2021 Complete Guide to GameCube Game Save Exploits

[@coolaj86]

🥳 🚀 Now Shipping GameSave cards and accessories: Order 💸 via github.com/GameCubeHomebrew/GameSave-Exploits/issues/8

[@kittbluevenom2384]

The fact that Agent Under Fire's Xbox version also has a vulnerability makes this even funnier

[@ravec9245]

ps2 as well

[@jos3ph913]

I want to make a video doing each system with the exact same game

[@wilfredynunez5263]

Splinter Cell too. It's the difinitive softmod game cause unlike 007 every single version works even the Platinum/Choice/Hits version.

[@Nickrnj]

helpful, but thumbs down for sounds of food,.

[@dannyvickers8278]

Found an old GameCube in the cellar and as luck would have it, it actually had wind waker inside! Totally doing this. Might play through wind waker first tho…

[@coolaj86]

UPDATES: This video has a lot of contemporary content. I'll try to keep the GC Homebrew site and this comment up-to-date: - April 2021: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door exploit is now available - April 2021: GC Loader clones have arrived! Welcome "GC Loader Lite" - July 2021: Retro-Bit HDMI adapters are now on Amazon

[@HeftyOwl]

I think you and I were on the same wave length. I hunted deals and got an entire GC and Player setup with all the Hacks. I also used 007: Agent under fire. Good video.

[@Uniballa23]

Are you still selling the memory cards? I emailed you but haven't received a response.

[@Evexin]

dude, i’ve been watching videos for about a week trying to figure out how to get GBI, thanks for going into great detail in 1 video! (and that other 6 minute video i found you on)

[@AlecLeigh]

here is the part I don't understand and am confused about. Why do I need to buy a Swiss GC Bootcard from Ebay? Can't I just use a normal sd card to memory card adapter? Load the hacked save files on to that, and let a game load the save file which then jumps to swiss? what am I missing? why do I specifically need two different memory cards plugged in? can't I just have the hacked save file + swiss all on one SDcard? And then have a normal memory card for normal save files?

[@KopperNeoman]

The SD Gecko isn't a memory card simulator, it's a passthrough. The GameCube and PS2's memory card ports natively support SD Cards, but the pinouts are physically incompatible. That's what an ADAPTER is. You can use an SD Card as a Memory Card, but not just by plugging it in. The GameCube recognises it as an SD Card and the save file manager even tells you it can't use that device, the same message it gives for the microphone. That's why you need to use Swiss' memory card emulation software to create a virtual memory card on your SD and use that.

[@hhectorlector]

idk what had you start doing vids on this topic but you'll find MUCH success when the retro-gaming community if you keep on keeping on. I give it at most a year before all the big guys notice you and give their respects :)

[@coolaj86]

I wanted to play Link's Awakening on my GameCube with the GameBoy Player... and I did a bunch of 20 minute videos that were all garbage and never published them. Then then a year later I took some film and editing classes online and, despite the release of Link's Awakening on Switch, I still had the desire to bring all of the answers to my own questions to light. I plan to do a video on XenoGC, and I just found a secret (mwah-ha-ha-ha) way to get my hands on a GC Loader without paying $150, so I'm going to do that. I know how to get Homebrew on the Switch, so I could cover that. At some point I'm going to crack the secret on how to get N64 games to run on the GameCube using one of the loaders... that definitely deserves a video. But... I don't know how much more I'd do. I'm only really into Nintendo, and it takes a long time to do these. The first one was 100+ hours. This one was 30+ (my editing skills improved, and I allowed for some mistakes without re-recording properly).

[@hhectorlector]

​@@coolaj86 well idk how much you watch other vids on these topics but these videos are at the top of the "quality" and "attention keeping" lists. I can't promise you hoards or fans as even after all these years - MLiG only has 190k subs, but I really do think the community will see the value in your work and keep following you. Consolidating hard-to-find info is awesome but taking on showcasing new tips, tricks, and methods is even better! Also - I invite you to consider putting affiliate links in your video descriptions as it has been somewhat of a pain for me at times to find the ones on GCHomebrew :)

[@coolaj86]

@@hhectorlector Oh, I was expecting that people would click on either the "GameSave Exploits" or the "Buy kits" button, which has them all laid out in a grid: kit.co/coolaj86/the-ultimate-gamecube-experience Thanks for the suggestion. I'll put more links in the descriptions too. What were you looking for?

[@kelamity17]

Thanks so much for covering how to boot with game disc!! Been trying to find a video about this. Most of the other videos require Action Replay disc which is too expensive at the moment. I have a question about the game saves. When you play your game backups from the large SD, are your saves stored in the same SD card?? Or is it saved onto a Gamecube memory card? I'm trying to see if I need to purchase a larger 3rd party memory card to save game backups

[@coolaj86]

GameSaves always go on the real GameCube Memory Card. You can use GCMM to offload GameSaves to the SD card when you need more space. Supposedly I'll be receiving my first batch of memory cards tomorrow. If you'd like to order from me (which will have to be direct through paypal until I have the store set up) I can include a second card at a reasonable price. Send me an email ([e-mail]) or make a comment here: github.com/GameCubeHomebrew/GameSave-Exploits/issues/8

[@dannyvickers8278]

Thank you @AJ ONeal ! I have a rather tricky (and long) question tho… basically I now have the save state exploit all up and running (windwaker) and I’m wondering if I can run a back up of windwaker the same way I run other back ups or would this automatically screw up the exploit? The benefits would just be the dvd not running and not having to switch memory cards round. Any advice appreciated!

