Nintendo GameCube BIOS but it's on VHS and it suffers from generation loss

(EARRAPE & SEIZURE WARNING: This video may contain flashing images and loud noises, so watch this video at your own risk.)
It's been a while since the last VHS generation loss video, so why not do another one, but this time involving an old favorite of many: the Nintendo GameCube BIOS.
Since memes involving the Nintendo GameCube BIOS have started becoming popular as of now, I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and make my own interpretation of the startup we've come to know and love. Hope y'all enjoy this one, folks.
[pls Nintendo don't take this down I don't even have enough money to buy a Switch yet]
Devices/Software Used:
-Original Nintendo GameCube console (streaming the BIOS)
-Sony SLV-D300P DVD/VCR Combo (recording & playback)
-Sony SLV-N71 VCR (recording & playback)
-AmaRecTV (capturing)
-VirtualDub (deinterlacing, resizing the video, increasing the volume)
-Handbrake (decreasing the file size)
-Vegas Pro 15 (editing the VHS generations together)
Tapes Used:
-Fujifilm HQ T-120 (odd-numbered generations)
-Maxell Standard Grade T-120 (even-numbered generations)
Outro song: Takeuchi Mariya - "Plastic Love" (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered) ~ nighttempo.ban...
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[@videosweatherarchive113]

0:00 - Generation 1 - Original 0:10 - Generation 2 - Nearly identical 0:20 - Generation 3 - Colors are degraded, especially around the edges 0:30 - Generation 4 - Audio is flaky, colors are spotty 0:40 - Generation 5 - The Hi-Fi is nonexistent in the first few seconds. 0:50 - Generation 6 - Colors are even more spotty 1:00 - Generation 7 - 50/50 color 1:10 - Generation 8 - Majority of the picture is in black & white 1:20 - Generation 9 - Some of the color is still around, tracking starts to goof up at the end 1:30 - Generation 10 - Colors are struggling, tracking worsens 1:40 - Generation 11 - Hi-Fi is gone, colors are struggling even more, tracking worsens 1:50 - Generation 12 - Colors are starting to fail (at the end, the color is completely gone), unstable picture 2:00 - Generation 13 - Colors on their last legs, the VCR is having trouble holding the picture, and the audio is starting to loosen up 2:10 - Generation 14 - Colors are completely gone, the VCR struggling to hold the picture 2:20 - Generation 15 - The VCR can't keep a grip of the picture for not even a full second 2:30 - Generation 16 - Only a few frames can be seen where the VCR holds a grip of the picture successfully. There's also a noticable amount of lag and audio wobbles. 2:40 - Generation 17 - The VCR can't keep a grip of the picture at all. 2:50 - Generation 18 - Unwatchable experience, and the VCR is starting to debate whether to give up or keep going 3:00 - Generation 19 - Only a few frames are even recognizable at this point (i.imgur.com/E8mkzLt.png, i.imgur.com/RmX0UiX.png) 3:10 - Generation 20 - Audio unable to keep itself together, only a single-digit number of frames can still be recognized, and the VCR is just about to give up 3:20 - Generation 21 - The VCR gives up on trying. The video only lasts a few seconds before it kicks the bucket 3:37 - End of recording

[@nickallen4127]

I had my 5th generation Loss on The Best of Gumby 1987 VHS when Dad Ordered This after being sat on the video shelf at Walmart Back in 2002

[@skexofiner.nsystemz]

but 3:20 isn't generation 21, it's just, ending

[@the_bluegamer1670]

Theres also a frame recognizable at gen 20 3:16 i.imgur.com/WlqTBnO.png

[@crypt0nym0ussec57]

1:40-2:00 ULTIMATE AESTHETIC

[@thatcactus.]

Thx

[@oliviawestwood3498]

My GC broke years ago. This honestly feels like my memories of the little silver box as the years pass.

[@juliana.lymond2622]

Buy Another GAMECUBE Then.

[@bassboostedmoonchao]

@Julian A. Lymond GameCubes aren't super easy to find anymore.

[@juliana.lymond2622]

@@bassboostedmoonchao Find It Online Then!

[@sheeloesreallycool]

Julian A. Lymond Still hard.

