Unboxing an UNUSED GameCube Console! 22 Years Later

[@paincreatesfame]

The GameCube kid photo getting an origin story is the best thing ever

[@jimmysullivan6054]

That’s the best thing ever!

[@TwelveBaud]

29:00 Animal Crossing came with a memory card because its save took up 58 blocks of a normal, 59-block memory card. Besides the special sticker, the memory cards in Animal Crossing have a one-block unlock save that prompts Tom Nook to give you some additional goodies.

[@femboichik]

That rascal!

[@kimikothetanuki314]

⁠@@Toonrick12pretty sure there are a couple of NES games thay have no way of legitimately getting them, so there's a chance that they might've had other memory cards with em, idk.

[@roflBeck]

That's crazy, that's a huge save file! All my GC games save to single digit block sizes, aside from NFS Carbon, which takes like 34. I wonder how long it takes to save lol.

[@FigureFarter]

@@roflBeckYou think that's bad? Try any sports title. They range from 200-300 blocks in total

[@MrLeerot]

8:20 They were very much analog. Games like Smash Bros. Melee let you control how big your shield was. Mario Sunshine let you control how much water you sprayed. It was mainly first party games that supported it.

[@MatthewBryce]

I came to the comments to say exactly this

[@wryyyy]

GC shoulder triggers have actual analog potentiometer sliders inside, and the click at the end is just the trigger actuating a rubber dome switch.

[@goatbone]

He did mention it later when playing Sunshine.

[@DaviDeXtA]

Yup came here to say this too. It has a two stage depression, should be able to feel it “click” down at the bottom.

[@AJScraps]

Melee allows much more analog fluidity then just light and heavy shielding, and its awesome!

[@bananachild1936]

3:43 That is the most hilarious but fantastic transition/de-transition cut I have ever seen in any YT video ever

[@Irockman1]

The GameCube Animal Crossing is still my favorite one. It has the most personality out of all the games. Fun fact: being an enhanced N64 game, the whole game fits into RAM, so you can take the disk out once the game loads so you don't have to listen to the disk spinning. Or you can play multiple Animal Crossing villages on all your GameCubes at the same time using your one disk. People also reportedly rented the game for a week and kept playing it well after they returned the game by just not turning their console off.

[@Zelduh64]

That's exactly what I did haha, I rented the game and just never turned off my Gamecube and kept playing

[@Irockman1]

@@Zelduh64 Haha that's great.

[@occono3543]

I tried this with the PAL version but it asked for the disc whenever you tried to enter a building IIRC.

[@nachosNipples]

@@occono3543rekt

[@VinchVolt]

There's a certain charm to the GameCube Animal Crossing that later games don't really have, from the looks to the sound design to the various features that got removed from later entries (most prominently the NES games). I enjoyed most later games apart from Wild World (I even had my share of fun with New Horizons in spite of its own shortcomings compared to New Leaf), but there's something about the GameCube title that makes me keep coming back to it. Shame that we've only got seven years left on the in-game clock; for whatever reason it only goes up to the end of 2030 despite the GameCube clock reaching the end of the century.

[@thegamerguru97]

Watching someone discover metroid prime for the first time is always a magical experience! Remember to scan everything!

[@NoxiousPluK]

Haaaa yes I had the same. I played this for the first time ~10 years ago or so, and it was amazing.

[@rubeuscubeus]

and watching them play sunshine for the first time is painful xD

[@craigrobbins2463]

I remember Day9 doing it. It was lovely.

[@swift_sam]

That was an awesome moment. Such a great game.

[@josephschultz3301]

I was 14-years-old when the first game in the Metroid Prime series was released. I remember it vividly: I drank a lot of Jolt Cola and stayed awake for three nights straight playing it, my buddy Brad doing the same. Once the weekend was over and we had to go back to school, we crashed right there in the cafeteria at the very beginning of the school day. I got yelled at, Brad got yelled at, but it was definitely worth it. The GameCube really did kick a lot of ass. Between Metroid Prime & Fusion, Mario Kart Double Dash, Skies of Arcadia, Super Smash Bros. Melee., Resident Evil 4, and F-Zero GX, there was was always something there that anyone and everyone would love to play.

[@mycophobia]

Metroid Prime is one of the greatest games ever made, hope you're digging it. The quality-to-quantity ratio of the GameCube library in general is off the charts

[@mycophobia]

yeah well considering there's only like 15 gamecube games total my point stands! @@williamRE

[@BloodWraith777]

@@mycophobia There's approx 651 Gamecube games, and at least 25 of them are outstanding.

[@mycophobia]

i was makin a joke, brother. but thanks @@BloodWraith777

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I'm lucky I got it in 2009 before it went up in price.

[@sa_exploder]

I can’t believe Clint hasn’t played it before. Easily one of the greatest games ever and _right up his alley._ If there was ever a game I’d like to see LGR do a full playthrough, it’d be this one. At the very least, an LGR review would be great.

[@RobbYarber]

I miss this era of gaming so freaking badly! The days when you could just stick the disc in and the game would play and not have to wait hours for gigabytes of updates to download!

[@charliemartin-k7m]

I also miss when games would put a lot into a game most of these new games only care about putting it all in for the Online Play.

[@alexandrebelair4360]

PC is still kinda like that if you have auto update or a good internet connection.

