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McKittyNuts
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Franklin666
I’ll grab my bike and meet you there
raftus
I went with an xbox at the time. My friend hooked me up with a modchip. That was the greatest thing ever.
mairusupawa
This is cheaper: https://www.newspapers.com/image/172361553/?clipping_id=47770412&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE3MjM2MTU1MywiaWF0IjoxNzA5MzIyODE4LCJleHAiOjE3MDk0MDkyMTh9.5ypTnogDkCzkdPao0CCAK6U2Uo5TNsUQ5u0g2W0uZH0
thatwoodguy
When I was a student lamenting my inability to listen to records, yes I'm that old, I went by the Sony store and they happen to have on sale there Sony psf 9 turntable. It's portable can be powered by batteries and has two headphone Jacks so you don't need an amplifier. I bought the second hand one that had been returned for $49 and then 10 minutes later went back and bought the brand new one for $89. These days a second-hand one that's even not working goes for about 2,000. I
KillingTlme
This was probably 2005 after the announcement of the Wii
doodlydoofus
Yeah but that platinum Gamecube can't use the eon HDMI adapter. Since CRT's are so hard to come by, if you want to play the gamecube these days, you NEED Eon's HDMI adapter.
Josestorm05
Bro....5$ a t-shirt is a steal I would buy 50 of them just because they are like 16$ now
AutoFox
At around this time I bought a Dreamcast for about this much! Got it used from Electronics Boutique with a couple of games.
EneZio
OrkieBleu
Just out on the shelves? I guess I live in a poor neighborhood 'cause that'd never fly.
cuddleskunk
This was definitely NOT in 2002. I would guess 2006.
DamnedIfYouDo
We still have ours.
Nautas
When they got discontinued, I bought one with a controller for $20 from GameStop
thesmelge
Current price at CEX is £60 for the console and £28 for a real controller.
oldguyexlurker
It was GameStop. What could it have cost them? $.10?
BaklavaWearingBalaclavaWhilePlayingBalalaikaOnBlackLava
I remember when GameCubes were as low as $8 at my local gamestop. I should have bought 20
zerogenix
back when they were made from nintendium, you could beat someone to death with a gamecube and it would work just fine
OxJunk
It really bothers me when people put the number sign behind the number. It’s trashy.
AfterTheRainComesTheRainbow
My best friend and i spent $12 on am arcade machine where you had to light up lighthouse lights to win. We won a game cube and the machine also gave us two ipods. The ones on the string you wore. Sadly one got stuck, we asked for help and the worker only let us keep one ipod. That machine was gone in a couple of days. :(
ChickenROAR
Smash?
METROlD
I got mine used for 40$ with Metroid, Zelda, and The Incredible Hulk. That rig got me through a long lonely year with very few friends and no romance in sight.
mattamunoz
Why is your name metroid
METROlD
Like most, I couldnt think of anything cool. So I tried my all time favorite game. And, big surprise, it was also taken. Then I tried a variation, which was available! My username is actually metroLd. I used all caps to hide it. The real Metroid is just a skeleton account with no activity-total waste. Anyways, the name is fitting. I love art. I love storytelling. I love cinema, I have worked in video game studios and love seeing the art of storytelling captured in video game media.
jethroismaxbaer5772
FrankPembleton
I dream of an alternate timeline where Nintendo failed instead of Sega and you can get their 2-3 worthwhile IPs on every other platform
zFUBARz
Pokemon, Mario, Mario Kart, smash, Zelda, DK, Metroid, animal crossing, Kirby, fire emblem, advance wars, Pikmin. Just to name some system movers off the top of my head. Not to mention they're approaching triple the sales of the ps5 with the switch. And their handhelds always did amazing even during N64, GC, and WiiU era. But I mean hey, sonic and power stone are console supporting IP too (I'm being a bit ridiculous of course.)
DdCno1
I mean, you effectively can, through emulation, which is why Nintendo is currently suing the Yuzu (Switch emulator) developers. The Steam Deck is a better Switch than the Nintendo Switch.