[@coolaj86]

There's a new feature for a virtual Memory Card which can be enabled in the Swiss Menu. If you turn that on then you can save to SD (which I had previously thought to be impossible - because it's hardware). If you do that you should be able to take out the memory card and the ISO version of Wind Waker will still work. Just be careful to not overwrite your WWHack card. :)

[@dannyvickers8278]

@@coolaj86 Thank you! I will proceed with caution!

[@kellybounds6492]

to copy the hacked Swiss card are you able to insert the original hacked card and a blank memory card and copy over via the GC memory card manager?

[@coolaj86]

Correct. That's how to do it.

[@bobthebuilder3724]

very easy to follow and great tip to make a backup card (I ended up making 2)

[@joshkessler2503]

Hey AJ quick question, I recently purchased a region unlocked Spice Orange Japanese GameCube. I can play US games just fine on it now. Is it possible to do these methods with US games and exploits or would it not work? Very new to this and trying to decide if I should purchase a separate console. Thanks!

[@epy0nkaru]

Thanks for your video, i already figured it how to get my homebrew GameCube going but your videos and site helped immensely

[@teogabrielsson4717]

Is it okey to use PAL versions of those game or do they have to be NTSC versions for the exploit to function?

[@coolaj86]

The region has to match the GameCube - and there is no region switch for PAL.

[@teogabrielsson4717]

@@coolaj86 Hey! Thanks for getting back to me ONeal! I have a PAL gamecube so a PAL 007 Agent Under Fire would work fine then. Have I understood correctly? You just earned yourself a sub! 😀

[@coolaj86]

@@teogabrielsson4717 As long as there's also a PAL Gamesave hack, which I believe there is. You have to have a PAL-formatted memory card too.

[@coolaj86]

@@teogabrielsson4717 I mostly just stream software these days, so don't sub too fast 😉

[@sidetrakk]

This video is the GOAT!! Thank you so much!

[@coolaj86]

I'm an old fart. I had to go check Urban Dictionary (do kids even still use that?) to figure out if GOAT was a compliment or a dis. 🤣 You're welcome. Have a good one.

[@jackiefannin8616]

So im not able to transfer the files with out a hacked memory card that specific with the ghos reacon 2 exploit 🤔

[@mjmonjure]

I was with you until 10:34. Why do you need the Dolphin application? Isn't this the GC/Wii emulator? I do not want to emulate GC games, I want to run them on the GC hardware. I must just be missing the point. BTW, I have searched, found and watched a few videos on this subject (like 5 or 6) and none of them are as clear and as all encompassing as yours. Excellent video and I am a believer (subscriber) now.

[@coolaj86]

"Dolphin Application" is ANY program that can run on the GameCube. The GameCube - and all accessories, games, etc - have the model number DOL-xxx because "DOLPHIN" was the code name given to the console by Nintendo before launch. The emulator stole the name much later because Nintendo never officially trademarked "Dolphin".

[@mjmonjure]

@@coolaj86 Thanks, just awaiting the Wind Waker game to arrive and I will get started. Swiss Module came in today along with SP2SPD. I also found a complete set of action replay.. So I have options also with the serial 2 SD card

[@AI_PEGASUS]

Hello there, I have a Japanese Gamecube and I have a copy of James Bond 007 Agent Under Fire (PAL). My question is if I follow every step you mention on the video, Will it work? Thanks a lot.

[@coolaj86]

No. You can't cross the streams on that one - not even with a region mod.

[@andreamitchell4758]

I have few questions 1) can you use the SD gecko for regular game saves once you boot a backup from swiss or do you need another memory card for game saves? 2) can you use a softmodded wii u to load the hacked sav file to the GC memory card? 3) can you run Triforce games from swiss, is there homebrew for this for GC like for wii? 4) will swiss boot directly from the SP2 port (SDtoSP2 adapter)using this method? I have a wii U with non cold boot haxchi and nintendon't set up on it

[@k.morris231]

You need an actual memory card for game saves and how would you use a Wii U? It doesn't have GC memory card slots.

[@andreamitchell4758]

@@k.morris231 oops I forgot about that LOL guess I will have to use a wii then so I need 2 memory cards then,one for the hacked sav and another ones for my regular game saves, they can not both be on the same card then

[@RickyHadou]

Just stumbled on your videos and thank god I did. You explained everything so easily. Going to buy a memory card with hacked saves and a. black label 007 Agent Under Fire because I actually like this game and see myself playing it after hacking. Also, it’s cheaper than the other games lol. Thank you so much!!