[@alexandrebelair4360]

@@charliemartin-k7m Games are bigger nowadays even without their seasons past. Not all game ofc.

[@LorianandLothric]

6th gen is the best

[@accountwontlastlong1]

The newest game I got so far, Super Mario RPG remake, didn't need any update downloads. Then again, I think Nintendo games are often an outlier.

[@KyleJWest-vn9kn]

One of the best decisions Nintendo made was having the Wii be fully backwards compatible with the GameCube. I never owned a GameCube when it was new but I did pick up a Wii right away. It was great being able to go back and play some of the titles I had missed out on previously.

[@SakuraAvalon]

I mean, it almost would feel weird if they didn't. Considering the Wii was originally just an add on for the GameCube.

[@Itazu]

But unfortunately only the first version was backwards compatible. The versions from 2011 onwards no longer supported Gamecube games.

[@kamikazilucas]

why did you buy a wii but not a gamecube lol, only people that bought wii was grandma and super hardcore nintendo fans, thats why the wii u failed so hard because when you remove the grandma install base you loose 90% of the market

[@thechaospredator1947]

@@kamikazilucasit wasn’t just grandmas and hardcore Nintendo fans, there were a wide variety of people interested in the Wii, it’s why it sold so well.

[@dmitch1983]

Nicest thing about it was wii component cables are cheap. 480p for the win

[@adamnaser]

The game cases in the US are from Clear-Vu. They were primarily used for DVD rental services. That square hole on the bottom allows a plastic locking mechanism to be inserted for shelf display at the store Every Blockbuster and Hollywood Video I went to since DVDs became available used these style cases. They continued to use them until the businesses went bankrupt

[@jonat_gabl]

So glad to have the Luke photo come full circle. I have to assume the full-size DVD case has to do with making sure it fit existing inventory space - the joys of the early 2000s and physical retailers.

[@Mike0193Azul]

I’m glad that even as a kid i didn’t care about stigmas or the opinions of others. I thought myself more mature than others and yet at the same time loved things such as the gamecube and defended it and the games.

[@davidt3563]

I'm with you, I was 17 at the time and the GameCube was for "baby games." A lot of us missed out on a lot of cool games because we were pretending we were "adults."

[@Tomiply]

I'm glad I had one at the time. I actually played it more than my PS2, believe it or not. It just had so many amazing first-party titles. Metroid Prime, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, Smash Bros. Melee and so on.

[@craftymulligar]

​@williamRE timesplitters were good guess you can play it on ps2 also. Only played both on my tablet for a resolution upgrade. Wouldn't buy it now days though. Just more tablets. Would buy expensive pc before any console right now.

[@BloodWraith777]

@@Tomiply Not to mention the *still* exclusive, Eternal Darkness, and temporary exclusive "I will rip my head clean off if this game is ever ported to another system -Shinji Mikami" Resident Evil 4.

[@arnox4554]

In fairness, Halo and Halo 2 ALONE were absolute fucking beasts of a game that made both Nintendo and PS2 look stupid. Bungie at that time was an unstoppable powerhouse, and they only finally ended their reign of terror after the release of Halo: Reach almost a freaking decade later. And then there was the PS2... The Nintendo Gamecube was very solid, but compared to the legends that came in during its time, it sadly just didn't stand a chance, sales wise. The market was just way too competitive. (Which was great for us consumers.)

[@BAM5636]

@williamRE Lol. I love it when YT comments like yours clearly don't know the difference between subjective and objective opinion.

[@ScottyPlaysGames7098]

Clint, you're a gem :D your wholesome laugh at 19:50 when you immediately died in Rogue Leader had me rolling too! What a great video! I had a neighbor with one of these, and I remember playing on it a little, but not much. They definitely seemed like the fall-back option from an Xbox or PS2; I didn't have many hardcore Nintendo friends, though.

[@Derekthepersonable]

Fun fact about the GameCube menu music: sped up 16x it’s actually the famicom disk system startup music. There’s a few videos on KZbin showing this if you look around.

[@Twentydragon]

8:15 - The L and R buttons did have an analog function, used in _Luigi's Mansion_ and very rarely outside of that. The D-pad is indeed very small and very stiff. This caused me a lot of frustration in _Gauntlet: Dark Legacy_ , as the D-pad is where all of your inventory functions are mapped.

[@alchemist_x79]

In my mid 40s so I don’t know if I fall in that 5-10 year younger range or not, but I got the GameCube on launch day and I loved it. I still pull it out every now and then to play Eternal Darkness - still one of my favorite games ever.

[@b.h.massey8430]

Same here.... almost 40 in about a week but I got the jet black on launch day and I had all the games that Clint played except Metroid......

[@riccccccardo]

Ive owned this game for years never got round to playing it yet.

[@LadyBaconx]

I just realized something. I know what that handle is for, for the game cube. And I realized there is an entire future that no longer has sleepovers. We had sleepovers because that's how we got to hang out and communicate with our friends. And we couldn't always go to where the Xbox or the PlayStation was. So sometimes you had to bring the console to whoever's house didn't have it so you could still play with your friends. The handle was for transporting the system easily. And you only played it at night because the parents would make you be outside during the day. Kids today have discord and texting and FaceTime. We only had AOL if someone wasn't using the LAN line. I just went down an entire rabbit hole, but this unboxing gave me serious nostalgia! Thanks Clint, awesome as always!