FrankPembleton
Glad I'm using ryujinx instead
PixelSprite64
GratuaCuun
I mean, those were selling so cheap because Nintendo couldn't move them - the GameCube was one of their worst selling consoles until the wii u
irespectfullycourtyermam
You’re getting downvoted for straight facts
DaveSamsonite
That’s so on brand for Imgur.
Xenarion
Which is sad because now it's regarded at one of the best console for its time.
3rdoption
It was competing against the PS2 juggernaut. It didn't stand a chance.
GratuaCuun
No shit 😆 like, I love Nintendos purple lunchbox - straight up made my childhood
And sold like shit :P
jzastrow
it's too bad because it was a good console with some great games
rthorsen
When you pre-ordered Windwaker, Nintendo gave you a copy of Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and OoT Master Quest. Had no interest in Windwaker, but I pre-ordered for the OoT disk. Was more than worth the $5 preorder.
ProfFurryPaws
Fun fact; that GC disc was the beginning of the Wii Virtual Console. The same dev team at NST did both projects, and ported the emulator over to Wii since it shared a lot of architecture with the GC. It was a demo of their ability to make an N64 emulator essentially.
applesforjuice
Windwaker was great, one of the best loz games and I've played almost all of them(the train one I didn't play). My GameCube came with legend of Zelda, legend of Zelda II, OoT, and majoras mask on one disk, it was just one of those game+console bundles
LilithPazuzu
I got mine on clearance at Target for $29
Edutittam
This can't be 2002 I bet it's just post-Wii and they're offloading stock. Gamecube came out in late 2001 with a $199 MSRP this would be AT MOST 15 months later and this color didn't come out until 2002 anyway.
Omnimorph2112
Spin up some mgs twin snakes or Bomberman and we got a deal.
JustBoone
Metroid Prime, Re4 and of course Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess!
WhyDontYouMakeMe
Custom Robo. That game was so stupid and so fun
zFUBARz
Chibi robo also very fun oddly.
justfillingthespace
Chibi-robo is hands-down one of the comfiest games of all time. Played it recently and it's a new favorite.
zFUBARz
Yeah, found the GameCube version in some discount bin somewhere when I was a wee lad, and was blown away
irespectfullycourtyermam
Twin Snakes discs are so expensive these days
Omnimorph2112
Yeah, glad I kept mine 😂
Lepidopterous
Is GameCube the only way to play it still? I think that’s the only update in graphics that legendary game ever received.
The Switch port that just came out is just a polished version of the original polygons (which I am not complaining since that’s how I remember it in my PS1 days).
xizar
Dolphin.
Darklinkinfinite
Twin Snakes was made by Konami, Silicon Knights, and Nintendo. Not sure who got Silicon Knights’ share after they shit down (possibly Nintendo since they were a second party at the time) but at the very least it would need Konami and Nintendo’s buy-in. If it ever does get re-released it’d almost certainly be Nintendo-only.
FatalError1337
Metroid Prime 1&2, Super Smash Bros, Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil 4, Zelda Windwaker, FF Crystal Chronicles, Harvest Moon.... So many great games and the beginning of the end of gaming's golden age...
Lepidopterous
RE4 and Melee were legendary. I’m so glad RE came back to its roots after 5 and 6. Looking forward to playing the RE4 remake on PS5.
DdCno1
You can also play it on iPhone, not that there is any good reason to do so, other than showing off just how absurdly powerful phones have gotten. It's surprisingly close to the PS4 version.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Wonder what a sealed box would be worth nowadays.
magus200342
49$, its in the photo.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
That is not "nowadays"...
TronLives
Friendly heads up to all reading this. If you have the means, and patience to wait, anytime you see new games on blowout clearance pricing buy one or two and put them away. I'm talking like formerly $60 games marked down to $10 or less especially when a new console comes out. Retailers clear out prior gen's games for cheap and that's your chance. I have done very well flipping games 10+ years later that I bought for peanuts on sale with very little investment. Have a great weekend folks ^_^
McKittyNuts
Enough to pay my apartment for a good few months
irespectfullycourtyermam
Q’s were always collector gold - Japan only dvd compatible
Sfingks
That's what people are asking for them, that doesn't mean that's what they're selling for. I just looked through the past several dozen "sealed gamecube" auctions that were completed, and the sold prices range from $1000 to $2300. I can't find a single example of a sold Gamecube that went for $7000. One thing to keep in mind about collectables is that many people try to inflate the prices by flooding the market with absurdly priced examples, to try to encourage others to ask those prices too.