[@notamii2057]

Could you tell me wher you got one for agent under fire beacuse i cant find one

[@chopper831]

Great video I cant wait to receive my 007 game and sd2sp2 to get started. My question though is when you save a game, does it save to the exploit memory card? I looked everywhere and can't find a answer.

[@coolaj86]

You can save to same card, but you run the risk of overwriting the hacked card, so I recommend swapping.

[@chopper831]

@@coolaj86ok sounds good I wasn't sure if that was a option, Thank You

[@coolaj86]

@@chopper831 Update: the latest version of Swiss now allows you to virtualize memory cards on the SD card (look through the Swiss settings menu). I have no idea how they managed that - considering that the code that manages the memory card is on the DVDs (hence only certain games are exploitable)... but they did it!

[@KevinGonzalez-ol7rl]

To make a backup memory card, can I just load a memory card with all the necessary files into Slot A and a blank memory card into slot B and copy the files over to slot B instead of having to go through the CGMM? Also, are you still selling cards?

[@ChaiRockyy]

Help needed, So I was able to boot Swiss from the Swiss memory card but now it can’t read the sd card adapter. I don’t if there is an issue with the card. I’m using a San disk 64gb sdxc card which the Swiss page said it’s compatible but slot b doesn’t want to be shown. Should I get a different sd card try to re format my card?

[@KopperNeoman]

It needs to be in FAT32 format. Some tools don't like formatting SDXC Cards in FAT32. (Officially, the exFAT format is what makes an SDHC card into an SDXC card. If formatted correctly, any software that can read HC cards can also read XC cards)

[@StonedMedic]

Can this be used with sd2sp2 or only slot b?

[@frankbizzoco1954]

I am not sure if this is a common issue, but often enough times, when I boot an ISO that is on my SD2SP2 via Swiss v0.6, then swap to my NYKO memory card so I can load and save games (Unfortunately most games I have don't recognize port 2) I get a crash when I try to save a game. The Gamecube either freezes or resets. My card in SD2SP2 is Fat32 formatted. If i detatch the gameboy player, this does not happen as often. Any ideas on why this happens? Thanks!

[@CHACKOmusic]

Since my GameCube doesn't have Serial Port 2 to install SD2SP2, I have to use the SDGecko method. When using the SDGecko method, am I limited to 2GB memory card max for storing game backups? That equates to one or two games so I wanted to double check because I have had trouble finding a direct answer.

[@KopperNeoman]

As long as your boot method supports SDHC, you can use up to a 2 TB SD card formatted to FAT32. If it doesn't (like an Action Replay disc) you'll need to use a regular SD card to boot it (4 GB ones exist, but are rare) and then hotswap once Swiss is loaded.

[@everettrantanen1732]

So is it not possible to make a Swiss boot memory card? can't i just copy all my file (game save expoits and swiss DOL file to another memory from the purchased card?

[@coolaj86]

Yes. I give the step-by-step in the video at 7:35.

[@danielgreene9656]

Thank you so much! This solves all my questions. Can’t wait to tap into my cubes true potential :)

[@danielgreene9656]

Actually, I do have one question; can Swiss be loaded from the sd2sp2 slot or do I need a SD with an adapter in the second memory slot?

[@coolaj86]

Yes. No. Swiss MUST be on the Hacked Game Save card. But it can ALSO be on the SD2SP2 OR the SD + Gecko.

[@IAM_Iban97]

Will this work if I don’t have the sd2? I ordered a memory card with some hacked game saved files with Swiss on it . I have wind waker game, the pokemons, twighlight princess, smash, and sunshine. I also orderd the sd card adapter along with a sd card. Should I be good? Thanks In advance.

[@coolaj86]

SD2SP2 is completely optional. Everything works without it as long as you have an SD Gecko (a.k.a. WiiSD) instead.

[@IAM_Iban97]

@@coolaj86 so in other words, I should be all prepped up by the time the items arrive. Also my other question was if the gecko card has a limit for how much space the sd card can have.

[@mkpowner]

Hey this is my first time trying such a thing, so sorry if this question is ignorant. Around 5:55 I think you mention you can boot swiss with homebrew on Wii. I have homebrew on Wii but dont know what to do. Thanks for your guide, very helpful.

[@coolaj86]

You get the GCMM "app" for the Wii and from there you follow the same process in the video. I don't actually know much about Homebrew on the Wii - I've never done it myself.

[@mkpowner]

@@coolaj86 thank you!

[@connorwatson9946]

If you already have the hacked saves on a hacked memory card from eBay can these be put onto another memory card using the GameCube's native save manager or do you also need to us GCMM for that? I have a hacked memory card but want to use a higher capacity Nyko memory card instead.

[@coolaj86]

I don't know. I would only recommend using GCMM.

[@christianhoffmann4212]

randomly watched that video in order to mod my ngc just to find out you are into JS as well :) did you try svelte already? :P

[@coolaj86]

I prefer old school Vanilla JS. And I'm more of a node developer. I just happen to have to do frontend from time to time.