[@AtomSquirrel]

A handle making transport easy? I'd have never guessed 😮

[@MatterMadeMoot]

It's still a half baked idea... What about the games, cords, controllers? Gotta put the whole thing in a bag regardless.

[@LegitMLG360noscoper]

Kids still have sleep overs to play with their friends

[@jeffo1017]

kids still have sleepovers lol you just got old

[@TheJackson4eva]

you still had av and power + games and controllers though

[@blusterkong4556]

One thing I always appreciated about the 'cube was the thermals. The CPU/GPU/largest RAM chips were aligned under a single long heatsink next to the one exchaust fan, and was rather elegant

[@JeskidoYT]

and only coil whine exhausted from the console, not heat. very surprising stuff

[@Lachlant1984]

Also the GameCube's cooling fan was far quieter than that of the PlayStation 2.

[@kurtless64]

I was a missionary for the GameCube, I took pride in it and was always so happy with it. I didn't understand why certain people didn't like it, I heard them talking about it having no games but like the video said, there were so many good games for it. Ahhh, I love that little lunchbox.

[@bobdylan6454]

You guys had Metroid. You also had the superior versions of the Resident Evil franchise. Legend of Zelda. People are crazy.

[@WildkatPhoto]

We were a dual PS2/GC house and what I find the most interesting about that generation is how well the Game Cube games have held up. Emulation has revealed that those games were actually WAY better than we thought. GC games upscaled to 4K are stunning and look like they could be modern releases.

[@wryyyy]

A F-Zero GX remaster would be so easy too. The texture work on that game is so good that just upscaling the game to 1080p would make it an easy sell on the Switch. Not to mention the game natively supports 16:9 widescreen.

[@imnotshub]

The Gamecube was the last console where Nintendo really tried to compete with the others in terms of graphics and pure hardware power, the Xbox may have been the most powerful of that generation but the Gamecube wasn't too far off imo

[@wryyyy]

@@imnotshub And then they made the Wii, and that console taught Nintendo the entirely wrong lessons. While gimmicks can be a thing, it shouldn't be your entire personality.

[@PinkuRockett]

@@wryyyy and they went back on that. The Wii/DS era was necessary for Nintendo to forge their own path in an industry they would be unable to compete in a way the competitors are. They took the wrong lessons forward with Wii U, but they are on the right path and the Switch successor will show that even more.

[@camotech1314]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@LegionOfEclaires]

I remember the day I got my GameCube. My sister took me to Walmart, got my system and then she took me to McDonald's and I got breakfast. Came home and started playing Metroid Prime. It's funny what memories stick with you throughout your life.

[@DXSUCKIT1990]

This is a true Black Friday unboxing we needed

[@TheCongressman1]

It made me so happy that you enjoyed Metroid Prime. The controls can take some getting used to, and can be polarizing, especially nowadays. So it's cool how immediately it clicked with you. Totally one of my top 10 games of all time, I hope you continue to enjoy it.

[@ggezlol-]

LGR made the GameCube meme?!?! That's crazy. I've seen so many edits and recreations of it 😂

[@rommix0]

And so many of them not as good as the "Smooth Criminal" edit. That's the best version of the GameCube meme. Nothing can top it.

[@LeeSixTwenty]

Just when Red Letter Media's Rich Evans made the Dick the Birthday Boy picture.

[@NateBreak]

14:40 if I recall, that whole opening at the bottom of the disc case was for locking rental/library dvd cases. Intended for blockbuster or GameFly or whatever gaming rentals used to exist.

[@PXAbstraction]

The GameCube is still one of the consoles I have the fondest memories of. I bought one with Air Miles of all things back in the day and picked up a ton of fantastic used games for it. One of my close friends and his house full of pothead roommates also had one and it was in constant use there. I have so many memories of Soul Calibur 2 and Mario Kart Double Dash!! (which is the best Mario Kart game, fight me!) with those guys. They were so insanely good at it, they could have played it at a competitive level if that was a thing. We also both found Broadband Adapters and actually networked our GameCubes together for 8 player Double Dash, which was just amazing. We even got four GBA link cables and tried Zelda Four Swords at one point. They were indestructible systems too. My friend's literally had thousands of hours on it and he never had the console or any of the controllers fail. I still have mine and all my games for it, which I cherish. I even am one of those people who liked the controller. Such an underappreciated gem of a machine. Nothing compares to the PS1 startup sound, but the GC one and its UI are probably my second favourite.

[@bwofficial1776]

My first console was a GameCube in that awesome early 2000s Nintendo indigo. I still have it. I spent many hours playing Super Mario Sunshine, Paper Mario TTYD, Double Dash, Luigi's Mansion, Crash Bandicoot: the Wrath of Cortex, and others. I like the GC controller and never really warmed up to the PS2 Dualshock. I use an emulator now with an adapter for my GC controllers. I have the official wireless Wavebird controller and that thing held up to impressive abuse. I also preferred the GC controller for Mario Kart Wii.

[@TheDutchShepherd]

Floppy analog stick much?

[@PXAbstraction]

@@TheDutchShepherd Never had that issue honestly.

[@davidmcgill1000]

@@TheDutchShepherd Never heard of that issue with Gamecube. It was common with N64's optical analog stick.