Lepidopterous
I know this isn’t your point but $1k-2.3k is incredible for outdated hardware that otherwise would be bricked (as in worthless—I might be misusing that word if it exclusively implies broken).
LordHosk
Actually sold new gamecubes in box. 900-1100 not bad but not 7000-12000
BladeTurMoiL
Sad we live in a time where i look at that and think woah! But also. Well almost four months of mortgage is better than none.
seehemewe
Always search for sold items on eBay to see what people are willing to pay for an item & not just what a seller is hoping to get. (Eg look up difference between what some Beanie Babies are listed at ($1,000+) and what they sell for $10). But yeah, there are even a bunch of sealed GameCube games that are selling for hundreds of dollars.
Z0op
Yah, no way a console is going to fetch more than 1k, unless its some Apple II or some shit. Hardware is generally pretty useless. Maybe some added value for being packaged for the collectors. But generally its the games you want to look for for value.
Ive seen those panasonic gamecubes dvd combo things in original sealed packaging going less than that, and even those are usually way overpriced
Lepidopterous
Was going to reply with this. I always check the “Completed Listings” box. This is how people check the value of almost anything really, and unless something has changed, it has pretty much been like that since 1999.
seehemewe
Completed listings, the one that shows unsold ones, is also helpful in see how much demand there is. Like if something was listed 4 times before it sold. Which at that point, list it as buy it now instead of an auction.
Lepidopterous
Yep exactly. :) I always like to see both. It’s really easy to quickly see what sold and what didn’t anyway, as they are bolded in green and red font.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Holy shit! Imagine having had the money back then, and bought like 10 cubes. Ah well, can't win every time :-)
itsallaboutthecones
Captain hindsight strikes again!
McKittyNuts
Hah, I'm too broke to gamble. But I bet if you bought a new Disc addition PS5 and kept it sealed. It be worth some money in 25 years. But with how crazy inflation is now, who knows 😭
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Yup, it's the 2nd time since I sold my 5 bitcoins back in 2016 :-/
itsallaboutthecones
That's a big oof :-( Live and learn, I suppose. I've never had the foresight to buy into something like that early enough to have a chance of making anything from it. I am sure you made a decent profit at the time.
farfie
And in today's society if you buy a PS5, keep it in a box for 10 years and try to sell it, all the servers will be gone and the games inaccessible.
Lepidopterous
I wish I could upvote this 10 times. I have to vent to my friends about new era gaming all the time. Just so frustrating. I came back to video games after grad school and so much has changed for the worse (from my perspective, and specifically console gaming). Part of it is I have to adapt but it’s still frustrating.
Rynestrm
I paid more than that for mine. Stupid me from the past. Try shopping around next time, idiot!
ch1ckensandw1ch
..and buy something called “bitcoin”
ViewDriver
Also though, it would cost $82.13 in today’s funny money.
McKittyNuts
This is just one year after release. You definitely don't see consoles go down in price like this these days
fishmaceins
Especially not for a glorious console...
grhope
This picture is absolutely not from one year after release. Don't believe everything you see on the internet.
jayman0123
they were 200 dollars for a LONG time after release, the fact that they are on a shelf, and not in a lock up makes me think this is 6-7 years after release on maybe a black friday ad?
DdCno1
Eh, depends. Back in the early 2000s, Nintendo's home consoles were struggling and were sometimes sold off at high discounts. We bought a second N64 around 2000 or 2001 for next to nothing (I think it was DM100, so about $46 back then or $81 today). It came bundled with Episode 1 Racer, which alone made the purchase worthwhile. Easily one of the best racing games on the system and still fun today (recently saw re-releases on various platforms).
