I was browsing Xianyu, a Chinese secondhand shopping platform, in late March and happened upon some very odd-looking GameCube motherboards after searching for "Nintendo factory board":
After some digging, it appears they are graphics processing cards from Japan-exclusive arcade pachinko slot...
I am trying to find allies and collaborators for an ambitious multi-stage project, emulating all of the EXI bus for making original memory cards a direct pc device for emulation and backups to bypass game-specific save-copy-blocks and the requirements to otherwise use a wii to transfer game...
I’m attempting a Wii portable at the moment and I have a very strong, almost irrational dislike of the GameCube controller’s D-Pad. It feels so small and unsatisfying when I’ve tried to use it to play SNES or GBA games.
I’m curious what people consider the ideal D-Pad, portable or otherwise...
I'm always wanting to create yet another mini GameCube. It looks like games are more playable in the latest updates so I'm using a raspberry pi 5 with a M.2 Hat+ and a Mayflash GC controller adapter. Hopefully making this thread will give me motivation to show regular progress.
Update 01/03/26...
Hey everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster.
I'm about to start my Wii Portable journey and I thought I should start a thread and track my progress. I'm a novice console modder and an *okay* solderer from Australia. Also a huge GameCube fan and I'd love a new way to play some of the...
To my knowledge I've not seen a lot in terms of a modern screen attachment for a cube. With the prevalence of HDMI adapters people use and the internal mod one can install, I wanted to resurrect that old Mad Catz display attachment that I know most of us secretly wanted.
Parts List (everything...
Nintendo GameCube Console Backplates (DOL-001 & DOL-101)
I had these files professionally reverse engineered from OEM DOL-001 and DOL-101 GameCube backplates. Enjoy!
Note: the labels are missing. Adding them back in is left as an exercise for the reader. They are typeset in Futura...
Hi! I am selling my Ashida for 1200 CAD(OBO). This portable includes a 128 Samsung Micro SD card, allowing for lots of game storage. This portable also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth relocated for playing with friends in person and online. The case used is Black MJF Nylon Case, with a few minor...
I was inspired by @Madmorda to make a tiny N64 controller after seeing their worlds smallest Gamecube controller. My N64 controller is essentially the same thing in a different keychain, a GC2+ gamecube controller that I use a raphnet NGC-N64 adapter to convert to N64.
I had reached out to...
This was fun… I used JonnyHaystack/joybus-pio to build a Dance Pad-like controller out of two DK Bongos.
Rest assured: no DK Bongos were harmed in the making of this project! Both plug directly into ports in a bender box. They are hosted by a Raspberry Pi Pico, which converts their signals into...
Happy Holidays!
Donkey Konga graphically represents whether you have DK Bongos or a GameCube controller attached, and varies its menu control scheme accordingly.
Given that DK Bongos and the GameCube controller both provide the same device ID (0x0900) to the console, does anyone have any idea...
Gamecube Hori Pad Scan
Contains:
Gamecube Hori Pad Front
Gamecube Hori Pad Back
Specs:
These are high poly scans, average poly count per mesh is about 2,500,000 triangles.
NOTE:
3D scans aren't perfect, if light cannot hit certain parts of the object then the scan will contain 'Blobs'...
I want to make a wireless GameCube controller that will still work on game cube this project was inspired by rRDNoob26
there are a few differences i am using a 3rd part controller one thing is that there will be no rumble and it will take a while like the rest of my projects.
I know, I know. A wii is better and all that... I have about 3 gamecubes with a broken laser, 1 dol 001 and 2 101.
I built a really really bad gamecube portable back in 2011 I think, when the modretro forums were still alive and it came so crappy that I didn't forget it.
Anyways here I am 12...
GC Nano - The Worlds Smallest Gamecube
A CrazyGadget and Wesk collaboration project
4K, fullscreen and headphones plzkthx
The back story:
After presenting the idea of a GC Nano to the community back in early 2021 there was one man *crazy* enough to take up the challenge of the...
Do you remember when gman made a custom n64 motherboard that ran almost the exact same way (so that it wasn't emulation)? My idea: do the same but for the wii. We could make it the same size and stuff, so that it works with pre-designed builds. Give me feedback pls!
Yet another off the cuff mod of mine that spawned from boredom.
What is it?: A GameCube with the GBA player built-in.
What does it do?: Plays GB/GBC/GBA games without the need for the GBA Player tumour attached to the GC.
Why?: Just to see if I could.
I compared the layouts of...
Hello all! Wanted to show off a neat project I'm working on as well as release some files in case anyone wanted to make their own.
Long story short, I love the form factor of Valve's Steam Deck and wanted to make a portable Wii utilizing the shell. This will give me a huge screen, a great...
Hello, i was wondering if you could power the entire wii motherboard dierctly (without trimming) to see if it works. do i solder wires to the place were the input is or where you solder the batteriest after trimming.
Please help!
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...