Poll of the Day > RIP my gamecube.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Got a good 17-18 years out of it, but it wont read the discs anymore. Tried cleaning the lens and everything to no avail. Now I have to use the Wii to play them which just isnt the same. On the plus side my SNES and N64 are still going strong.

https://youtu.be/-b8I1haz3Yo

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I still have mine, but haven't hooked it up in ages

Replacing it would suck, and I have a bunch of US imports that won't work on my Wii. The import disc doesn't work on it.
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Dw, there's always a certain Dolphin that can help you play

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aside from a slight hassle to start gamecube games on the wii, they are the same
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My Gamecube and Wii stopped reading discs years ago. I took my GC everywhere (vacations, friends and relatives houses, etc.) and I might have been rough with it at times. But my Wii was always at home and taken care of but it lasted even less time than my GC.

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My Wii hasn't read discs for about 8 years now. >.> Not that I'm too torn up about it, it is the Wii :P

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GameLord113 posted...

Got a good 17-18 years out of it, but it wont read the discs anymore. Tried cleaning the lens and everything to no avail. Now I have to use the Wii to play them which just isnt the same. On the plus side my SNES and N64 are still going strong.

You can replace the lens with a new lens. There are tutorials online (videos, written guides, etc) that can help you do this and a new lens and the tools needed can be bought on ebay.

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I remember they had a video of one being run over and it didn't damage it

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GameLord113 posted...

Now I have to use the Wii to play them which just isnt the same.

It kind of is though. I love the way that backwards compatibility works on the Wii. Only annoying part is that you still need to use a Wii remote to start up the disc channel.

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rexcrk posted...

It kind of is though

Depends on what you want. No Gameboy Player, no third party discs (Action Replay, Free Loader, etc). I'm not sure online enabled Gamecube games can do so on Wii, though given they all are officially shut down, that probably doesn't matter. Did Gamecube have unofficial online support for Phantasy Star Online?

I know for me, a Wii wouldn't be acceptable, most of my games need the Free Loader. :(
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Oliver_Oliver posted...

You can replace the lens with a new lens. There are tutorials online (videos, written guides, etc) that can help you do this and a new lens and the tools needed can be bought on ebay.

^THIS.
Fixing a Gamecube isn't hard at all. Anyone can do it with the proper guidance and tools.

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I like using the wii for gamecube games better because the component cable for wii is cheap lol. On cube it's like $200+ or something..

GameLord113 posted...

Got a good 17-18 years out of it, but it wont read the discs anymore. Tried cleaning the lens and everything to no avail. Now I have to use the Wii to play them which just isnt the same. On the plus side my SNES and N64 are still going strong.

I have an original PS2 that stopped reading discs not long ago. I know the feeling LOL

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i actually just got a gamecube and a large collection of games from a buddy of mine who wanted to clear out his house of old stuff, ok?

thinking about getting an old crt to hook it up to, ok?

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My first Gamecube haven't read any discs since 2006.

My second GC and my two Wiis are still fine.
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Aculo posted...

i actually just got a gamecube and a large collection of games from a buddy of mine who wanted to clear out his house of old stuff, ok?

thinking about getting an old crt to hook it up to, ok?

Do it! Old tube TVs are best for old gaming. That lack of latency is king and s video is such a nice video quality for them.

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Aculo posted...

i actually just got a gamecube and a large collection of games from a buddy of mine who wanted to clear out his house of old stuff, ok?

thinking about getting an old crt to hook it up to, ok?

just get a converter
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

just get a converter

a converter?

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My Game Cube is still going, though it struggles a bit from time to time. Should be celebrating its 17th birthday this year.

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Should be like @aburnett and throw it off a cliff!!!! Oh wait...

Aculo posted...

a converter?

vga to hdmi
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

vga to hdmi

but doesn't it look like shit on an hdtv?

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LeetCheet posted...

My first Gamecube haven't read any discs since 2006.

My second GC and my two Wiis are still fine.

LeetCheet posted...

My first Gamecube haven't read any discs since 2006.

My second GC and my two Wiis are still fine.

Personally when we had the cart based games, I hardly ever had any trouble with the console not loading games and then when they went to cds and dvds. nothing but issues.

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Introducing moving parts will produce mechanical errors.
Both drives and slots bite when they wear down. I feel more helpless with cart slots though. With CD drives, I can make minor adjustments to the pot or something if errors start to arise.

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