved GameCube. Even the Wii U can play GC games (through Nintendont , of course) because the Wii U is an evolved Wii and still has the ability to play GC games.

[Gamevet]

The killer app for me was Rogue Squadron 2. I got the Onyx GC at launch and later got the matching GB player. And Metroid Prime is most certainly a killer app as well.

It’s a shame that Wave Race wasn’t as good as the N64 version; they’d botched the craft physics. And I was hoping that I’d see the next addition to Pilot Wings.

I picked up a knock of Wave Bird controller from MicroCenter last year. It’s too bad that the WB didn’t have feedback.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

I got my GameCube for my 11th birthday. I'm 29 now. And I got my GameCube in the middle of its life, December 25, 2003 to be exact. Because of the nature of human development, any console the GameCube's current age (introduced over 20 years ago, discontinued over 15 years ago) will always be classic, as even small children who played it late in its heyday are now adults.

Anyway, my favorite GameCube game has to be Super Smash Bros. Melee. I've tried playing other Smashes and Melee is my favorite to this day. The GameCube controller is just perfect for it, and the graphical style holds up extremely well to this day. NASCAR Thunder 2003 was another one I really liked, yes I know it was a cross-platform game but the GameCube version is the one I had.

[Niku-Sama]

seeing posts like this makes me feel old

the gamecube was the second game system ii bought new after of high school. i got the poekmon XD GC console, played it with a few friends from high school who got one around the same time and then we all drifted apart from there. some for good reasons, others for not. because of this the game cube always kinda bummed me out. my pokemon XD gamecube is back in its box with probably less than 50 hours on it.

when ever i want to play any thing on it i grab a trashed black one i saved at a thrift store with a GBA adapter strapped to it, and i dont play games i had when i played with those people. even though it was from a not so great time in my life, i would always buy systems for $5 or $10 when i came across them. glad i did, made quite a bit of money and good trades with them.

i think i still have like 20 of them some where in a box? i dont know what i have or dont have any more. i'm trying to move on with life after a recent incident and everything is packed up still. trying to keep it all packed for a faster move.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

You're not old, I'm just the baby of the forum.

Sorry to hear that story!

[RARusk]

New modchip using a Raspberry Pi Pico.