cragdore
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Hello all,
I had this concept in my head for a while and finally found a good tech-savvy community to bounce ideas/questions off of. The Wii essentially has an an entire Gamecube inside of it, and with the controller and memory ports, it can do ALMOST anything a Gamecube can. Except use of the Gameboy Player and LAN/Modem adapter. I wanted to ask how feasible it would be to make a custom case and wire them up (may need to add in a custom PCB somewhere) to enable use of these add-ons. Ideally with these goals in mind:
1) Use the Gameboy Player add-on with a Wii.
2) Homebrew'd Wiis can run the GBPlayer Disc ISO, since the physical disc is hard to get.
3) Use the LAN/Modem add-on with a Wii (not just a USB-Ethernet adapter tucked in, I want GC disc games like Kirby Air Ride and PSO to use it on unhomebrew'd Wiis).
4) If possible, use the LAN adapter add-on as an Ethernet connection while in Wii mode as well (this would certainly need custom PCB wizardry).
5) Gameboy Player and LAN/Modem adapter can be removed at will, as can be done with a Gamecube (may need to salvage connectors from a donor Gamecube).
An alternate version could have everything internalized:
1) An internal LAN adapter for Gamecube mode
2) An internal USB-Ethernet connector for Wii mode
3) An internal network switch with ports accessible from the outside
4) Maybe a USB splitter since the USB-Ethernet adapter would take one up.
That way the console only needs 1 Ethernet connection AND you could plug in other Gamecubes w/ Broadband adapters for LAN play using the built-in network switch in the console. No fussing with crossover cables or external equipment.
Let me know your thoughts!
I had this concept in my head for a while and finally found a good tech-savvy community to bounce ideas/questions off of. The Wii essentially has an an entire Gamecube inside of it, and with the controller and memory ports, it can do ALMOST anything a Gamecube can. Except use of the Gameboy Player and LAN/Modem adapter. I wanted to ask how feasible it would be to make a custom case and wire them up (may need to add in a custom PCB somewhere) to enable use of these add-ons. Ideally with these goals in mind:
1) Use the Gameboy Player add-on with a Wii.
2) Homebrew'd Wiis can run the GBPlayer Disc ISO, since the physical disc is hard to get.
3) Use the LAN/Modem add-on with a Wii (not just a USB-Ethernet adapter tucked in, I want GC disc games like Kirby Air Ride and PSO to use it on unhomebrew'd Wiis).
4) If possible, use the LAN adapter add-on as an Ethernet connection while in Wii mode as well (this would certainly need custom PCB wizardry).
5) Gameboy Player and LAN/Modem adapter can be removed at will, as can be done with a Gamecube (may need to salvage connectors from a donor Gamecube).
An alternate version could have everything internalized:
1) An internal LAN adapter for Gamecube mode
2) An internal USB-Ethernet connector for Wii mode
3) An internal network switch with ports accessible from the outside
4) Maybe a USB splitter since the USB-Ethernet adapter would take one up.
That way the console only needs 1 Ethernet connection AND you could plug in other Gamecubes w/ Broadband adapters for LAN play using the built-in network switch in the console. No fussing with crossover cables or external equipment.
Let me know your thoughts!