[@charlesmadeck]

Can you show us to to recover a corrupted memory card files for Gamecube ! Thanx !

[@veilc]

i just want to download the games off my pc and transfer them to a sd adapter. you saying that i need a physical copy of the game? i dont want hacks or anything of the game just want to have the games to play for free instead of paying for them or do i still need to get a physical game? cant i just some how launch off a boot game to boot up from sd ?

[@veilc]

or did i need to use a certain game to handle it all so that it could boot everything else up? i think thats what you are preferring to

[@coolaj86]

Yes, you need one of the ~12 specific games mentioned AND a hacked gamesave card. Once you boot into Swiss from that, the world is your oyster.

[@michaelr9209]

so do you have to physically own the game to have them all on that menu or can you like downlaod them from somewhere and basically get them free.. im a noob im sorry im just still confused on how all of it works

[@coolaj86]

You can use CleanRIP to copy a disc that you own. If your disc is damaged and cannot be read there is an archive site that has backups of every game released in the US. See near the end here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHq3pGiYibVqh7M

[@flyingcat9125]

To save a game can I use a memory card with pre-existing data and Swiss in slot 2, will anything happen to my data? Will I be able to transfer my data to sd card?

[@coolaj86]

Sure. You just can't play the game with the hacked save on that card.

[@coolaj86]

Use GCMM to transfer between SD and Game Cube Memory Card

[@pastelshoal]

Question for you: using Swiss, is it possible to specify the system language when using a NTSC console? I am wondering if when I get a PAL game and boot with Swiss, whether or not I can select to run the game in French if the disc has multilanguage support.

[@coolaj86]

That's an interesting question. If you can do the research to find me a cheap (

[@pastelshoal]

@@coolaj86 I will try to get around to that! I have a copy of Doshin in the post from France I will want to try, but I'm pretty sure that was monolingual according to the country it was released, so wont help much. Ultimately I am just wondering how easy it would be to play GC games in French given that it's been immensely helpful for me in learning.

[@emukidid]

Pretty sure the answer is yes, since the settings in Swiss to change the language will apply to SRAM, which is what the IPL/GameCube menu uses, even though that section isn't available on a NTSC GameCube.

[@coolaj86]

@@emukidid Thanks. Could you screenshot where that option is in Swiss and maybe post an imgur link here? I did go looking for that and found an open topic about SRAM in the github, but I didn't understand whether it was implemented or how to access it. Granted, I also haven't actually opened up Swiss again since I did that video - catching up on other stuff. :)

[@connorwatson9946]

Is the hacked memory card in Slot A also the card you’ll be using for game save storage? Say I used the Wind Waker exploit, what would happen if I then tried to play Wind Waker from within Swiss? Could I over write the hacked save potentially? Would I even be able to start it?

[@ricardog.s2505]

You would have to use a VMC on Swiss (Virtual Memory Card) and play from there

[@ShadowStep752]

Alternatively you could play a different region of wind waker which will make a seperate save thst wont affect the exploited one

[@cloudshadow]

Is there some way to use my old memory card with save files from games I own with this method ?

[@cloudshadow]

Nvm 11:45 😅

[@masonmahard7372]

First off, wanted to say a big thank you for getting me this far. Haven't been able to find any guide any where near as helpful as yours, so thank you. My question, I have a coppy of SSBM and was going to message an ebay seller about a swiss card. My problem is that I have a USA gamecube, my melee disc says DL-DOL-GALE-USA on the front, but on the back like at 4:44 it says DOL-GALE-0-02 JPN, so do I ask the seller to use the game save hack for the Japanese or everywhere else boot file. (I know the E in GALE is for "everywhere else" but that "JPN" is really throwing me off.)

[@coolaj86]

It's the US version. Full send. It may have been manufactured in JPN. Also, I sell those now too: github.com/GameCubeHomebrew/GameSave-Exploits/issues/8

[@KevinGonzalez-ol7rl]

@@coolaj86 Are you still selling?

[@shanecockburn]

Hi Everyone i have a brand new Gamecube and wanted to runback ups of my original games. I have a memory card which allows me to insert a sd card. I currently have Max Drive Pro disc only. I understand i need a certain game like Wind Waker. My Gamecube does not have the port underneath. Do i require anything else please? I was thinking of buying the SD Media Laucher but not sure. Thanks

[@coolaj86]

I'd recommend that you just download backups of your discs from site that cannot be mentioned V I M M cough D O T cough N E T - oh what was that!? I think I sneezed while my cat was walking on the keyboard there. Anyway - WindWaker (or 007) + Hacked Game Save card + SD Gecko + Sd should be all you need. If interested see my link about buying the hacked game save cards.

[@shanecockburn]

@@coolaj86 thanks heaps

[@allretrogamer6424]

Love ur videos I'm so confused I a dol 101 is there any hope jailbreak this GameCube I don't know where to start help thank u

[@coolaj86]

Everything is the same as the original except that 1) no HDMI and 2) no Serial Port 2. Game save hacks and GC Loader Lite are probably the best current / easy methods.