[@brandonkays3005]

i do highly recommend giving mario sunshine a fair shake, i think it's criminally underrated. once you really get the hang of the controls and master what fludd can do, it turns into platforming bliss. there's also a bunch of weird platforming stages where they take fludd away, which end up feeling like proto-galaxy stages (which for me are the best part of the game)

[@Descriptor413]

It's probably my favorite 3d Mario platformer simply because the worlds feel realistic and open ended. Later games like Galaxy having more abstract levels was always a step backwards for me.

[@superstimulatedminotaur3681]

I'll always have a soft spot for that one. Bums me out how much hate I see the game get. For sure it has some annoying sections, but overall it's very fun.

[@KunaiKrazy]

Playing it on a PC with 60FPS and high resolution is so nice and I recommend giving it a go if you have a PC that can handle it. Great games looking even better. Same with Path of Radiance.

[@mushroomsamba82]

16:35 Hold down the Z button and turn on the GC you'll hear a special power up sound. Do the same on 4 controllers simultaneously and you'll get another different sound.

[@eDoc2020]

I don't know how we learned about it but I almost always hold Z, at least when I would play regularly. Our neighbors also had a GC and one time we had everybody over just so we could have 4 players holding Z. The normal and single-Z sounds are sealed in my mind but I honestly don't remember anything about the 4 player sound.

[@carterucm]

What I love about this video (and I like all the LGR output!) is that there is just enough info for the casual observer who might have missed the GameCube at the time - but has no real desire to go out and experience it for themselves, but also enough to show those that DO want to have a go, what to get, what to look out for and how to do it.

[@kidShibuya]

This and the Dreamcast, still my two favourite consoles. Glad you loved Metroid Prime, that blew me away back in the day. What got me was the creatures in the world. In so many games everything tries to kill you, it's unrealistic and spoils the atmosphere. My favourite moment in Metroid was just walking along a corridor and noticing I walked past this beetle thing. I turned to look at it, it looked at me.... No battles, just chilling together.

[@CowLiver]

that beetle scared me to death lol

[@BloodWraith777]

Retro really busted their ass making MP1, and it shows. It's still one of the most atmospheric games I've played to this day, and still my favorite 3D Metroid. It looked incredible for the time, and the original GC version still looks pretty good. Some of the areas (like Chozo Ruins) vaguely remind me of Jedi Knight 2/3, graphics and theme wise. Every now and then, I boot up the game just to bathe in the rainy atmosphere that is Tallon IV Overworld.

[@SockyNoob]

The two consoles that pumped out the craziest games nonstop.

[@whosonedphone]

I'd like to give a shout out to the sound design too. Having some of the atmosphere sound effects in the music track adds to the feeling of being in the suite.

[@Magnavox-1972]

It’s such a simple thing but what as a kid made me really want Metroid Prime was the idea that you could turn into a giant ball and roll anywhere you like. Still hasn’t any equivalent in any action game outside the franchise since.

[@Benovurbech]

3:44 this was honestly mind blowing, ive seen this EXACT picture used in other “nostalgic” content and on google images. Nice to hear its not some “lost” media

[@H3wastooshort]

I found one quite a while back in an abandoned trailer next to a forest. It had been there for probably 10 years, but even with the rusted interior, it still goes strong today. Excellent to mod too, such a smooth experience for one pi pico and a cheap adapter.

[@Tetriser]

22:02 "Aaah no, somebody pooped on the runway!" That line delivery was so powerful, I laughed hard

[@djsquarewave]

I was 15 when the GameCube launched and I picked one up day 1 at a midnight launch event with my best friend at the time, along with Monkey Ball and Tony Hawk 3. Got Luigi's Mansion and Smash not too long after and that cemented it as a great console in my mind, even if most of my friends went PS2 instead. I did eventually also get a PS2 a year or two later but the Cube always stayed plugged in right alongside it for 4-player Smash and Timesplitters. Still have that launch system and most of my games, too.

[@kalenbogart4482]

The opening in the bottom of the jewel case is for a magnetic security locking device. We used to use them when I worked at Blockbuster. It’s a plastic rectangle slides into the bottom and houses a little magnetic tab inside to lock the two sides of the case together

[@danleedev]

For me, the Resident Evil remake and legacy ports were more than enough reasons to buy this console. Double Dash and the Mario Party games were a welcome surprise. Being primarily a PC gamer, the Game Cube turned out to be the console I played the most for that generation.

[@boydpukalo8980]

Back in the early 2000's I dismissed the GC as a kids toy. After watching MVG's video on adding HDMI, I picked up a US DOL-001 and Japanese Spice Orange DOL-001, both with digital video out and have them with GCHD's. There are a number of cool titles and I bought them NOS before the insane increases of late. Awesome video and keep up the good work. Numerous mods exist including ODE's.

[@daserfomalhaut9809]

This episode dredged up so much nostalgia. My Gamecube is still plugged in, but it's not just the GameCube. The stuff you showed in here just took me WAY back in time. God I miss that era.

[@davidm4677]

Days if quality not like Wii U or Switch.

[@Angel_Bob_]

Watching you discover the joys of Metroid Prime was delightfully validating, truly a timeless game. I still have all the accessories except the actual cube itself unfortunately, so this was a very welcome trip down history road. Grateful that a soft-modded Wii confers nearly all the benefits of still having it, so been enjoying that as a nostalgic stopgap

[@outsidethewaxbox]

This brings back memories! I bought the Platinum GameCube when I preordered Zelda: Wind Waker back in 2002. It definitely got a lot more use than my Dreamcast did.