Z0op
I got the winwaker bundle when that released for 100 bucks. At least i think it was shortly after release. I got this silver gamecube, but it has these tiny triforce decals on it
MightyIink
Their MSRP was $99 and they where just as powerful as a PS2. This was Nintendo at their peak.
Edutittam
>just as powerful as a PS2
No, it wasn't. It was great, I loved it, but come on. This was the beginning of Nintendo lagging.
Megadestructo
I'm still hoping for a sequel to Eternal Darkness...
mairusupawa
No. It was more powerful (thanks for the hardware design, IBM and ATI!).
Also the MSRP was $346.75 in today's US dollars.
elicansmile
No, it's was $199. I remember saving up for it. And the PS2 was $299 at the time.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube#:~:text=On%20May%2021%2C%202001%2C%20the,the%20PlayStation%202%20and%20Xbox.
LooseyGooseyBrett
Nintendo is constantly at their peak
Szwejkowski
Still got mine. Still works great!
pritolus
The OG Xbox was and will always be my pick from that gen. The best first party controllers by far, and literally nothing beats Halo CE and Halo 2 for me. So many good times were had
RulesOfImgur
And don't forget, the dol-001 (the release model) had DIGITAL OUTPUT!!!! It was horribly underused. The cable was component and could only be purchased online or through catalog (not sure on that 2nd part). It just took a digital signal and converted it to a better analog signal.
Sensiblyinteresting
Game cube wasn't also a DVD player
DdCno1
Except for this Japan-exclusive variant: https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Panasonic_Q
Sensiblyinteresting
One of the main reasons the PS2 was so successful was because it was primarily marketed as an affordable DVD player overseas.
DdCno1
This only made sense for a very brief period in time. When it came out, it was competitively priced compared to DVD players, but about three years into its production, you could get cheap and cheerful DVD players (that worked just fine) in bargain bins for 30 bucks. That's what my family's first DVD player was, a tiny silver device about the size of a PSOne. It even supported playback from USB thumb drives. Unlike the PS2, it also had no issues with complex menu systems and subtitles.
16bitStarbuck
That doesn't change the fact that it could do both. If you had a GameCube you had no choice, you HAD to buy a DVD player if you wanted both. That was huge.
iBoulderDash
Except they weren't. Though the Gamecube is an amazing system and I love it to death, holding so many memories of playing Super Smash Bros. Melee, Pikmin, and Luigi's Mansion into the wee hours of the night with my friends, the Gamecube under performed in terms of sales, especially to the PS2. This is why we sometimes saw such a cheap price near the ends of its cycle. It was desperation to make sales.
GratuaCuun
It's also why modern Nintendo is the way it is - they tried to chase graphics with this console. When that failed they pivoted to casuals and children with the wii and never looked back
SillyZombie
GC suffered from not enough games. Had good times with it tho
JunkMonk
was $200 at launch. I'm guessing this was around 2005
16bitStarbuck
Lol, they couldn't play DVDs... that was a massive selling point of the PS2. The GameCube is anything but a peak.
idontliketheclonebone
And somehow they alone had the initial rights for RE4??? I played the shit out of that
nozerohero
I'd argue that gamecube was more powerful but suffered from disk size and probably less memory. Typically when a game released across the 3 systems of the time, the gamecube version tended to have the best effects. I.e. Metal Arms, the best version of that game is emulated on dolphin with the textures from the Xbox version, as the GC version had the best lighting, reflections, etc.
Lepidopterous
Google says their MSRP was $199
Xenarion
Both is true. It was 199$ at launch in 2002 and then was dropped to 99$ in late 2003. https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/24/gamecube-now-99
Lepidopterous
Damn. Just another example of how different Nintendo’s approach has always been compared to Sony and Microsoft.
ApotheosisCM
They make all of their money on their games. It takes them years, if ever, to start discounting their main IP games. Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild came out in 2017 and are still $60. DK Country: Tropical Freeze is a 2014 Wii U game ported to Switch in 2018, and is still $60.
Xenarion
To an extent. A lot of consoles are sold at a loss because the company makes their money on games instead.
cnphilli
Maybe they had the same computing power (maybe). But the smaller disc size definitely made the games more limited.