[@rubberduck2216]

I bought a memory card off ebay. It's won't boot my gameboy advance games. I'm using pokemon colosseum and pokemon gale of darkness xd. It glitches into the gameboy player. My friend and I have been using my modded wii and try reflashing the memory card and etc. If anyone has links to the interface there using or programs much appreciated thank you.

[@nialspence7858]

Great video aj mate. Very informative

[@LlamaRoyal]

So I followed the instructionsand I have the Splinter cell game and game file but yet does not work properly.

[@coolaj86]

You either need to buy a gamecube card that's pre-loaded with the Splinter Cell game save hack, or you need to use GCMM on the Wii to create the GameCube card. It will not run from an SD card. The GameCube slot is a SPI port which, much like USB, can accept a variety of unrelated devices (in the same way that USB works for both phones and printers which other than that they can connect via USB, are entirely unrelated).

[@ciphurious]

The tutorial and guides helped a lot, thanks!

[@GormGear]

Is it possible to follow the steps you've detailed here to create a hacked game save card using a non-japanese gamecube for use with a Japanese gamecube? I've followed the steps but the memory card with the japanese windwaker save file and swiss I have on it don't show up when I check them on the japanese system and doesn't boot into swiss when I try and load a save file

[@GormGear]

Figured it out, I had to format the japanese memory card first in the IPL / Gamecube UI, works perfectly now :D

[@coolaj86]

I'd say open an issue on the GCCM repo on Github and ask there. I was under the impression that that _should_ work - at least Japan-US. However, I haven't tried it myself. All of the NTSC GameCubes have a one-wire switch that will flip them between regions, so if nothing else you can open it up and put a short jumper wire between the two pins and then, *magic*, it'll boot up in English rather than Japanese and suddenly be a USA-region GameCube. The UK GameCubes, however, have some different hardware.

[@ozrithclay6921]

Is it possible to make a gameboy player the boot.dol of the hacked memory card so you can just go from say windwaker to gameboy player with no menus?

[@coolaj86]

Yes. Just create a new memory card and load it with gbi.gci instead of swiss.gci. DON'T OVERWRITE your main hacked card with Swiss - I don't think there's any way to boot swiss from GBI.

[@ozrithclay6921]

@@coolaj86 Thanks. I'm installing a Xeno chip in my GC and my brother really wants a gameboy player disk but he can't afford the original disk or mod his console. But since he has windwaker, I think this is a perfect solution for him. Awesome videos on how to mod it. information was so difficult to figure out, I almost gave up modding it.

[@ingobernable_gamer_show2751]

Hola, a mi no me carga el swiss con el sp2sd2 con el xploit ghostrecon 2, la partida si entra y está correcta pero cuando le doy a cargar el perfil y partida me reinicia la cube. Me.puedes ayudar, gracias

[@coolaj86]

Swiss must go on the game save card alongside the hacked game save, not the SD2SP2.

[@AshXSamm]

Does this method work with a Japanese GameCube and the same games?

[@coolaj86]

Yeah, as long as the exploit download has a J version of the exploit, which most do.

[@AshXSamm]

@@coolaj86 and Obviously I need the Japanese version of the game, e.g. wind waker.

[@kingdomkeeper02]

So I've got Swiss running because of the game save exploit from F-Zero. But once Swiss is booted, it doesn't recognize the fact that I have an SD card Inserted into the adapter I placed in slot B. I'm using a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB micro SD card formatted into Fat32 On a DOL-101 model Silver GameCube. What can I do to make it read the SD?

[@coolaj86]

Is there anything on the card? Do any other cards work? What does it show instead?

[@kingdomkeeper02]

@@coolaj86 the only thing on the card is 5 game ISOs. From what I tested, no other cards worked. I tried a 2gb micro SD, a 2 gb Toshiba SD, and a 4 gb Lexar SD. None of them appeared. Swiss starts by showing what's on the Memory Card. The other device options are the DVD drive, and the system. The option of "SD in slot B" doesn't even appear unless I choose "show all devices" When I choose it, it doesn't load anything. Just takes me back to the 3 options that it can read from.

[@coolaj86]

@@kingdomkeeper02 Perhaps you have a bad SD Gecko - bent pin or chipped or something. What version of Swiss?

[@coolaj86]

More likely: bad memory card slot. What if you put it into Slot A after Swiss loads? Can the gamecube read memory cards from Slot B from the IPL (the glassy cube ma-bob when you don't put in a disc)?

[@kingdomkeeper02]

@@coolaj86 Swiss is r1217 It also says v0.6 when in the application I assume these are one in the same, but I thought I'd give you both just in case.

[@kianbeck1237]

What if I only have the sd to gc card and a modded wii can I still do it?

[@coolaj86]

Nope. You can run GC on the Wii, but you can't boot any homebrew on the GC without a disc or mod chip / device.

[@juanjsanchez6872]

Hello dude i bring a 007 under fire my version it's 001 and my memory card it's from 64mb are you believe that works?