[@exmaarmaca]

I got a preorder of Wind Waker that came with Zelda master quest (Ocarina of time with Master quest, which was like a hard mode of ocarina). It was a promotion made by Sears.

[@mraaronhd]

I had always wanted a GameCube more than a PS2, back in the day. It had Melee, which was all I needed.

[@treedoor]

The Gamecube generation was the last console generation where I owned every console. Every console had such a distinct library and great exclusives. I have a hard time deciding between either the Gamecube or Xbox being my personal favorite, but I find it no surprise how well-remembered the Gamecube is and how much love the console still gets to this day. At the time, the PS2 was getting games left and right and the Gamecube was largely forgotten, but 20 years later it's the Gamecube library which still holds up the best. It has many timeless games that still play incredibly well today.

[@amadeusagripino6862]

PS2/Xbox/Gamecube generation was awesome, I miss those days.

[@arnox4554]

"20 years later it's the Gamecube library which still holds up the best." Hard disagree there. Don't get me wrong. The Gamecube Library is pretty good, and Smash Bros. alone is a work of genius... But the PS2 and the Xbox (the Xbox especially) definitely had the library which held up the best. Halo alone was ridiculously good. Absurdly good.

[@dominateeye]

Yeah, I grew up with the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 and even then I was mostly playing games on PC. It really feels like the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox/Dreamcast generation was the last one where there was actually a point to having four different major consoles, because none of them could do everything. Nowadays, the Switch is the only one doing anything unique (and even most of its games are available on PC), and the main reason that both PlayStation and Xbox are still around is because Sony and Microsoft shareholders are just used to making money from video games.

[@crazedlunatic43]

@@arnox4554The Original Xbox didn’t have nearly as much exclusive content as the PS2 or GameCube though, with 90% of its library mainly being ports from other platforms.

[@arnox4554]

@@crazedlunatic43 Sure, but keep in mind, it's not just about the quantity of exclusives, it's the quality.

[@AjaxJP]

I think we all really underappreciated how good games looked and how well they ran on the GameCube. I miss stable framerates, lol.

[@volvo09]

Running the games on period correct hardware (a CRT TV) really helps with the looks of games from this era. The textures and color dithering don't move over to an LCD very nicely, it just looks so much better on an old TV.

[@FasuloA]

I’d love to see a LGR retrospective on Rogue Squadron (one of the games or the series) or just Star Wars games in general. Can’t even begin to describe the # of hours I sunk into them, though I did probably prefer the X-wing/Tie Fighter ones from the early 90’s.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Same for Xwing and TIE fighter, I still replay them fairly often. I have Xwing vs Tie and Xwing alliance but I only play them from time to time

[@sulecen]

Tie Fighter is one of the best Star Wars games ever. Only modern game that has a similar feel to the combat is Star Wars Squadrons

[@antoniostrijdom]

OMG that second Death Star mission is seared into my brain. Bringing up the scanner to see a fleet of TIE Fighters coming for you, having to take down three Star Destroyers... the whole thing was epic.

[@theothersamb2320]

This was such a major hit of nostalgia. So many core memories unlocked. Thanks LGR!

[@crazydrummer181]

I thought you were joking about taking that photo of the GameCube kid at first. That blew my mind. I’ve been seeing that photo for years.

[@danielmarcus420]

Great video clint! A friend sold me his GameCube in 2002 and all I ever played was Animal Crossing and Zelda Wind Waker and had the most incredible time

[@matthewrohde4198]

Glad to see you giving the GameCube a fair shot. Yeah, the games can be expensive, so I really don’t blame those who resort to emulation. Fortunately, we seem to be getting more and more GameCube games re-released on Switch, so we can finally see what we missed. Now that you’ve unboxed the Dreamcast, Xbox and GameCube does this mean you’re unboxing the PS2 next? Definitely looking forward to that.

[@oOignignoktOo1]

You're better off buying a 2nd console and getting a optical drive emulator board so you can play .iso's on an SD card. Alternatively you can also use a Swiss memory card and put .iso's on an sd card to gamecube memory card adapter. There's also the 1st gen wii's that you can soft mod with Nintendont and play games off a usb connected HDD. I wouldn't buy Gamecube games in this current market the prices are too high because of speculative investors and I'd rather have the greedy investors and resellers get stuck holding their bag.

[@Difegue]

@@oOignignoktOo1 You can play gamecube games all the way up to the Wii U if you so desire; Although 1st gen Wiis are the only consoles that retain the NGC controller/memory card ports, so some of the more esoteric stuff like the GBA transfer cable are only available there or via PC emulation..

[@lylukk]

i was a small child when the gamecube was out and it was my first console, other than my gba, so i hold it very close to my heart.

[@wawaboopboop]

This was my first non-handheld console and I love it to death. I foolishly sold my original gamecube to a kid down the street so I could buy the Wii, and I regret it to this day. Thankfully my partner still has his platinum one, but I still wish I had my iconic blurple gamecube!

[@PINGWIN-EUC]

I was 11 when it came it, and I wanted an Xbox, but my older brother wanted the GameCube… and this is what’s we got.. and I’m so glad for it! Sunshine is still my favorite Mario game!

