I made my own GameCube Mini because Nintendo wont

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[@DylozWitty]

Watching this makes me think back to the “making Wii portable” days of KZbin, I wonder if there are any chunks of the board that the Gamecube just straight up doesn’t need to potentially remove some of the thickness of the console. I’d imagine if Nintendo were to make a console like this it would be a normal looking gamecube at half the size like all the other classic/minis

[@zereimu]

I would buy that in a heartbeat.

[@MrGarryGrey]

I've seen someone tried to make a portable GameCube and they ended up using a Wii board, because it's way smaller and basically the same hardware (but clocked higher), which can run Gamecube (and Wii) games natively. It's a win-win, no reason to mess with GC board (other than novelty factor, I guess).

[@MohammedIbrahim-lq7yt]

@@MrGarryGrey yeah same

[@DylozWitty]

@@MrGarryGrey yeah now that I think about it I’ve seen someone do that too, I’m sure if Nintendo wanted to make there own mini they’d end up doing something like that and then loading it with Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Melee and then just throw on 7 games that no ones heard of

[@asuasuasu]

nintendo launching a new GC or Wii machine would be rather surprising to me. they would almost certainly need to do this with emulation and you would need better than switch class hardware, aside of all the engineering effort. in comparison, NES emulation is trivial and N64 emulation for a few select titles is not a massive challenge to a talented team. unless they straight up "steal" dolphin of course. your best chance at an official solution would probably be on the switch successor. they're probably more interested into porting/remastering some of their popular titles though.

[@koigoi]

I bet you had a similar design process to what Nintendo engineers had when designing the original Wii with controller ports! This is so cool!

[@darsparx]

Which definitely was smart but man wish they'd beefed up its power at the time...not that I knew any better. Still enjoy both now XD

[@firestrikerii810]

No

[@falling_]

@@firestrikerii810 replied 9 months late

[@WohaoG]

me too@@falling_

[@falling_]

💀💀@@WohaoG

[@elcofredemcclaw]

Fans bring "We do what Nintendon't" to a whole new level

[@firestrikerii810]

HAHAHAHAHA no

[@-Haskel]

But it is what Genesisn’t

[@Ajasle8]

Fu

[@liftsalot]

literally the first thing I thought when seeing the title. such a missed opportunity.

[@evanthevrexpert]

Nintendon’t this is also a GameCube emulator for the Wiis that don’t have GameCube compatibility.

[@gagekieffer772]

you missed the perfect opportunity to call it a GameSlab

[@TSSCATS]

Real

[@N269]

GameStub?

[@captainpumpkinhead1512]

You could have used PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) to control the speed of the fan. Pico could control a transistor that turned the fan on and off really fast to adjust the speed. Then you could have gotten 3.3V worth of speed out of it while technically running it on 12V (or 7.5V, or whatever).

[@asuasuasu]

a transistor would be unneeded since there is straight up a PWM pin on that fan. not sure what logic voltage fans accept though.

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

@@asuasuasu That fan looks like a NF-A8 PWM. Gamecube stock fan however is straight up 12V 100% all the time, easily spotable since there are only two leads. Voltage controlled fans don't accept any logic and you only have three leads, two for power and one for tachometer. He could've used the pico and an additional temperature sensor glued to the heatsink with thermal epoxy to get the current system temp and then use the pico to generate a PWM signal; no need for a transistor.

[@RAndrewNeal]

@@Ruhrpottpatriot If the third pin isn't for logic level PWM, then a micro controller board won't run a fan like that by itself. Not enough current source/sink capacity. Best to use a MOSFET.

[@DxCrepp738]

The spacing on the Gamecube Controller ports were kept the same distance from Gamecube to Wii. You can trim out the GC ports on a Wii motherboard. Just wire the power and ground pins in a series and the 4 data pins to where they are on the GC motherboard, front-middle.

[@runed0s86]

The Wii family edition doesn't even come with GameCube ports! There is a way to make any Wii autoboot into Nintendont.

[@bumbum9898]

This is awesome. I think adding a mesh to the fan and some finishing work to the shell would really polish it up.

[@inputfunny]

Very nice, but I would add a mesh to the top of the case so bugs can't fall into the fan area and short something out.