[@juliana.lymond2622]

@@sheeloesreallycool Go On Craigslist.

[@darktorso6523]

There is just something inherently creepy about generation loss... I can't quite place it.

[@youraunt]

maybe the fact that after a certain amount of times played it just fucking dies after setting itself on fire

[@cumeater288]

it's funny

[@KennethPlaysOfficial]

@@yourauntno they are making copies of copies and the quality degrades because it’s analog data and not digital data.

[@tomassiqueira5172]

Same

[@tomassiqueira5172]

It's both funny and creepy I don't know how to explain

[@LelloDalamiq]

Some folks are offput by the generational loss. I grew up with VHS so I know it can get particularly fuzzy, but the more I see it like this, the more it reminds me of what Dementia must be like for people as they go through the stages. Like looking back on a memory but it gets fuzzy to the point where you can't make out anything anymore...

[@aydenzgamer]

damn... Bro pullled an "Everywhere At The End Of Time"

[@melonnuggetgaming]

​@@aydenzgamerfr

[@amandamakin1542]

So you all heard Everywhere at the End of Time (EATEOT) & watched the visual representations of it?

[@beebfajeejy]

this shit is so dumb

[@colesfamily8358]

Wow

[@GRNKRBY]

3:10 You cannot grasp the true form of Gamecube's attack.

[@Cramslor]

*a t t a c k n o i s e*

[@youraunt]

AAAAAAA-

[@crazycowcraft350]

Showed this comment to my friend, they are now praying for safety

[@nottoday5773]

3:13 holy lord

[@sethabdul7824]

Area 51 sounds.

[@DomExoticDoggo]

Oh sh-

[@dhoneofficial]

DeathCube A Creepypasta Not really of course......

[@funland12]

@@DomExoticDoggo it

[@18436Melissa]

1st generation: this is fine. *12 minutes later* *20th generation: THIS IS NOT FINE.*

[@ChicoCoolio22]

This vid is only 4 mins (rounded up)

[@NoEntertainment]

The last one is optimal.

[@lucyhtml]

Yes my dudes, I knew gamecube was coming back as a meme! I hope this video does well, I think you're one *_banger video_* away from blowing up, honestly

[@MitchellHang]

JedDraws Thanks for the kind words. 😊

[@a_lexine]

W H E R E ' S T H E C U B E ?

[@CometMedalChavez]

Jim Raynor IT’S IN LOOT LAKE!

[@CometMedalChavez]

Cheryl Lynsky Can we get an F in the chat for Moisty Mire?

[@a_lexine]

@@CometMedalChavez f

[@CometMedalChavez]

Jim Raynor Can we ALSO get an F in the chat for Anarchy Acres?

[@a_lexine]

@@CometMedalChavez No.

[@vegas_o3o]

Me: Can we buy GameCube? Mom: No, We have Gamecube at home. Gamecube at home: 2:50

[@zoeymyu4954]

No I think your mom plugged the GameCube into the tv from the 1930’s that was hit by a hammer a couple times. Plug it in to a different tv and it should be fine.

[@zoeymyu4954]

Or maybe you have a GameCube that was hit by a hammer 17 times and is clinging onto life. The disk drive should still be working though.

[@vehicleboi5598]

Zoey Myu the joke-> your head

[@zoeymyu4954]

Vehicle boi, ... it’s a joke, How would a GameCube plug into a 1930’s tv.

[@vehicleboi5598]

Zoey Myu Boy someone’s gonna slap the joke OF THE COMMENT in your face pretty soon.

[@growingup15]

Its like a representation of our fading memories of the past when we were young. as the years and decades go by our memories of the good times we had are gonna slowly distort until eventually it fades away forever never to be remembered again. This is how I feel as im entering 30 this year thinking back to the 2000s in my preteens and teen years. I know those good times wont last forever. eventually those memories will all fade away and will be forgotten.