[@coolaj86]

Yeah, just check the download link on gchomebrew.com/ as shown in the video, and you should see the 01 file in there.

[@OlhausenKraus]

Love your videos are very funny and explain a lot of things regarding Gamecube Homebrew. Hasta la vista baby y adios muchachos XD.

[@ByteSizeThoughts]

Really great videos and I am sorely tempted to try this out from a technical point of view. I put home-brew on my wii recently though and that was very straightforward compared to this and Ive got 64gb of Gamecube games available there. Still, with the pandemic going on its a fun hobby to be messing about with these old consoles :D

[@coolaj86]

I'm considering modding my Wii U as well. I hear there's a new hack that you can use for that and the backwards-compatible Wii hardware can still be tricked into playing GC games. I wouldn't do the Wii because the HDMI adapters are fake. Or analog, rather than digital.

[@JulianQuinn]

@@coolaj86there is a pretty decent hdmi adapter by electron shepherd and they also have a hardware mod for Wii that gives it an HDMI out for true HDMI

[@kevinricardo3919]

Do I have to use a sd2sp2 to store my backups or is there some other way I can store them on my dol-101 gamecube?

[@coolaj86]

Either SD2SP2 or SD Gecko.

[@kevinricardo3919]

@@coolaj86 okay thank you so much

[@FunkyGamerGuy]

You dont need both to go through this process?​@@coolaj86

[@dacolts24]

Far too complicated for something so simple. Had to take it into my own hands and managed to get it working using my modded wii for GCMM. I understand you wanted to cover everything but for a newcomer it was overwhelming, and most of it I didn't need.

[@retropulse03]

Seriously, I'm having to watch and re watch and re-re-re-watch these videos. I can tell there is good information in here, but it feels all over the place. This kind of stuff isn't even new to me. I softmodded my Wii, my PS2, my XBOX, my PSX, etc etc... but I'm still trying to figure out just a shortlist of what I need to get going.

[@coolguygrant77]

to get going you need a memory card with a hacked game save, and the game that matches that save. now all you need is way to load files, so either a SDGECKO or SD2SP2. thats it.

[@xixarashi]

Extract.me not letting me extract 7.zip files to .Zip any help 🙏?!?!

[@coolaj86]

You can always download 7z.exe or WinRAR. I just liked extract.me me because it was convenient.

[@aliazeez6926]

Actually, i waiting this tutorial from a long time ago as the only video i find on youtube By coincidences and its on in Spanish i think Thanks a lot for you ,

[@ItsTeezoUBZ]

I just found wind waker in my nephews game box ..!!

[@ryanvane2122]

Thank you for this video! Keep up the great work.

[@coolaj86]

You're welcome!

[@Big_Heat_jr]

I don't really know what to do with the 2nd step you kinda just downloaded it and said ,you needed it but I don't really know what to do with it .-. I'm sorry I'm stupid

[@coolaj86]

You'll need to buy the card pre-made (see my link if you want mine). You can't make it yourself unless you already have a system with Homebrew.

[@Big_Heat_jr]

@@coolaj86 oh cool but can I ask a other thing do you need a memory card to save game data because i cant do the second step/last step if I'm using it as a regular memory card (I only have 2 the hacked one a regular card)

[@coolaj86]

@@Big_Heat_jr You can save other games on the hacked memory card, you just can't overwrite the hacked game save - you'd have to swap memory cards if you also want to be able to play the game that you use for booting into Swiss.

[@Big_Heat_jr]

@@coolaj86 ok thank you bro but last question (just to end it off I promise) When I get swiss booted up and I turn my normal memory card into a hacked one is there a reason to use the other one I can use the new for -loading into swiss with wind waker - saving my data That's it really it) again im sorry for annoying you bro

[@coolguygrant77]

So there is no way to do gamecube homebrew without loading up the hacked save everytime?

[@coolaj86]

You can use a GC Loader or GC Loader Lite. I have some available for sale: github.com/GameCubeHomebrew/GameSave-Exploits/issues/8

[@coolaj86]

The GameCube has no software and no operating system, so there's no way to get it to load except from the DVD interface.

[@Mr-Opium]

It won’t let me load up the gecko it loads up Swiss perfectly fine but won’t let me load up whatever is on the gecko.

[@coolaj86]

The card may be formatted incorrectly, or that slot may have a problem (bad, broken solder or poor connection), or the Gecko might be bad. Start with making sure it's a fresh FAT32 card that is no more than 2GB.

[@Martin.chapman]

I just want that little sd2 thing for built-in memory

[@MajorTom106]

This is good but why go to all this trouble if you're going to get a Swiss boot card on ebay? Why not just get a GCI memory card if you're going to get it on ebay anyway?

[@coolaj86]

Do you me EXI Memory Card or SD Gecko? I don't think there's such a thing as GCI Memory Card (or at least I saw 0 results on ebay). The Swiss boot card is a EXI Memory Card with GCI files on it (Swiss is a DOL wrapped as a GCI). SD Gecko can't be used for exploits.