[@DaniloGanzella]

haha yeah, first thinkg I thought, the top should not have a hole O.o

[@danjadave]

It looks like your printer is over-extruding a little, leading to the slightly messy appearance of the top surfaces due to excess plastic getting smooshed around the nozzle. It is probably also making holes narrower than as-designed and generally making the dimensions less accurate. If you try dropping the extrusion rate by 5-10% it'll probably give better results. That said, great job on this hack, looks fantastic! 👍👍

[@darsparx]

Too late now but should've done the BT controller mod to it. That would've made it the perfect mini console. The mods people are doing to these now are amazing 👏

[@___Sunflower]

I don't even own a GameCube, and I was thinking the same thing, that mod is a truly must have if you're going to modify the internal parts of a GameCube at least.

[@moldorm30]

What's bt?

[@ns2joel]

@@moldorm30 Bluetooth

[@stephanemignot100]

What about latency?

[@darsparx]

@@stephanemignot100 can't recall but it seemed to be using a pretty decently new bt standard iirc. I'd do it if I could just because cords are annoying to me now. And if it does have bad latency someone will improve it with a raspberry Pico lol

[@xXRenaxChanXx]

The biggest gripe I've always had with the Gamecubes power brick isn't just the space but how short the cable is. Makes finding a place for it an absolute pain.

[@TechnoGeek3D]

Great job on the CAD elements of this. Not an easy task and it looks great!

[@blindstone1042]

As someone who was slowly working on a slim factor gamecube, you just saved me a boat load of time, this is fantastic! Great work! Look forward to making this

[@TheZoenGaming]

This makes me think of when the PS2 Slim came out and a bunch of my buddies wondered if they could use a hole punch to get it to fit into a 3-ring binder. LOL Personally, I'd have replaced the ribbon cable so the controller ports could have been placed on the side rather than above the memory card ports and not bothered with cutting the PCB making the end design shorter in height but a bit wider. This was fun to watch.

[@ZohondeKids]

This is so cool! It just now appeared in my recommended. I kind of like the casual style while still getting a ton of work done and putting in effort. Really drives the fun passion project style to the viewers! 😁

[@GlitchyKnoppix]

Printed this in resin added an sd slot amazing design by Bringus!

[@marijnkuijlman]

Great job, dude! :-) Some suggestions for the next generation: - You could make the fan look like the disk drive by putting a black mesh over it and making the fan black. - Making the reset switch in a circle and putting a circle on the other side (so you have the three circle buttons. - Don't forget the little tiny handle on the back! ;-)

[@reygamingchannel1505]

Wow that's a great mod and 3d print design! I subbed to see more weird $hit. Love the red gamecube you custom painted. Great video! Ps: I came from your reddit post!

[@sapixiv2174]

Good stuff. I loved how well put together this video was and the implementation of your idea was very good

[@ridokilos-actual]

Love what you've done. Really makes me want to take a stab at remixing it for the GCLoader + GBPlayer. Great work!

[@Maddin1313]

The title should say "because Nintendon't" How could you miss this opportunity! 😂

[@esteban-zamora]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@J-Pow]

I was going to make the exact same comment.

[@hamburmer]

Nintendon't like that

[@ReallyJTT]

frr ^^^^^^^

[@VSMOKE1]

dammit i knew someone had to say it🤣

[@ErinaCeleste]

great video! it's amazing to see what people can do with the right tools and dedication

[@CanularRadio]

check out portable WII projects

[@aaiieenn]

This is so cool!! Very satisfying seeing it all come together

[@tom-xz4ox]

Straight into the business, no guff, no filler. Love it, subbed

[@Melechtna]

With a bit more soldering you could have made this thinner by laying the controller board flat and removing the plugs for the controller board, then soldering it to the back with a few wires instead. You also probably should have soldered on one of the SDCard underside loaders too, which is half the point of the Pico mod, as the SDGecko is KIND of shit when it comes to transfer speeds. Wouldn't have added basically any width and given you a better, faster, and more effective game loader.

[@Melechtna]

@Roller Mobster 1nc could probably throw out the mem cards entirely as they're basically useless with that sd card.

[@LanceThumping]

Also could've swapped the heat sink with something salvaged from an old gaming laptop to pull the heat away with heat pipes into a much smaller fan at the back.

[@real_synthax]

You don't need to take up a memory card slot for your SD adapter, you can solder it to the serial pads on the board that SP2 normally connects to. Then you can have a microSD slot integrated into your faceplate.

