I've wanted to hardmod my GameCube for over 10 years... Today was the day!

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I got my Swiss disc, SD2SP2 adapter, and my Xeno 2 chip from eBay for just a little over $12 USD, and they arrived today in my mailbox. And since my cube is one of the late DOL-001 units without the SP2 port, I wired that bitch directly into the header holes on the motherboard, and stealthed it into the SP2 port compartment. Then I soldered in the Xeno chip, and did the laser pot tweak. My laser is sitting at a comfy 208K. Boots directly into the Swiss disc from cold boot. All games load fine from the 64GB micro SD card. Formatted as FAT32 with 64K cluster size. Loving that all my favorite games are now just a few button presses away without resorting to emulation. Even my Gameboy games play fine via GBI at 240p using the GB Player. Was fun to finally buckle down and mod one of my GameCubes, as it was long overdue. I changed the clock battery too while I was in there, since it had just over 1 volt left in it. I'll change out the LED for a white one later.

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jeffyTheHomebrewer said:
Nice! Any benefits to hardmodding aside from less wear and tear on the disc drive though?
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How about the possibility to load your games from SD as such? No burning DVD-R, no searching for discs – burned or legit. No switching discs. The fun of expanding functionality.

Arguably GC-Loader ODE is even better, but expensive and hard to get. I've soldered in a XenoGC as well. Fortunately my consoles have the serial port 2 – didn't need soldering SD2SP2.
 
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KleinesSinchen said:
How about the possibility to load your games from SD as such? No burning DVD-R, no searching for discs – burned or legit. No switching discs. The fun of expanding functionality.

Arguably GC-Loader ODE is even better, but expensive and hard to get. I've soldered in a XenoGC as well. Fortunately my consoles have the serial port 2 – didn't need soldering SD2SP2.
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I know that you can load games from SD, that's what I meant by "less wear and tear on the disc drive". Is there anything else you can get through a regular hardmod, or..?
 
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jeffyTheHomebrewer said:
I know that you can load games from SD, that's what I meant by "less wear and tear on the disc drive". Is there anything else you can get through a regular hardmod, or..?
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homebrew, mods, and piracy I suppose. Although I'm not too familliar on if there's much of a gamecube game modding scene.
 
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N10A said:
homebrew, mods, and piracy I suppose. Although I'm not too familliar on if there's much of a gamecube game modding scene.
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I know there seems to have been a homebrew scene back in the day, but now it seems like it's moreso about the Wii now.
As for the newer consoles it feels more like homebrew is just tools more than it is cool original games or at least ports of other games. Feels like the only perk to homebrewing aside from maybe customization is just piracy and maybe modding the games you have
 

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  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I here ya there, I have too many myself, and have hard time letting them go, since most of mine I've modded at some point. Anymore I just play Switch on the go, seriesx at home.
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    ack my throat
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I need to invest in some storage totes tbh
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Tots?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Tootles
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Tootles? Wtf
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Oh tootles
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Oh totes , lol, like Tupperware storage, I gotcha
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I'm designing my own entertainment cabinet for my man cave, to store all my systems, then I'm also designing a power supply/HDMI switcher so I can switch to whichever system I want, and power it also. Already picked up the cabinet board, but tinkering with my drawings before start
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    But yea, I have frogger arcade cabinet that I gutted and put a Pi4 then Pi5 into, but it never gets played much anymore, should sell it. Even when the kids come over, they don't want to play on it, just the xbox. TMNT and Simpson's arcade is still so fun on it, esp w 2 players.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Gonna check out the new Garfield looks like garbage
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Can't wait to see the new "stick" that can actually play Ps3 or 360 games. I know they are getting close.
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    @Xdqwerty didn't you see the new garfield?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Ah it's all animated I was hoping for some live action
     +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, yes i did
  • T @ TheSusKing:
    does anyone know if you can run android apps on a usb
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    You mean use a external usb thumb drive as storage? Yeah it depends on the phone
  • T @ TheSusKing:
    no, i mean if i could store the app on the usb so it doesnt take up my storage
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    By changing the apps location https://www.croma.com/unboxed/how-to-move-android-apps-from-internal-storage-to-an-sd-card
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, why do you ask?
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    https://youtu.be/iAJ-J1R7juY?si=ZKM6T19bTLp533m4
  • T @ Texasauras:
    wtfff why are y'al shitting on me and super negative
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @Texasauras, dont worry im stupid too (or atleast dumb)
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    lol im not selling it
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    :shit:
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