[@MajorTom106]

@@coolaj86 Sorry meant GBI memory card

[@coolaj86]

@@MajorTom106 Oh, yeah, I wouldn't get one of those because then you still need a Swiss Boot Card. If you only get the GBI card then you can't run any other homebrew or update the card you bought with a newer version.

[@MajorTom106]

@@coolaj86 gotcha. Also why not use both hacked game save file for 007? Is it just not enough space on the card?

[@coolaj86]

@@MajorTom106 The game saves have the same ID regardless of the release version of the game. You can only have one game save for each game.

[@Thecryingonion]

I'm still very lost as to why I can't just boot from the gecko and or make my own hacked memory card. I can't find the info I'm looking for anywhere. Done tons of research and its all in pieces.

[@coolaj86]

Because it's the proprietary EXI protocol: coolaj86.com/articles/exi-vs-sd-the-gamecube-memory-card/

[@DrinkingMars]

Do PAL games run on unmodified ntsc GameCubes?

[@coolaj86]

No. PAL is a different video standard entirely. The games have different hardware inside, IIRC. Swapping NTSC-J and NTSC-U can be with a well-placed paper clip (sort of), but not PAL.

[@coolaj86]

Clarification: I believe that PAL games can be loaded via Homebrew. I'll have to test it out for myself to be sure.

[@Zyzz710]

does splinter cell PAL version work too?

[@coolaj86]

Download the zip or 7z and see if there's a 'XXXP.gci' file inside.

[@Zyzz710]

@@coolaj86 thx

[@AdmiralLatias]

recently got a gamecube last month and im only using it to play all the favorite titles i once owned that got sold behind my back by a friend who was a traitor to me

[@coolaj86]

We've all had that friend... His name was Jake, wasn't it? Jake the Snake... "borrowing" the games and "losing" them. I remember Jake. 😠

[@AdmiralLatias]

@@coolaj86 thats very true, never trust someone thats been your friend for years or lives in another state

[@luar215]

Thanks this helped me a lot

[@RyDawg96]

The day a memory card exploit is found in the GameCubes system menu will be the best day ever for gamecube modding.

[@coolaj86]

That would be awesome, but I don't think it will happen. That's a fairy tiny amount of code and already a hot spot for anyone with the know how. There is, however, now a pretty board that replaces the bootloader entirely.

[@CheesieGamer]

Fun video.. Great intro..

[@juanjsanchez6872]

Could you send me the saved game from 007 under fire version 001 please dude?

[@coolaj86]

Do you want to get on the pre-order list? github.com/GameCubeHomebrew/GameSave-Exploits/issues/8

[@eightbit1975]

Personally I would have created the memory card myself using a hacked Wii. Those are a dime a dozen and you don't have to worry about keeping "spare" hacked GC memory cards around. If you need to make a new one just go to the trusty ol' Wii and make a new one. And to expand on that, you really want to go this gamecube route if you are specifically nostalgic with playing the games on the original console. Otherwise if you have a Wii already (which is a model that has GC controller and memory card ports) you might as well just uses Nintendont and run them this way. This is not emulation. Nintendont puts the Wii in GC mode to play these games.

[@coolaj86]

The Wii doesn't have HDMI, whereas the GC does. But since this video there have been numerous advances in Homebrew and now it seems that the Wii U, which also has HDMI, is the best way to go.

[@eightbit1975]

@@coolaj86 Well, not really. The Wii U's video output in Wii and GC mode is pretty horrible. I have a Wii U and while the Wii U games look great of course, those other modes suffer and are even worse than a normal Wii. The Wii and GC both share the same component out port (if you had a GC that has it of course) and there are various Wii to HDMI adapters sold cheaply. There's also a hardware mod to add HDMI to the Wii which is phenomenal, but you need the skills to install it. Really a hacked Wii with component cables and a CRT TV (a Trinitron) is the best way to experience Wii and GC games as they were back in the day, but that is just my opinion of course.

[@coolaj86]

@@eightbit1975 The original gamecube has a VR headset adapter port that can be used for true HDMI - that's what I was referring to. But yeah, it's sometimes rough watching games that are meant to take advantage of the CRT blur rendered "crisp" via HDMI.

[@sleepdeep305]

Dude you need a low pass filter so bad. There's a terrible high pitched noise in some parts of the video

[@CarlosLopez-xi2rq]

The video is great but the mouth noises are disgusting to my ears (and they don't add anything poisitive in my view), anyway, thank you so much this is a genius tutorial,,,

[@Thecryingonion]

I dont get how you got the swiss boot.dol

[@coolaj86]

The hacked gamesave card contains the hacked gxxe.gci and the swiss bool.gci. The SD card holds the rest.

[@oobernooberful]

Dude do you live in Provo? So do I haha wanna come over and help me with this? Willing to pay for your services

[@coolaj86]

PG now, but close enough. Send me an email: [e-mail].

[@andreamitchell4758]

0:16 Nah it's just COVID

[@beau2551]

I’m a gamecube fan !!!!!!!!!!!