[@MattBeaver]

I actually got like 50 of those PCB's fabricated last year and haven't used a single one lol.

[@real_synthax]

@@MattBeaver The ones made for SP2-lacking boards / internal installation? Lol, at least PCB fabbing is cheap as all hell these days.

[@MattBeaver]

@@real_synthax Yup, those exact ones.

[@helliboss]

Can you please direct me to a link for that as I have a dol101 and don't have a sd2 memory card adapter.

[@innosyde7188]

@@MattBeaver what a waste

[@Palte]

This whole mod is so insane to me! Very well done man! I myself work a bit with 3d printing but never thought about slimming down a console with it. I guess you've got me into a new project... :)

[@rubberwoody]

Make an N64 mini since Nintendo didn't make it.

[@AmazuRazu]

I remember seeing this video on my recommended tab and I scrolled passed it and I just went on a quick search for this amazing video, good job!

[@Trinciacrophobia]

This is awesome! I wonder how much smaller it could possibly get with internal sd2sp2 and blueretro. The controller ports and memory card slots could be dropped as a result.

[@phirenz]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Some kind of internal SD solution; Blueretro; scrap all ports except AV and and power, could probably get it down to the 20mm high range. For extra points, start trimming the PCB and experiment with other cooling solutions. I'm not entirely sure what the GameCube TDP is, but you might be able to get away with passive cooling if you made the entire case out of metal.

[@axelkusanagi4139]

I mean, it is on a ribbon cable and has screwholes. You could put the ports on the top.

[@maverickhuntersyd]

I was thinking the same thing, we can already load games from an SD card so maybe a built in SD card reader or something

[@Trinciacrophobia]

@@axelkusanagi4139 You could. Could also do internal Wavebird reciever as well, if there's no budget lol.

[@Trinciacrophobia]

@@phirenz I think if you're getting into trimming the PCB it might be more worth it to just do a Wii mod since that stuff is already heavily documented and gets really freaking tiny.

[@draconic5129]

You could have soldered the SD2SP2 to the points on the motherboard even though that model is missing the serial port 2 connector it still has all the points on the motherboard so if you really want you can solder the SD2SP2 adapter directly in to get those benefits of faster load time.

[@Subreon]

Where is the console hacking community at? Do you guys do commissions for 1 off projects?

[@draconic5129]

@@Subreon Some people might, I'm not really sure.

[@dragonking972]

It's a really cool project I hope your channel explodes from it and gets a lot of views

[@eathenalexander2836]

This is truly creative and incredible. Great job

[@BioGenx2b]

Very cool mod! This looks like a perfect candidate for the bluetooth controller port. The MC-loaded roms aren't a bad touch either, but a more elegant solution would be an ODE that uses its own SD card slot, then an extension to place that somewhere on the case. In any case, I love it! Looks great! The only major change I would consider making here is maybe using two Silverstone thin fans, top and bottom, for better cooling (bottom intake, top exhaust). Not sure that's even necessary though. Can you overclock the GC? Is it worth doing?

[@Delcaek]

Great work! But you should invest in a hot air rework station, that could get rid of those connectors in seconds instead of using a Dremel.

[@chrisbellamy8867]

This, I cringed when he said he took a dremel to it, he ruined a pair of perfectly good ports that could have been used elsewhere or repairs on another gamecube.

[@BringusStudios]

I have one actually, I'm just not skilled enough with it to not completely ruin the entire board in the process yet, so ironically dremeling was the non-destructive way for me

[@emlyndewar]

@@chrisbellamy8867 The GameCube is not a rare piece of hardware. It really isn’t a big deal.

[@BossVideo505]

I thought I seen the thumbnail and said: *_I made my own GameCube Mini because Nintendon't_*

[@Kyss007]

This took me way back. Great video

[@phlipse90]

Really nice build! I would suggest to turn around the fan, so it gets cold air from the side and blowing the hot air to the top. With this layout of your housing, negative pressure inside the case should be better.

[@felidae47]

he does what nintendon’t

[@chatteringbone]

Love the sound at 15:25 that makes the whole thing sound like 1 ton brick.

[@VIRACYTV]

I love this. You could always add the player number dot things just under each controller port if you want to add authenticity.