SubTrout
Resident Evil 4, the OG version for Gamecube, was actually two discs for that reason.
skincancerisfun
Aktually... they gave the ps2 a dvd drive so that it could be sold as a DVD player (most people still had VHS for movies), but it was overkill for games. If you look at PS2 iso's most of them use only half the space, and much of that is for cutscenes.
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smashpro1
But it also limited the storage capacity significantly. A Gamecube disc could hold less than 2 GB, when a PS2 disc could max out at 5 times that.
DdCno1
To be fair, that's due to the wizards behind the Dolphin emulator more than the console itself. They started early and worked on this for many years, still are. One of them created the excellent PPSSPP emulator for the PSP in record time, showing that it's about talent and less about hardware complexity (since that system is anything but straightforward).
DdCno1
The GC was more powerful than the PS2, by a considerable margin (just look at the disastrous GC to PS2 port of Resident Evil 4, a game that pushed the GC to its limits and was too much for the PS2), although both systems were outclassed by the OG Xbox.
You are right that the small discs, which were chosen to combat piracy, were an issue and affected ports from other platforms. The most obvious things players would notice were more compressed videos and audio.
cnphilli
Yea, I forgot that the ps2 came out 1.5 years earlier than the Game Cube. But ultimately, the gamecube couldn't contend with the other consoles because of that lousy 2nd "joystick".
DdCno1
The controller wasn't the reason. The problems with this system were confused marketing - Nintendo wanted it to be more grown up than previous consoles, without fully committing to it, like for example releasing Wind Waker with cell-shaded graphics, which resulted in most buyers (stupidly, but predictably) abandoning the series at a time when this cartoon style was considered childish and low-tier. Third party support was poor due to the discs and Nintendo's poor relationship with developers, 1/
DdCno1
2/2 online was near nonexistent at a time when this was the next big thing in console gaming. Then there were the bright colors of the thing, which made it look like a child's toy. The worst sin the system was guilty of however was having absolutely nothing that distinguished it from the other consoles. There was no unique Nintendo "hook" other than their own first party games, which, especially initially, were lackluster compared to Nintendo consoles before and after it.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Smooth rounded nub was such a terrible design for a thumbsitck.
cnphilli
thank you, people out here downvoting me, but that thing just wasn't suitable for first person shooters.
Rayfire3535
Don't forget that fucker was completely indestructible.
McKittyNuts
True but they didn't have Crash Bandicoot or GTA. PS2 had fantastic indie games. I never had a gamecube but I did play 007 and Pro Skater on N64 until way after the GameCube haha
FlippedOut
651 camecube games. 4000+ ps2 games.
FlippedOut
Comment not verified, just first answer on google.
TeofiloPaolucci
Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, Gran Turismo, so many good PS2 titles.
quzar
I think you mean '3rd party' rather than 'indie'. Naughty Dog and Rockstar were hardly indie developers in any way.
Z0op
Prettu much played one game on that thing, Windwaker. And it still worth its money
Kehy
Genuinely didn't care for either of those, and anything I actually wanted to play was on the cube. PS2 really didn't have anything to offer me
SteelKnight
Also those tiny GC disks were pow capacity which meant if games were multi platform the worst version would probably be the GC one due to lack of room
UserNamesArentEasy
And the games that were there were all bangers. There was very few shitty games on the cube.
SheldonCooperBSMSMAPSHandScDOMGright
Viewtiful Joe was incredible!
Mmbear
Mario sunshine is still one of my favorite mario games.
sortofkindamadbutnotreally
Had all the nintendo staples. Metroid? Banger. Mario Sunshine? Banger. Zelda (any of them, but esp windwaker) BANGER. Melee? Banger.
Even some offbrand shit was absolutely incredible. Idk if anyone remembers Eternal Darkness but that game was incredible.
Full disclaimer, I may have nostalgia goggles, but I still fire up an emulator to replay those masterpieces from time to time.
Snooj
Ultimately that was their problem, though. Not a lot of games.