[@jordancox559]

DUUUUDE you brought back so many memories with that little clip of the disc spin up. I have VIVID memories of waiting to hear that little "bipbip" of the disc drive reading the disc I assume. The older my Gamecube got the less it would read discs and that noise was the telltale signal I was going to get the game to actually play. 😭😭😭😭 What an amazing memory.

[@paulloughlin3732]

Awesome video, Clint. Teenage me was like you, I had a Gamecube but never really got into it, but I've since dusted it off and broke out my old games and finally giving it the chance it deserves!

[@Paraphrase1234]

What a pleasant surprise. Thanks for sharing this with us. I have very fond memories of the system. I bought one after my Xbox was stolen, right before Wind Waker was released, and that got me through some rough times. If you get the urge to go down the route of using the fancy video out, I can whole heartedly recommended the CARBY.

[@evilbird4012]

Stolen??

[@AdamDallas]

The gamecube is my favorite console. So many great memories during my formative years.

[@HyperSniperCo]

Seeing you get sucked into Metroid Prime makes me extremely happy to see! I would also recommend checking out the Switch remaster - there was a ton of love put into it.

[@kalevipoeg6916]

I bought my first Gamecube - still have it - in 2004 for $99 - I bought PS2 before that, mainly because it had the games I WANTED. Funny enough, it IS the platinum/silver one - only they were selling it as part of the Metroid Prime bundle, so somewhere in storage I have that.

[@lackingfameminecraftNBA2K]

Funny to mention how great the GameCube is for college parties, have one in my fraternity house and we love beeriokart and other similar games

[@Heavens_Rejected]

I love how every game you tested on video, with the exception of Star Wars, are all games I owned and loved to heck growing up.

[@MitchQuadrupleTree]

Oh man, seeing those pictures takes me back, for both good and bad. I worked at my local Walmart right out of high school and into the 2000s, and I remember the demo kiosks we had and how even as an adult you had to crane your neck up at an absurd angle to see the screen. And those damaged controllers, too... When my store got replaced with a supercenter, the video game aisle was placed in the exact same aisle that the overnight shift used to bring pallets of merchandise out of receiving and onto the floor. They damaged and broke so many demo controllers.

[@manuel0578]

Why did they put the tvs so high up?

[@MitchQuadrupleTree]

@manuel0578 Bringing the televisions down to eye level would have taken up valuable space for the actual games. A better question would be: why did the console manufacturers stop providing standalone kiosks to stores?

[@manuel0578]

@@MitchQuadrupleTree here they didn’t. And here the TVs are on eye level lol

[@MitchQuadrupleTree]

@manuel0578 in that case, I consider you lucky.

[@MrJbooker33]

Man you flying into that observation tower was priceless

[@leadcreekmusic]

I use my Wii as a Gamecube, with loaders and everything it’s just so convenient to have two crazy game libraries right there and super easily available. It’s basically never unplugged from my CRT, probably my favorite console because of the GC backwards compatibility.

[@davidm4677]

Yea me too but I haven’t play it in ages and I don’t have GG games anymore also I like look of GG better.

[@seamarie3111]

I do too. However, I'm still mad at myself for selling off my GameCube just for nostalgia sake, and playing my modest library of GC games on OG hardware. I got my GameCube right near the end of its life cycle. It was around 2005-2006, I was a freshman in high school, and it was my first console. I'm partially blind, but was playing the dumb little games on our satellite TV service and realizing maybe I could game. My parents bought me the GC, which came with Super Smash Brothers Melee, and the rest was history!

[@ItalianGamer97]

I first discovered the GameCube thanks to my cousins having one system each back when it was fresh, as I remember getting my own personal GC memory card on August 1st of 2005 to hold on to my own saves. Of course, I was able to play GameCube games through the Wii, since my dad had bought a launch model with GC backwards compatibility back in the Wii's heyday. I eventually even inherited both cousins' GC collections for a time, with Custom Robo and Mario Kart Double Dash being my favorites amongst the games I inherited from one cousin. However, my other cousin had Pokémon Colosseum and XD, and I was a bit bummed about having to give those and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles back to her in 2019. In spite of the PS2 being my first console, I was always fond of the GameCube, and I personally wished that I had one growing up in retrospect... Ah well, I still have my childhood Wii in its original box, an OG purple GameCube I've inherited sitting pretty amongst my display consoles, and I've had my Wii U modded to play GameCube games for a long while.

[@a4a72698]

Luke turning around was scary, especially how he violently swivelled back. It was almost like he's been cranking his neck at the kiosk all these years.

[@ultimonivel328]

I bought my GameCube this year, with a Raspberry Pi to play games via the card. I confess that I use it very little, but it has good games and the charm of a generation that is missed.

[@pikaporeon]

I have such fond memories of the Gamecube. Got it for xmas 2001 from my very anti-gaming-console dad so I never expected it in a hundred years.

[@n0t_today_satan]

Some of my favorite video game memories growing up are of staying up late to play Luigi's Mansion and Star Wars Bounty Hunter until my mom would come in and yell at me to go to bed. Gosh, the early 2000's were such a good time for gaming

[@Groose1972]

I had a GameCube back in the day. My favorite game was LoZ Wind Waker. That game got so much hate back in the day, due to its cell-shaded graphics. But I thought the game looked great back then, and still looks good today.

[@alhuno1]

Even now that the HD version on Wii U exists, Wind Waker on the GC will hold up pretty much forever. That game and F-Zero GX look SO GOOD.