[@LeftyPem]

You can solder an SD to SP2 board to the points on the board, and that would eliminate your Gecko. Overall it looks fantastic!

[@BringusStudios]

Do you have a link to documentation for where I need to solder to? I'd love to do that

[@chrisbellamy8867]

@@BringusStudios cdn.obscuregamers.com/data/2020/02/5544_SerialPort2.jpg shows the ports you need to solder

[@axelkusanagi4139]

Didn't the first revision of the blackdog tech GCLoader solder to the disc drive connector pins? If you used a slimmer impeller fan, you could probably get away with putting the board for that next to it. Or maybe even use passive cooling in a metal case? TECs?

[@log-onatwill7622]

I cannot believe this guy is not using a Wii.

[@BringusStudios]

Yeah, the nerve of that guy

[@pacloser97]

honestly bro

[@VSMOKE1]

@@BringusStudios screw that guy he's the worst

[@TheDudeWithNoName]

The amount of work you put in for each video, You're awesome dude!

[@adventuregamer6499]

the youtube recommendations are doing great today! but you really did i good job :) thank you for the video

[@sowimdp31plus40]

Ah yes, the "Nintendo GameParallelepiped" 😂 Awesome job!

[@Aimela136]

Personally, I think I would have tried to get a GC Loader to fit in there. Also, I would have liked to see how you did the RTC battery and reset switch with the cut board.

[@taiga1295]

Where is the battery anyway?

[@MotownBatman]

Excellent Job, I've never had a GC but I've been keeping a lookout for a good deal on one in rough shape to mess with & mod

[@webster1211]

Wow, this turned out great! Nice job

[@hereliesjust]

would you be willing to sell this? cause i’m willing to buy!

[@DecibelAlex]

the fan would probably be more efficient if it was blowing out the hot air

[@retro8696]

The Gamecubes fans are different they blow in air and it blows out on the side.

[@CarlAttrill]

Absolutely brilliant, thanks for sharing this.

[@hungryStew420]

Really cool project! well done

[@BlindReflex]

I would really admire your console design and engineering. I have some aesthetic advice if you would like to take it into consideration. When looking at the GameCube next to it I want the grill on the top to be black and the fan to be black. Maybe find a way to put the GameCube text logo across the fan grill. Thanks for the awesome video, was very interesting.

[@modology]

very cool. you should make injection molding shell and sell it as a mod kit. gonna sell out like hot cake

[@jkarakizi]

Dudeee this is really sick! Fun fact, I was modding a GameCube of my own with Picoboot (this was before I knew the difference between DOL-001/101). Went to put the SD2SP2 adapter in the serial port and realised I had a DOL-101 model. So I found a diagram online showing you how to solder a micro SD card adapter directly to the motherboard. -- You could totally do this if you didn't want to use the memory card adapter!

[@_Turbocat777]

I like the idea of insetting that style of switch, you get all the tactility but none of the extra protrusion that makes it not look good. really nice mod

[@Hollowlock]

Ahhh, yes, the Nintendo game slab.

[@ajreukgjdi94]

Somehow, doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

[@Kakiharu]

Imagine if you somehow put the board in upside down so the exaust was on the bottom. This would be soooo clean. Great job!

[@retroonlinemultiplayer9196]

wow man thanks for doing this vid. i have a gamecube and bought the pico chip a while back and just threw away the disc drive straight away then seen the error about the disc drive not being in and started to worry i might have to go out of my way and buy one but thankfully you showed me that i wont have to. I am using that same version motherboard you used in your vid to make a portable gamecube using a gcloader. using the pico boot with my other model motherboard. good job on the project! nice and slim

[@BringusStudios]

Thanks! If you think this is slim, I made a v2 that's WAY slimmer. The video is on my channel

[@Uultraaaviolettt]

Awesome build, never seen anything of yours before but you’ve gotten a new subscriber

[@_SYDGAMING_]

Lol when you showed it off next the red GameCube at the end I was jeeze the size difference. The shell could look a bit nicer maybe a spay of paint. But all in all great job.

[@koolbeanz5024]

That looks sick good job mate!

[@hitherebuster]

saw this on reddit earlier, was hoping there would be a video on it. this is great!!

[@ghostlywinds5334]

A very cool and unique idea. I'd honestly purchase one. Would make the gamecube I have back but, with a the stuff I used to play feel just as specail when I had the gamecube.