UserNamesArentEasy
Right, but when the game that are there are good. Does it matter?
Youhavinagiraffe
There were few shitty games because there were few games for it. Whereas the PS2 probably had the best game catalogue of any console... but also with a bunch of shit stuff as well because it was the go-to
peeeopeepeee
PS2 had the GTA trilogy, but gamecube had Rogue Squadron
WarlockSniper
The console, looking at statistics anyway, with most of the terrible games, is the Wii. And that makes me sad.
THEREDHO0D
I think the wii did best with Nintendo stuff most third party wasn't worth the time
WarlockSniper
There were plenty good games on the Wii, true. But so much shovelware. So much crap where the basic controls don't even work. Andwe cannot forget Other M which, gameplaywise at least, was good but storywise, that game did Samus so dirty it almost KILLED the entire Metroid franchise, as it took until the Switch to actually get a new, not remastered or digital release, game.
Foxsayy
I still don't know if the Wii was an innovative, awesome system that got kneecapped in production, or if it was just ahead of its time and didn't have the technology to really make it work yet. Or if it was just wonky.
WarlockSniper
A combination of the first two, I think. The motion tech was really good for its time. But the biggest detractor, *I THINK*, was the lack of HD capabilities, meaning it lagged behind graphicswise to the PS3 and XB360.
mozartinagokart
Exactly, super under appreciated at the time.
whatspaulplayingtoday
Meanwhile the Nintendo 64 existed, and is way, way overhyped.
DdCno1
Is it? When it came out, it was the most powerful gaming system you could get, handily beating the competition from Sega and Sony and even the best PCs at the time. Its 3D capabilities were unmatched for up to two years. Unlike the PS1 and Saturn, it produced smooth, filtered, pixel-accurate and anti-aliased 3D graphics and while the cartridge format limited game sizes, it did result in near nonexistent loading times. The controller was revolutionary and first party titles were outstanding.
DdCno1
In retrospect, it suffers from "Seinfield isn't funny anymore" syndrome, which means that most aspects that were revolutionary about it have since been surpassed to the point that it feels archaic. Games looked incredibly smooth and clean on contemporary CRTs, but do not hold up well on modern flat screen panels due to the by modern standards low resolutions. Frame rates are often low, with 20 fps being standard and even less common. Controls suffer from there being only one analog stick.
TurdBurglar3000
Well it did have a limited catalogue and anything outside of it was kinda meh.
TripleDane
The game cube was hardware wise slower than PS2. but PS2 was harder to code for to utilize its hardware. (requires a lot more compiler optimization for increased parallelizations).
Jimmah1
Ps2 was not the hard one to code for. The ps3 was hell.
TripleDane
PS3 was much worse than PS2 that is correct, due to its cell CPU where it was basically one generic core and what 7 fancy DSP's ?
But PS2 Emotion Engine was still more complex to code to vs the game Cube more ordinary RISC based PowerPC from IBM. The PowerPC architecture we already knew from Mac''s
Comparison between A and B are not affected on how C did.
TripleDane
Reffernce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_Engine
"The Emotion Engine consists of eight separate units, each performing a specific task,"
This was why the very high dependency on compiler optimization for optimal parallelization was a problem on the PS2 to utilize its full power. which in raw calculation WAS bigger than game cube. Gemcube was just easier to fully utilize
TripleDane
Further the more the myth that gamecube was stronger computational wise in many compression seems to fall down to the uneducated comparions on mhz alone. yes gamecube had a higher Mhz number. But as with any RISC instruction CPU it does less per cycle. against something we knew when we compared RISC vs CISC back in the 90's
One of the thing the gamecube DID have better in raw hardware was it RAM albeit smaller in comparison to the PS2 the latency on it was the faster
erikleorga
Do you know how long I had to save my allowance to buy a Cube and the game I wanted? Felt like an eternity!!!
Lepidopterous
Was it Melee?
erikleorga
Almost certain it was.
Lepidopterous
Amazing game. While my fave is Ultimate, Melee had a legacy that overshadowed its next two successors. It was the tournament favorite for over a decade.