I just installed a region switch into my gamecube.
Now I'm curious, wtf is gunna happen if it is flipped when the power is on?
I just installed a region switch into my gamecube.
Now I'm curious, wtf is gunna happen if it is flipped when the power is on?
Boom.
I don't really know, unless the region is locked after boot? Be sure to try and let us know!
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It's probably fine. In fact, if you do a 50/60 mod on a Genesis, you have to flip it after boot unless you like playing games with no color & a rolling screen.
Most region switches change some pin or pins on a processor between Ground and +5v. Changing between +5 & Gnd at high speed is what makes your game system work.
well this isn't a NTSC to PAL mod, it loads the USA bios and the JPN bios.
I've had my cube since launch and it's my little baby, i'm scared to throw the switch. o_O Has NOONE activated a region switch when its on?
What about the JPN/USA switch on the Genesis? What happens?
I doubt there are different BIOSes in the Gamecube - it probably just polls the state of that input at boot & sets the region options appropriately.
Flicking the US/JP switch usually does nothing, but it's dependent on how the game was programmed. One odd example is Volfied - on the title screen, if you flip the US/JP switch back & forth, it changes from blinking "PUSH START BUTTON" to "PRESS START BUTTON" and back. So in that case, it was written to continually poll the US/JP state & display text accordingly.
I assumed it had two bios kinda like my xbox does with a mod chip.
I figured the best place for me to put my switch was the side of my cube, so i can access it easier than the back where everyone else puts it. I installed a rocker switch, and so I'm just scared about the unlikey event that somehow it gets pushed.
there's where it is on my cube.
i think it will be fine, try it without a memory card in to begin with if youre scared of data loss, then theres nothing that can easily corrupt. from my experience, worst case is that it will freeze. however i have not done it on a gamecube, since mine's pal. if i had a modded gamecube however, i would definately try it on my own.
Aside from the fun most people have from flipping random switches, why would you want to play with it while it's on?
It's not like there's anything *Good* that can come from it.
That would make more sense...
Just toss a plexi cap over it. Spring loaded if you really want to get fancy.