[@zachcoastercrazy4032]

1-5: good 6-10 decent 11-14 no 15-20 k i l l m e

[@youraunt]

1-5: normal 6-10: nostalgia and vaporcube 11-15: GameCube is starting to kill itself 16-20: please end my life, every second of existence is pure agony. _why am i in this painful world_

[@neiguan88]

21-?????:*ded*

[@icarusDaBoi]

I thought this was really quite cool, but the repetitious nature of the experiment meant that, compared to previous videos you've done like this, it became a bit stale by the end of it! I think that a better way to approach it (albeit it would've been a LOT more work) would've been to, for example, put at the very start of the video a supercut of the entire generation loss spliced together over the course of the BIOS screen startup, and then the rest of the video was the individual pieces! Still though, I know how much work these videos are to make, and I look forward to seeing more!

[@MitchellHang]

Megaman3300 Well, the video is short. So, longer videos would work better, I guess.

[@gdplayer19]

This sounds like someone who can't watch anything for more than two seconds without some mobile game footage in the background.

[@BW134]

1: original Gamecube 2: still good Gamecube 3: nice Gamecube 4: sound is glitched 5: color getting weak 6: average quality 7: vhs buzzing hearable 8: hi-fi is now center 9: image starts to shake and color is weak 10: nearly earrape 11: no stereo, less color 12: only 25% color and glitch at end 13: image shaking, color in few moments 14: no color, image jumps and glitches 15: sound is getting unstable, and image scrolls 16: more unwatchable mess 17: image doesn't stay 18: like 17 with worse sound 19: audio is destroyed, vibrato 20: completely vibrato and unseen image

[@jordantomblin2302]

Not gonna lie that's the best description I've heard of this tbh

[@Monkey832]

Ok is it just me or does the partially unsaturated logo on like generation 8 look FAR better than the original? It looks so shiny! And the b/w logo at 1:58 looks absolutely badass, like it’s made of metal.

[@minix07]

Looks better then the original

[@SomeoneOnTheInternet855]

The generation 13 one is litteral metal, and I like it.

[@olafkowalskisnewaccount4599]

0:00 - Finally time to play some games on my GameCube. 0:10 - What happened to GameCube? 3:11 - *VCR just dies*

[@youraunt]

3:11 content aware scalecube

[@kdotdevelopment6398]

3:13 my mind when given a test

[@modder853]

This comment is funny asf

[@PoorWax]

I bet you could use this concept to make a very creepy horror game. Each time you die, your quality suffers, the sorroundings get more aggressive, and game-over os when you cannot play any more.

[@JustAnotherNote..]

That concept has already been tested with a few games, I believe. Unfortunately, I'm unable to remember which.

[@ThatWeirdoWhoMakesVideos]

Takes me back to when I used to record me playing games on my ps2 Sry I was not a gamecube kid

[@EduRenesto]

Visual representation of Everywhere At The End Of Time

[@braydentehtechman2012]

True

[@amandamakin1542]

Someone is inevitably going to put Everywhere at the End of Time original samples on a VHS & re-record it over & over on other VHS tapes until it becomes horrifically distorted. It's just so accurate!

[@moadot720]

I like how this video and your “Together Forever” video introduced me to your AWESOME outro! It's in my bookmarks now, and it caused me to stop hating Plastic Love!

[@moadot720]

Actually I couldn't find out the other video on your account, so it might not have been yours.

[@oliviawestwood3498]

What it feels like to be a full 18 year GC player. This is like how I felt when my GC died.

[@vhsmaniaman6986]

3:13 my mind when i try to ask out a girl

[@PkmariO64]

The first three generations look pretty good, but it only goes downhill from there.

[@KevinKlineisawesome]

That was one of the disadvantages of renting a tape at blockbuster. You may never know how many times it’s been played whether it was brand new or worn out after multiple viewings.

[@japoople]

My VCR just tells me it's having "picture trouble" if shit acts up and it stops itself (it's a late model VCR so they probably put something in there to detect that)

[@glowsquidking]

2:22 when my gamecube gets coca cola spilled all over it by my little brother:

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

3 minutes and 40 seconds of the GameCube startup screen descending deeper and deeper into the Dante’s Inferno levels of hell, followed by 15 seconds of pure funky goodness in the form of Mariya’s Takeuchi’s Plastic Love.

