Modding a Gamecube in 2020

Hi Joe, this comment’s a little late, but here’s hoping you reply! I recently just got a Japanese game cube with a gba player. I wanted to mod it to run roms like this. But do I need to install a switch, like you did, to run us physical games? Or will the mod chip take care of it regardless what region the disc I place is from?

good stuff

i would like to know the best way to upgrade my picture quality , should i buy this on ebay GCHD Mk-II GameCube HD HDMI Adapter , or is there a better way ( i have a chipped gamecube but thats all that has been done to it ) or should i try solder a hdmi board into it ? any advice i would be greatful for

Did you paint your kaico purple? I'd like one in black

The sd2sp2 does it let you load games from the slot-2 to play games or does it read it from the sd card holder that it has to load from there ?
Just asking im gonna get a gamecube & im doing research before i buy any unnecessary parts

Ok, but you didnt show how it works. and what happened to the game play.

Why cant we just replace the memory card slot with an sd card reader

The only thing that could make this better is an HDMI chip like the Pluto-IIx. Really fantastic gamecube there! I like how the SD2SP2 preserves the disk drive so technically you can run the whole thing vanilla still no problem.

how much is this?

I appreciate the speed screwing...... The ladies maybe not so much!!!

I just got my gamecube, gameboy player, gecko and gameboy player style sd2sp2 and a Action Replay. I formatted a 2GB SD to FAT and renamed the latest version of Swiss to autoexec.dol and also put on my Emulators on it and the gameboy player disc iOS. I then put my gamecube games on a 32 GB SD in the Sd2sp2. When I turn my system on it goes straight to my games on the sd2sp2 but I can push B and switch memory to the Gecko and load Emulators or my gameboy player disc iso. No modded system at all just a Rad2X cord.

I put my games in a folder called games and put folders inside that for each game named accordingly with the game inside named game and disk 2 named disk2 they pop right up when I turn my system on with the Action Replay in no modded system needed. Just name your latest version of Swiss to autoexec.dol and put it in your Gecko in memory card 2 slot.

Did I mention all my stuff on mine with the Action Replay is Region Free. I suggest the Hudson Select series Bonk and Adventure Island.

It is a cube after all! oO )

Great! I have the same setup with the xenogc/sd2sp2 combo and a Gameboy player. The Gameboy player and console I have is ntsc but the disc I have is a japanese disc I picked up locally and the xenogc makes it work fine plus paired with Everdrives it's even more amazing!

Great video joe, I plan to do this as soon as time permits. One question, could you tell me step by step how to run gbi with this mod?

are all the gamecube games loaded?

I started to crave some GameCube gameplay after years of mine sitting in the original box after upgrading to the wii. I unfortunately lost many of my games to disc rot and took a look online just to find those games going for 60-80 is dollars! So I downloaded a dolphin emulator on my pc and started playing Mario kart double dash , (My favorite game) and realized that it didn’t feel quite right. As a result I couldn’t enjoy the game with the stutters and lag spikes from terribly optimized emulators. So I did a search online to see if I could still get my hands on a mod chip. I was surprised to see that they were readily available for under 7 US dollars! So I bought two . One for my purple GameCube and one for my silver one. I prefer to run my (Backups) off of a mini dvd-r disk for the feel. So come to find out that the disk I need are now scarce as a result of the pandemic. I eventually found a store in my local area that still had plenty of stock of the Phillips mini dvd-r 50 packs which were still made until the pandemic. So for 49.75 US dollars I purchased a 50 pack. And two more on top of that in case they would never return to production. And now, here I am binge watching people mod their game cubes until my chips get here the 7th of December.

I got a PAL indigo gamecube and plan to get an indigo GB player from Japan. Is there any way to use Swiss without modding the console?

For a ultime gc I would not take a xeno gc. I would take a qoob PR with ipl boot or a other chip that can boot without DVD.

And when you install a xeno gc then boot in swiss with a boot disc and then throw the Gameboy Player Disc in the trash.
Use Gameboy Interface! It's worlds better and sharp er then GBP.

Hi Joe hoping you can help me. Can you use a UK power supply with a Japanese console? I keep reading mixed reports. I'm currently using a step down converter but have a UK GameCube power supply that I would prefer to use with my Japanese import console.

