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Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496940393 Label: Nintendo of America Manufacturer: Nintendo of America Model: 45496940393 Modem Description: None Platform: GameCube Publisher: Nintendo of America Release Date: June 15, 2006 Sales Rank: 404 Studio: Nintendo of America
Features:
The 485MHz processor makes loading&starting the games faster than ever -- no more long load times
The processor creates 6 to 12 million ploygons per second -- no more slowdowns in the middle of the game
Supports instructions for incredible effects -- your games will be brighter, faster, and more dramatic
External bandwidth of 3.2GB/sec, for really fast gameplay
It also includes 64 sound channels -- you'll feel like you're in the game, with the top-quality audio
Product Description: The GameCube is unlike any video game system you've ever seen before! It's power and gaming capabilities will shock you! 40MB of onboard memory means bigger game worlds, bigger enemies, and bigger battles can be stored Store your games on memory cards and load them instantly Analog AV output Includes special controller that connects through analog, digital or compnent video ports Color - Platinum
Amazon.com Review: Though it looks like a toy, don't be fooled: the Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console that rightly deserves its place among the other next-generation game systems. In fact, its playful, appealing design and small size (the unit is a not-quite-cubed 6 inches) aren't the only features that set it apart from the others.
For starters, Nintendo has quite clearly made this a game-only machine. It doesn't try to play your CD collection, run your movies, read your e-mail, or store your MP3 files. The company has concentrated its efforts on games. All the prelaunch titles we've seen play smoothly, with bright, fast graphics and great sound. Nintendo says its engineers have removed traditional bottlenecks that have, in the past, slowed down processing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels. In English: the GameCube is optimized to push speed up while pushing costs down; hence its position at the lower end of the price spectrum.
The GameCube is the first Nintendo video game system to use a disc-based medium rather than cartridges for its games. Moving the software to disc media generally means lower development costs for the publishers, which, in turn, trickles down to the consumer not only in price, but also in availability and quality, as it's then easier to try out untested game ideas (Pikmin, anyone?). While most other systems likewise have their games stored on discs, the GameCube's 3-inch format is smaller than everyone else's, and is so designed to fit in a shirt pocket as much as to deter would-be software pirates.
Of course, the main advantage of the GameCube is that it's the home field of one of the world's premier game designers: Nintendo. While powerhouses Electronic Arts and Sega make games for all systems (including this one), you can play Nintendo games only on a Nintendo system. And Nintendo, you might recall, has been hitting them out of the park since it started with Donkey Kong. In fact, here's a roll call of characters and series you won't find on the other consoles: Mario, Legend of Zelda, Perfect Dark, Metroid, Kirby, and, of course, Pokémon. A few names that the GameCube will share with the other guys: Madden, Tony Hawk, Sonic, Batman, and Star Wars.
The system also comes with four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games--it's even got a built-in handle so you can easily move it to a friend's house. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming.
In short, the GameCube isn't an all-in-one entertainment system, and neither is it the most powerful of the modern video game consoles. But for video game enthusiasts who want to stick with their favorite characters, its value cannot be beat. --Porter B. Hall
Unit Specifications
MPU (Microprocessor Unit): 485 MHz custom IBM PowerPC Gekko
Polygon Performance: 6 to 12 million polygons per second (peak)
System Memory: 40 MB
Main Memory: 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM
Disc Drive: 128 ms CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) system
Data Transfer Speed: 16 Mbps to 25 Mbps
Media: 3-inch, 1.5 GB capacity disc
Controller Ports: Four
Memory Card Slots: Two
Audio-Video Output: Analog and digital
Dimensions: 4.3 by 5.9 by 6.3 inches (height by width by depth)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Nintendo always has a good product
They don't make products like they used to; I've been through 3 Gamecubes in 6 years. With that being said, I originally purchased this for my then 4 year old son. I felt there were more "family friendly" games for this console than any other.
My son loves this! He is a gamer and with the money spent, he does get very good use out of this. Many different games to choose from and they do offer a lot of the popular games as well.
Rating: - Buy this item
I got a game cube for christmas last year and when I started playing i couldn't stop!!!Even though the game cube has been discountinued it still has all the games for it on the internet.It comes with one controller. Even though the wii is getting very popular you have to move for every thing, when I played it I hit a wall with it's controller.Iwould buy the game cube any day.
Rating: - great system
this is a real cool system i had this for a long time and i still enjoy it the games are great. Gamecube and ps2 are still may favorites and xbox360, gamecube is a great system with awsome games that you don't get tired of you know like shooting games you get to board of that qucklly but gamecube games you don't really get board cause its more fun like for example sonic games and mario party games and much more fun games this is a unique console.
Rating: - For Your Consideration
The Nintendo Gamecube is a classic gaming system. From Paper Mario to the Sonic Games; there are games to be played for all ages. The gamecube has a great price for a brand new system. It's worth getting a gamecube now while their all gone. All of the accessories and the games are a great price too.
-happy gaming!
Rating: - Simply Awesome
Great system, still love it and love the Wii too and that I can play the old games on the Wii but still use the cube too.
- Nintendo always has a good product
- Buy this item