[@laser90]

How I remember bad memories: 0:01 How I remember good memories: 2:53

[@ENNEN420]

Plastering your logo in the corner gives the same energy as the terribly encoded 144p commercials with a website logo taking 20% of the screen from the 200-s

[@elabiskup7898]

Friend: *How's life going?* My life: 3:10

[@NotTheGodOfWar]

Idk why but this new meme scares me

[@elel7113]

you keep skipping 10 seconds ahead and it gets creepier

[@412lop7]

Gen 1: Nothing wrong Gen 2: You can start to see some artifacts but are not severe Gen 3: The edges of the squares are getting grey Gen 4: Video is getting worse but at the beginning you can hear some noise Gen 5: Theres even more of a grey outline Gen 6: Noise at the beginning are louder and video is getting blurrier Gen 7: Grey takes over half of the squares Gen 8: Some colors are starting to bleed Gen 9: The video is starting to lose color and there’s a shake at the end Gen 10: Shake at the end is more severe Gen 11: 80% of color is gone and the shake is more extreme Gen 12: Color is fading away and there’s a big burst of color at the end Gen 13: The video is shaking more and color is almost gone Gen 14: The entire video is shaking and the video is in grayscale Gen 15: Many frames are unrecognizable at this point Gen 16: A lot of scrolling and audio is getting wobbly Gen 17: The video is very wavy and scrolling Gen 18: Audio quality is very bad and 50% of frames are unrecognizable Gen 19: You can barely make out a thing Gen 20: Nothing is recognizable Gen 21: A bunch of colors and static

[@juniperjabber]

Nobody: Me at 12:31 AM: time to watch some GC generation loss

[@grayanddevpdx]

0:50 Here we experience the first signs of memory loss. This stage is most like a beautiful daydream. The glory of old age and recollection. The last of the great days. 1:20 The second stage is the self realization and awareness that something is wrong with a refusal to accept that. More effort is made to remember so memories can be more long form with a little more deterioration in quality. The overall personal mood is generally lower than the first stage and at a point before confusion starts setting in. 1:50 Here we are presented with some of the last coherent memories before confusion fully rolls in and the grey mists form and fade away. Finest moments have been remembered, the musical flow in places is more confused and tangled. As we progress some singular memories become more disturbed, isolated, broken and distant. These are the last embers of awareness before we enter the post awareness stages. 2:20 Post-Awareness Stage 4 is where serenity and the ability to recall singular memories gives way to confusions and horror. It's the beginning of an eventual process where all memories begin to become more fluid through entanglements, repetition and rupture. 2:50 Post-Awareness Stage 5 confusions and horror. More extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture can give way to calmer moments. The unfamiliar may sound and feel familiar. Time is often spent only in the moment leading to isolation. 3:20 Post-Awareness Stage 6 is without description.

[@dandanpudim]

RIP VCR 1982-2018 I am dead, because this guy made a generation loss

[@daiamondorobotto9812]

1st - 20nd Generation Loss VHS & DVD Adventure Time From the 1996-2004 VHS release of Cartoon Network. 1st-4th Generation VHS Dave Narendoff 7.7K subscribers

[@anonymus-2005]

What?

[@rogeriorogerio1007]

Generation loss was a terror back in the day, now it's entertainment

[@thestra274]

I didn't know a blue screen could still appear after colour loss

[@Spherical_Object]

1st gen is real VHS, 5th gen is what movies portray VHS as, 10th gen is what people think broken VHS looks like, 16th gen is what people think VHS will turn into after 100 years (idk), 20th gen is if you threw your VHS tape, VHS player and TV off a cliff and drew on the end.