[@williamkopko5775]

Cool build thank for your hard work on your game system

[@Nolano386]

Nice work! That looks awesome.

[@CodeAsm]

I have imported this japanese board and this build actually makes me wanna try again fixing it. IPL pico might help with this. cool vid :D

[@Codastix]

what a cool project, turned out great!

[@sqwyd]

Very nice! IMO I still would have stuck with a DOL-001 if I were doing this and opt for a USB-C 45W PD input instead solely so I could use a GC-Dual to add HDMI to the board, but you did a good job!

[@decjackson2097]

Man you’re making me wanna do this to mine!

[@knobbers5857]

Now it's a GameSlab.

[@dylantheriault9007]

Very cool custom Gamecube ! Way to go bro 👍

[@hallertyler38]

I personally would have slowed down the speed of the print so your layer lines arent as obvious and made the power button smaller but with a skirt so that way it will come up all the way and then it wont catch, super fun idea! Glad I watched and good luck with future projects!

[@noeldoesthings]

I love your workshop and the fact that you have at least 5 gamecube's

[@permahzz]

Bro what a nice content, new sub!

[@4x4forlyfe]

Really cool project and the finished result really speaks for itself! You really should consider doing the HDMI mod in the future. Also, replace the thermal pads with some K5 Pro while you're at it.

[@Morgensolo]

This is an awesome build man, really like ut

[@turbokiller]

excellent work! :D looks great

[@SmiIeyyXD]

Holy crap that’s actually super clean in design.

[@squidwardtentacles2736]

love this! I dunno what it is about Gamecube but I can't watch enough videos about DIY projects involving this. I hope to get the knowledge and experience to make a Gamecube/PC someday...or buy a pre-made one out of frustration lol

[@WungoBungo]

Excellent video looking forward to seeing more

[@BeholdThePaleHorse]

Final nail in the coffin... time to dig the soldering kit out and learn!

[@williambuckley8769]

The custom case kind of looks like a darkglass amp in my opinion. I like it!

[@GamerErman2001]

It's funny that you tested the cooling with Mario Kart Double Dash because there was a while where that was the only game my Gamecube could not start. It turned out it just needed some canned air!

[@Frehgin]

"[...] because Nintendon't" would have been the perfect title !

[@P_D-px6iv]

For real like out of all of the titles that's what he went with? Nintendon't would've been gold

[@rizogamers4915]

Awesome work man. Respect :)

[@nameofthegame9664]

Really neat project. Turned out great. It would look fantastic if you painted it in the iconic GameCube blue or purple.

[@dunkdon158]

Sick! Almost as small as a stock wii!

[@GypsieGaming]

really good video mate enjoyed the content

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

I believe the connector next to the video connector is an alternative higher quality digital video out available on the day one GameCube editions.

[@metroid2099]

I don't even like the Gamecube but this has been a very satisfying build to watch. "Change of plans #3" gave me a chuckle.

[@riley9464]

i would honestly love to have one of these just to keep on my desk for playing old gamecube games instead of using an emulator

[@Ruiso7]

It feels like the controller part was like slid out and that was the whole console. Really nice, would've tried to make it so that the fan is at the bottom so it is out of the way.

[@s-nooze]

Awesome project good work

[@craigachuff6087]

Looks awesome. Great work.

[@JohnL_S17]

nice video and amazing build!

[@Galvamel]

This was awesome. I love these kinds of videos. I'm a little disappointed to see that it is still an emulator, though. I would love to see you find a way to keep the disc drive.

[@Duraltia]

Here's a design tip... Separation between a top and bottom shell for _such_ a project should either be located somewhere midway or the bottom but most definitely *_NOT_* at the top 😑 It _also_ helps to print aesthetic surfaces like the top of your shell upside down facing the Build Platform thus impregnating it with the texture of the Surface you print onto ( smooth, textured, etc. ) *_SuperSlicer_* also has a One Perimeter Setting for top / bottom layers where it'll - for aesthetic purposes - only print one perimeter on those layers regardless of how many layers you're using in-between preventing that transition look between the Perimeters and the rest of the infill as spotting a single 0.4mm Perimeter is almost impossible from a regular viewing distance.

[@emj-music]

That noctua fan was a nice touch. Nice!

[@RestorationRelaxation]

This is incredible!