I got a DVD-R with Swiss burned on, a Xen8 chip and a SD2SP2, but how do i load games?? Do I have to put them in the SD card (32 GB formatted in FAT32)? If that's so, which type should i put in, like cia files or something i dunno about?

Enjoyed that mate, you certainly do have an ultimate GC there.
Super crisp lines when playing GBA games on the tele.
Tempted to do this mod.

great video mate, looking forward to getting this setup myself. I had no idea the unofficial gameboy software existed, i think that'll be the first thing I try out.

i have got a orange led..any ideas?

Can you upgrade mine ???

Hi sir

Isn't modding the region selector switch with a XenoGC redundant? I have a japanese gamecube, I did the region mod, swapped the region to USA, and by having a XenoGC installed, my Gamecube loads Japanese and American discs without a problem, always on USA region selected (didn't installed a switch, just linked the points in the board to change to USA region).

Oh, for the modchip, I did different. I soldered with cables on mother board, and the cables to the modchip. This way, I positioned the mod chip on the side of the console, with the venting grade. This way, you can see the lights of the modchip, indicating if it's working or not. When not, they blink all the time. When working, it blinks only at certain times when loading the disc.

You actually didn't show it worked 🤔

I liked u alot, very detailed an d objective, different from tutorials from my country, thanks alot, when i get my game boy player (that has very are and expensive here) i will do like u did.

Hello,

i plan to get a NGC but i'm confused about the mods out there.

I want to play games from my original discs but also some games modded (i also could need tools for speedrunning but thats another part). For this case i need the SD2SP2, right? To make use of it, i need the Swiss software? And to get it to work i need the Xenon soldered to the NGC? And it doesn't matter which NGC i get. I'm living in EU (PAL) but because of the Xenon it will unlock the region anyway?

Playing original games with disc and to play the game modded i need to dump my game and apply the mod and play the game from the SD card wich is in the SD2SP2?

btw. i loved your orange gamecube "restoration" and joining the retro/ retro modding scene, i think your channel will help me alot :D

I'm going to have to do this with mine. I've had mine since 2005, and it's....well, it's like Wilson from Cast Away, which is a problem because the optical drive failed. If I can do anything to breathe new life into it, I'll do it.

GC Loader is the best imo.

The laser will eventually die, and it will die much sooner than an SD card reader.

Thicker Flux may help draw down the solder onto the motherboard.

For the Xeno mod chip, the original install guides would recommend soldering in posts (ie bits of solid core wire or leftover capacitor legs) and bending them into place to solder in the chip.

I need to get me one of those SD adapters and a copy of Swiss to play around with my IcedCube Xeno modded Cube. It would probably save a lot of wear and tear on the DVD mechanism vs playing backups.

Great video! Makes me want to mod my Gamecube as well. I think this is the best solution when you still want to be able to use discs. There seem to be a lot of Chinese counterfeits of the Xen8 modchip and SD2SP2. Are these as bad as people say? If so, how do I know it is a counterfeit? Greetings from Europe :)

Thank you for such an amazing video♡

Just curious is this something you could buy as a unit or for a beginner do you think it would be best to diy?

"are you still with me"

my dumbass is trying mate lol

quick question @Joe Bleeps , after this mod is finished. how would i go about downloading the games onto the SD card?

I've found this video, but i'm not sure if it's the same process. watch?v=P4FCdGVQrRs&t=1s

thank you for uploading and appreciate your work

That means you can play GBA games from your sd card?

Fantastical!

Why can't these videos include details like format tjr sd card in fat32 and recommend sd brand and capacities. Please don't assume we know everything you did.

Does the sd card u put on the serial port has all the games included already??

You made this more complicated than it what it had to be!

Considering the insane markup on Gamecube games now, this is more important than ever

Hi.
I bought a spice orange GameCube.

It does not have a switch on it.

It plays USA games but the menu is still in Japanese.

When a memory card is inserted, it asks to initialize format the card.

Also sometimes the error code will pop up "An error has occurred Turn the power off and refer to the Nintendo Gamecube instruction booklet for further instructions".

I want the system to play USA games, keep an English language menu and want that error to stop showing up here n there.

Can you tell me what might be going on and how to fix it please ?

Do you think it's a half way done mod gone wrong ?

Thank you.

Anybody knowledgeable please reply soon.

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