[@Randomalistic]

Why is generation loss so cool and aesthetic

[@notnintendo]

ff mod spotted

[@ElBarto2023]

0:00 - Generation 1 - Ahhh! My game is about to start. 0:10 - Generation 2 - Is it me, or am I not playing it on my computer? 0:20 - Generation 3 - Okay, this is a little bit glitchy. 0:30 - Generation 4 - There's buzzing out here! 0:40 - Generation 5 - Hi-Fi? 0:50 - Generation 6 - The colors! 1:00 - Generation 7 - Half of it is gray! 1:10 - Generation 8 - I think it's running out of color. 1:20 - Generation 9 - That's a bit damaged! 1:30 - Generation 10 - Are you okay there, GameCube? 1:40 - Generation 11 - Goodbye, Hi-Fi. 1:50 - Generation 12 - The colors are dying! 2:00 - Generation 13 - The colors can't take this anymore. 2:10 - Generation 14 - POOR GAMECUBE! 2:20 - Generation 15 - Help me! 2:30 - Generation 16 - Please save me. 2:40 - Generation 17 - I'm slowly damaging to death. 2:50 - Generation 18 - It's burning! Save it! 3:00 - Generation 19 - No. Please. I'm about to die. 3:10 - Generation 20 - I'm prepared to die! 3:20 - Generation 21 - *tthhaatt''ss iitt!!*

[@ABCEasyas--]

Just like how it’s you can’t fold a paper more than six times, a VHS recording can go up to 20 “generations” before it totally dies.

[@something_else315]

1:41 (audio is now entirely in mono, picture moves down when the cube drops before going back up, color signal acts up)

[@pswitch9553]

Aesthetic. 🏝

[@Alexs23743]

GameCube in hospice care, livestreaming its slow, painful death.

[@theurbanspaceman420]

2:12 Bro that face its scary

[@Phucthien2h62d1]

0:00 VHS Added 0:10 VHS Added Too 0:20 Color Hue Control Left Right 10% 0:30 Flaky Audio Color as Grey 20% 0:40 HI-FI Are Older 0:50 Color are Spotty 1:00 50/50 Color 1:10 HI-FI Glitch On Grey 1:20 Speaker Loud 1:30 Louder More 1:40 Looud More Down and Up Audio mono 1:50 Up EVEN MORE!! 2:00 Color Death GIF 2:10 Color Gone 2:20 Shaker and Scroll and Spazzing Going on Here 2:30 10000% Wave And Audio Is Pitching 2:40 More Wave 1000000000% 2:50 the GIF but like a Scam 3:00 5 FPS 3:10 Video Gone Audio Is Pitching ∞% 3:20 Blue Screen Glitch

[@BrodyBradshaw-qc4mf]

0:01 my mind when I leave school 3:10 my mind when school starts

[@elementcollector4443]

I would totally buy several dozen VHS tapes just to generationloss a bad video.

[@DrayCrouse]

You need at least two VHS tapes to do generation loss videos... You would need also three AV cables so that one is the VHS input, one is the VHS output, and one is the Capture Card input... AND you would need a source tape to cite from.

[@nimk]

when your gamecube becomes a sphere

[@FigureFarter]

Or a cylinder

[@C4ST3R3T3RN4L]

g a m e s p h e r e

[@imsonicnoob2112]

2:20 THIS IS ALMOST MY FINAL INTR (Play it In reverse and its my “outro”

[@yourtypicalcupoftea]

This feels like watching those weird “gamecube logo effects” videos made by children with Vegas pro

[@ArtbyJoeZ]

2:40 well from buying a GameCube to bye bye GameCube!

[@4p8j]

2:26 the thumbnail

[@thidiemnguyenlogoediting]

3:34 that's glitch while ejecting vcr 3:24 Cool transition

[@_old6433]

3:10 - game consoles when you put a pirated game, according to creepypasta youtube

[@raspberry144mb3]

VHS Hi-Fi was so fucking cool.

[@jonah1561]

holy shit why doesnt this have millions of views yet

[@L0RDK3Y]

3:10 looks like a creepypasta

[@lebro4401]

Post-awareness Generation 21 is without description

[@beebfajeejy]

1st generation is basically what it actually looked like on a crt.

[@disillutmusic]

This is how being 35 feels

[@kickthebuddy24]

POV: Videos don't cause seizures. I don't get seizures when watching this video

[@ThermalLabs]

The video gives itself a seizure.