[@EfraEspada]

You are the boss

[@jordantherubio]

You lost me at the last parts when you removed the slot A. These steps feel repetitive when I turn on the gamecube. I guess there isn't a plug and play mod witch is unfortunate. And nintendo doesn't really like other people touching there shit as well. Might as well use retroarch on a small pc or somthing at better quality then moding a gamecube. I'll take suggestions tho thanks.

[@coolaj86]

Typically you don't need to remove slot A. That would be if you want to create a backup card, or play the game without booting into Swiss. If you have one of the "Just Press Start Games" it's pretty nice. If you get one that requires lots of button presses, it could be annoying. The GC Loader / Lite is "plug n play"... or at least it doesn't require soldering.

[@jordantherubio]

@@coolaj86thank you being doing alot of hw to see what's the better method for me. How does the sodering method work? It sounds like that would be better for me. And does the sd2sp2 only for booting up swiss and roms ?

[@coolaj86]

@@jordantherubio There are two (and a half) chips: XenoGC and GC Loader / Lite. The XenoGC is uber cheap, but requires soldering. The GC Loader / Lite is expensive but simply replaces the laser disc unit entirely - unplug and replug.

[@coolaj86]

I actually have an original GC Loader in hand, right now, on the desk behind me, so that video will come eventually as well.

[@jordantherubio]

@@coolaj86 ok that make sense I like xenogc idea. Pretty good at sodering. What does the sodering chip do again?

[@ryn1986]

Is that the nard dog? LOL

[@coolaj86]

Dude! C'mon man, I'm too old for this. I'm like a grandpa - except that my kids aren't even in school yet and I'm not even 40. Regardless, I don't know what all that stuff means. I mean, I played the GameCube when it WASN'T cool. Nard dog... lol...

[@hhectorlector]

Wow I was just googling this like 2 minutes ago... weird xD

[@coolaj86]

Well, let me know what you think when you're done. :)

[@hhectorlector]

@@coolaj86 thank you I will.. this video is more thorough than I thought it’d be (exactly why I’m subscribed here).. probably won’t be able to try this stuff out until later today. I spent a couple hours last night trying what old RockerGaming vids and Reddit told me to do.. even with the Xeno mod chip, SD2SP2, action replay disc, and memory card adapter- I couldn’t boot into Swiss at all cuz I guess I wasn’t naming files right (or using the right files) . I was about to put in the custom SDLoad codes (dozens of 12 digit codes) into action replay when I found this so I think you’ve saved me a lot of time ntm have shown me the right path xD

[@coolaj86]

@@hhectorlector Awesome! I'm glad it came with good timing.

[@coolaj86]

@@hhectorlector Semi-related: Since you're a reddit user, would you care to post this as a Link with a nice comment at reddit.com/r/Gamecube ? (they don't allow others to submit their own material)

[@hhectorlector]

@@coolaj86 I couldn't get it to work with what I had and, in investigating which memory card to buy and what not - I decided to just get a GC Loader :) Definitely not the cheapest route but hopefully it'll be headache free for someone as troubled as I've been with using SD cards with my gamecube :P (tbh I think my Xeno mod chip came undone but I haven't checked)

[@john005_]

The games are now the cost of ps4 new retail games :(

[@sIacker]

lol turns out I have the most expensive game (gale of darkness) and the longest time to load :P

[@coolaj86]

... sell it :) Unless you really love it, that is.

[@sIacker]

@@coolaj86 gotta keep it! came with my matching gamecube when I bought it new :)

[@darthkahn45]

12:20 seamless

[@foshizelmc7412]

I have literally 100+ games on my Swiss card lol

[@PrincessDolumi]

So wait after you unplugged the 8MB memory card do we need to do that EVERYTIME we want to play our GC? And if We need a fourth memory card? Your video doesn't show much about that. Please explain, thumbs down.

[@coolaj86]

Telling someone "thumbs down" isn't a good way to engage someone to get your question answered. I don't know which part of the video that you're referring to, but you only need to remove the game card if you want to play the game for which you have a hacked save (I can't play Zelda with the Zelda hacked card). You can only have 2 memory cards plugged in at a time, but very few games require both cards.

[@SeaSlug]

???? just install it yourself with a wii ???

[@coolaj86]

wii.guide/letterbomb.html

[@coolaj86]

Did that answer your question?

[@ItsTeezoUBZ]

If you have a Wii with home brew menu i bet you could save the files you need to the GC memory card instead of buying one.

[@annhilater1985]

Great info, dudes a little annoying tho

[@coolaj86]

T.H.E. W.O.R.S.T! Amiright!? Or the G.O.A.T. Hard to tell... hmmm 🧐

[@snigelspot]

wow all the eating and drinking made me stop watching

[@irelydontcare]

hey, i just wrote you an emial about if you're still selling hacked cards (ny email has pi312 in it). Please let me know!

[@ItsTeezoUBZ]

I just found wind waker in my nephews game box ..!!