[@pengwin_]

that was the best Zelda ever until BotW

[@ThatMetalheadMan]

I had a PS2 and a Gamecube and the Gamecube for really only a few games,notably Metroid Prime and Prime 2,as well we Wind Waker. All I needed. I think that little hole in the base of the cases was for a kind of lock. Retailers and rental stores would pull it out upon selling it or renting it out,I think.

[@Gameprojordan]

I felt the same way about the gamecube, despite owning an n64 and GBA beforehand. I just kept playing those until I got a PS2 in 2004ish. My cousin did own a GC, and I enjoyed all of the mario themed games on it (smash bros melee, mario sunshine mario party 4, double-dash etc) though, but not enough to incentivise buying the console

[@biboKralle]

Funny, I am pretty much your age and had pretty much the EXACT same feelings about that thing back then until I discovered a few very fun games later on emulation!

[@dancingwiththedogsdj]

I believe you might find it difficult to locate original component cables. I still have a multi adapter cable that has composite and S-video with the other end for Gamecube, XBox, and Playstation consoles at the time. Still works and I keep just in case. It looks like you have the version with the digital output, because I believe later revisions removed it. The square hole in the game box is the "hole" Blockbuster used for the yellow locking mechanism that slide inside the side of the case. Working there, it was easy to get fast unlocking or securing a crap load of rentals/returns. That was a great and fun video! 😊

[@Chaos89P]

Later revisions did remove the component jack. I believe it was a cost-saving measure; it's probably a big reason why those later GameCube bundles were only $99.

[@justingeronimo]

I still have my original component cables, play Strikers quite often.

[@the.real.Deano.]

The gamecube startup was actually interactive amd gave u a different nois if u held down the z button through the startup. Also even a 3rd noise with holding down 4 z buttons on 4 controllers

[@chekkop]

What you felt for the Gamecube is what I felt for the Xbox, sort of. It was that console no one around me had except for one friend and it seemed so.. foreign with its game titles. I was too into Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, Super Mario, Zelda. Halo and god knows what seemed so weird. I've owned a 360 but never bought Halo, only bought it for GTA IV. I absolutely loved the gamecube for its controller, so darn comfortable.

[@LGR]

The Xbox was certainly an unusual one to see as well, compared to PS2 or even Dreamcast. And yet I still knew more folks my age with an Xbox than a GameCube!

[@SPG8989]

I think I love Nintendo hardware because it still feels like it is just a game machine. I have a beefy pc, I never wanted my consoles to become cheap weak pcs. The switch is much like every other one of their systems, just a simple console with great games you cannot play anywhere else. With Sony becoming more and more PC friendly I really have so few reasons to get anything other than my PC upgrades and Nintendo systems. Sure my wallet is happier, but as anti consumer as exclusives are I appreciated them. Don't get me wrong, I love being able to play games at the top resolution with the best fps, but idk I miss having to get all the machines. Exclusives dont make sense with how much they cost to make now and I appreciate how advanced games are now but I miss the Gamecube era and to some extent the 360 era even though things began to change. Ive grown to love digital gaming on pc (consoles still sucks for it though) but I miss my PC boxes. Was so cool having the boxes and still being able to activate the game on Steam and never needing the disc again other than being a collective piece. Was the best of both worlds. I still get physical on switch and the odd ps5 game I get, but man has physical media become so lame and completely pointless. I don't trade or sell games so that isn't relavent to me, I miss actually getting ontent in the boxes. Not just a box and the game. Hell now they even have just a box and a code and no disc.

[@Meatpipeify]

If you want the best Metroid Prime experience I'd highly recommend playing the remaster on the switch. It's an ENORMOUS step up in both graphics and controls.

[@derekchristenson5711]

The Platinum GameCube is the first console that we got new, while it was still current-gen. My sister got a bundle deal over at the local... Game Zone? attached to Hollywood Video, which included the system, a controller (or two?), a game, and a "year" of free rentals, one game per month (IIRC). We tried out a bunch of games, bought a few, and had a ton of fun. The controllers are excellent, the library is large, and there is a ton of creativity and fun to be found in, especially, the first-party titles. 10/10 would buy again!

[@goatbone]

I also didn't know anyone who had one...except a friend of my younger brother. I watched them play a Star Wars game and coming from N64 it seemed so real.

[@goatbone]

Absolutely the same Star Wars game you played.

[@Tomiply]

We had three GameCubes in my house lol. One for each sibling. We thought it was the most obvious console to own at the time lol

[@goatbone]

​@@Tomiplyso right. Easy to see the quality now. PS2 and Xbox were huge though. Strong across the board.

[@crazedlunatic43]

@@goatbonePS2 was definitely huge to own back then. Xbox on the other hand was only huge in America.

[@Rubycon99]

That Platinum paint was the bane of my existence as someone who likes to keep everything pristine. All four top corners on mine were eventually bare white plastic (at least it was even). They had platinum GBA's too, I'm sure those all looked awful after like a month.

[@drakewaterston7447]

I remember the 007 games being pretty damn good back then as well. The first gen wii will help you save some money softmoding if you still want to test out all the whole catalog.