[@safeerrahman3434]

Gen 1-5: Okay quality Gen 6-9: Colors are getting worse Gen 10-13: worsening these effects Gen 14-18: ŐĤ ÑŐ Gen 19-21: ÆÁĀÂĂÃÄÅÆ

[@GERALD_786]

me in my 60s remembering that cube shaped game machine

[@michaxxp]

gen 1: this is fine gen 2: huh? ... gen 20: OH MY GAMECUBE🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

[@amandamakin1542]

The best way to describe this is literally "Everywhere at the End of Gamecube"

[@Seafox01]

That is so darn cool

[@jayboker]

3:11 what would happen to my SNES games in 2030

[@jayemsea4742]

Well this video time of my life I won't get back. I'm painting a little table at the moment and oh wow I just witnessed it drying how more exciting it was to see than this video I tell ya...

[@SwaggestItalian]

hello and welcome to the official nintendo gamecube training tape!

[@tylern6420]

i feel like the next generation of killscreen will be using generational loss

[@flowerisamongus7168]

Bonus static n' flickering blue screen feels like my nightmares 😩😩😩

[@the_truman_show_edits.]

1:01 is my tv😂 I still use the old tv to this day to play GameCube and Wii

[@LoneVII7]

My mentality with the GameCube memes is basically this

[@deboraesther8422]

My favorite VHS generation loss is the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 works well good and alive and works good 👍

[@rayzor06]

3:23 Final breathes of the tape

[@labodesjouets_42]

GameCube in 2001 0:04 GameCube Today: 2:50

[@BackwardSabotage]

Post-Awareness Generation 15 onwards is without description

[@lucianothewindowsfan]

3:12 GameCube BIOS Corruptions 2

[@AgencyView5746]

The 20th Generation Is The Audio On Chours In Vegas Pro

[@themandownstairs4765]

this is just the disintegration loops in video form

[@jamesbuckwas6575]

Instead, I remember playing NSMBWii, SMG, MKWii on a really small 4:3 TV

[@lionxj6]

"Mom can i have Nintendo Gamecube at home?" "We already have Nintendo gamecube at home" Gamecube at home: 2:30

[@SAckTheGoof]

if this is how alzhimer is represented in a visual maner, then i pray to god i dont get alzhimer in the far future

[@amandamakin1542]

I would never wish that dreadful disease on anyone, not even the most evil people in the world deserves a fate like that 😢

[@ThomallisterESP]

In case my VHS had generation selection, I would select Generation 3 or 5, but if it was Luigi's Mansion, I would have it on Generation 8 or 10 to give it a more spooky theme.

[@DEADFORTY]

skipping every 15 seconds from the end makes it even better

[@ihavenowleftyoutube]

My PS3 that suffers from generation loss gave up on life at 3am and gave me a gasp

[@superguy199]

Everywhere at the end of time: Game Cube Edition

[@muhtesemsiyanur]

Believe me or not, but I have a Thriller VHS... which is 10th generation.

[@ilgattogirovago_1560]

the 8th generation sound is like my gamecube audio on the emulator

[@maindodameji]

Gen 1: Normal Gen 2: Sound not stereo anymore Gen 3: Some visible static Gen 4: Significant deterioration setting in Gen 5: Colors starts struggling Gen 6: Colors starting to fail Gen 7: No color Gen 8: Pitch a bit lower Gen 9: Picture struggling and shaking Gen 10: Sound inconsistent Gen 11: Picture mostly gone Gen 12: Sounds like it slowed down Gen 13: Picture almost completely gone Gen 14: Sound's getting staticy and warbly Gen 15: Picture only visible in occasional bursts Gen 16: Mostly just static Gen 17: No visible image Gen 18: Just about ruined Gen 19: Static with bad sound Gen 20: The VHS Tapes Final Moments Gen 21: The VHS Tape Died

[@18436Melissa]

Can you do Singing Machine Karaoke but it suffers from generation loss? If you don't have a Singing Machine, then that's fine.

[@ROFL7000]

1:40 This is almost of my vhs tapes

[@tobennyandbeyond]

Hey there. I am a fan of your generation loss videos. What brought me here was your Steamed Hams generation loss video, and boy do I love it! I was wondering if you could tell me the process of making these videos and how much it would cost to get the supplies. If you can't reply right now, I understand. Thanks, TailsFan04.

[@something_else315]

2:11 (colors are now completely gone, only a black and white image remains)

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

At the last two generations, I thought my headphones were glitching