[@Nate-to7md]

One of the most durable consoles I ever owned in my childhood, my younger brother bowling balled ours down a flight of steps and it still worked just fine, so many fun years with our gamecube

[@snazzybull]

The Gamecube was the first system I purchased with my own money! I worked so many odd jobs for my family and around the neighborhood at the time and being a 13 year old with that much cash made you feel like you were a millionaire haha. I have so many fond memories of this system, it doesn't have the biggest library of hits obviously but there were some hidden gems and it was such a great time with friends!

[@BRUXXUS]

Same! Although I was 19 when I bought it. Haha. Went from NES to Gamecube. I'd not really been into console gaming, but my best buddy was a superfan of Nintendo and his excitement was contagious. I loved that Gamecube! So many REALLY amazing games on that.

[@snazzybull]

@BRUXXUS Wow, NES to Gamecube is quite the jump! 😄 Must've been a lot of fun trying out all kinds of new games on the cube with a friend back then!

[@BRUXXUS]

@@snazzybull Definitely! I had so much fun both with single player games, but also playing so many of the awesome multiplayer games with friends :D

[@MrGoodGoy]

Got my gamecube Dec 2001. I was so excited for it I built a lego model gamecube with an opening top and 'realistic' insides (basically alien pieces). I loved it, so I never knew that the world passed it by. Very thankful to have had all of the games I wanted during the Wii era because prices anymore are NUTS. Thanks for the unboxing that reminded me of my own!

[@wryyyy]

Those Broadband adapters have a pretty hefty price sticker on them these days, even if not so much use for them. But there are some PSO fan servers still running, if one is curious to try out the broadband capabilities of the GC.

[@nikobuerk346]

LGR shelled out the big bucks for automodelista!!! What a game! I may be mistaken but that might be the highest value one in his collection! Plus, I'd be lying if i said i wasn't playing my gamecube games while watching this. So much nostalgia is hurts! You just had to have one back in the day. Best console ever...

[@k6kaysix675]

You could burn pirated games to those mini DVDs but they were quite expensive, instead you could actually just buy a top shell replacement that allowed you to use full size DVD media in the Gamecube! Crazy to think these days you can also mod a Wii and play the entire library of Gamecube games from a 1TB external hard drive on that (maybe even a SD card)

[@wryyyy]

Modding a GC to load from a SD card costs nowadays less than 30bucks.

[@xraymind]

@@wryyyy Looking up the Picoboot mod for the GameCube.

[@PutYourQuarterUpGaming]

Every friend had a 64, but ya I knew one guy that had a GameCube. Cool console in hindsight, but it was painfully stuck in late 90’s when we were ready for more as gamers.

[@JPR3D]

Dude, you're re-living my christmas morning experience when I got a GC and Rogue Squadron 2 & Metroid Prime. Going from the N64 with early 3d graphics and midi-style music to the GC with proper video playback and full CD-quality sound playing tracks from the films was mind blowing. I'll never forget experiencing that generational leap. Even though Nintendo hurt their sales by sticking with their accessible family-friendly platform while Xbox & Playstation focused for more mature games, I think it also helped them retain their identity and that was a good decision in the long run. Also a tip for Metroid Prime: SCAN EVERYTHING YOU SEE

[@davidm4677]

Ironically the game cube had the most mature game of all consoles RE Remake

[@zerozeroone4424]

Gamecube was my childhood console, well that and the Wii. But as a kid i never really played first party nintendo games, mostly just movie licensed games or kids tv show games. It was rare that i ever played a game like Metroid Prime or Super Monkey Ball, but i still enjoy this console all these years later.

[@eXiLe824]

I was 9 when the GC came out. Still my favorite console of all time. I think the bright sunny color pallet and all-ages nature of the games has allowed them to age more gracefully than a lot of the grimdark stuff on the PS2/Xbox. Most GC games still look and play pretty well.

[@jofraniac]

I've been expecting this video for years!

[@aapoetik]

Watching Clint discover Metroid Prime for the first time has made my Thanksgiving weekend. 🦃

[@fireair100]

Fun fact about Homeland: While it was a Online Gamecube game (For the people who even COULD use the adapter. I had it and I did play PSO Episode 3 which btw at least one fan server still works with those) unlike other ones, you didn't have to pay extra for a subscription. It was free...for the year it was up anyway. (I think there is still a offline function at least) BUT there is a debug code that lets you connect via IP Addresses. So yes there is still a community for the game.

[@ixrer]

I... do not enjoy the fact the gamecube is 22 years old. *experiencing existential dread* lmao

[@sharinganrose]

Omg!! My brothers and I got the same Platinum Gamecube for Christmas. Watching this Christmas day 20 years later, I might have to bring it over so we can play something!

[@Carstuff111]

One big game that ended up making me want a GameCube was Soul Calibur II. Playing as Link on a friend's GameCube and absolutely wrecking him was a blast! Xbox had some great games, I personally had a PS2 and it had more games I enjoyed. GameCube had Soul Caibur II. I might enjoy other GameCube games, but that is THE one for me.

[@LGR]

I loved how every version of the game had its own exclusive fighter for their console. But Link always stood out from the others, so I just had to show a little of it here :)

[@Krushak8888]

The button layout on gamecube was superior imo

[@telefonbarmann4514]

Resident Evil 4 on GameCube was fantastic! Night and day difference to the PS2 port.

[@monster_king]

19:50 was easily the best part of the video lmao

[@humanpr0ject1]

I laughed so hard

[@d3viant86]

Metroid Prime was the reason I bought a GameCube on release must suck missing out on it.