How To Easily Play Your Entire GameCube Library From An SD Card! | GC Loader and Swiss Tutorial 2021
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- How To Easily Play Your Entire GameCube Library From An SD Card! | GC Loader and Swiss Tutorial 2021
The GC Loader from Black Dog Technology is an Optical Drive Emulator (ODE) that allows you to play your entire Gamecube library off of an SD card. In conjunction with the Swiss Software, this becomes a powerful tool for playing games as well as homebrew titles. One of the amazing things about this mod is that it is Plug and Play! It’s extremely easy to install the GC Loader and install the Swiss software. So sit back, relax and let’s take a closer look at the GCLoader for the Nintendo Gamecube!
► So here's what you will find in this video:
► 0:00 Intro
► 1:00 Mod Overview
► 2:48 Kit Parts
► 3:38 GC Loader Install Tutorial
► 7:50 Swiss Software Install Tutorial
► 9:29 GC Loader Features
► 10:07 Pros and Cons
► 11:35 Conclusion
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Really happy there's no soldering involved. That's what always holds me back from trying out mods like this. Will definitely get in on this. Great vid as always!
Thanks Adam! Totally agree, very simple and straight forward. A great mod for a beginner.
if you can, you should learn how to solder. not for retro console mods but just in general. It's so fun and so useful
Back when it was initially released, it needed soldering, nowdays is easy thankfully.
Just got into the hobby and looked into soldering and the irons are suprisingly cheap, if you havent already you should look into it
Sold out. F the scalpers
I did this mod to my gamecube last year, and it’s probably my favorite console mod ever. Being able to play my entire collection without worrying about putting any unnecessary where in tear on my income selection is great. I would also recommend the laser bear industries 3-D printed insert for this mod. It fills in the space where the optical drive used to be and makes it look a lot cleaner
Where can I download all our games hun
I’ve got one of these too. Definitely recommend it as dropping the sd card inside is a pain to get out
the phrase is "wear and tear"
@@SHADOWSTRIKE1damn you really got me. +69 internet points for you grammar nazi
@@kailenhoward4764 did you ever find out where to find the games
Thank you so much, for bringing this product to light. I went and ordered one, a few days ago. It came in today, so I followed the instructions and tutorial in this video and boom, it works. I get to play my old Gamecube games, once again. Several years ago, I lost my entire Gamecube collection to a fire. I wanted to repurchase my collection through Ebay, but Gamecube games have gotten expensive. So now with this MOD, I can enjoy my old games once again.
sweet! gonna have to try this. would love a longer video on swiss too!
Just did this mod to my GameCube a month or two ago. Super awesome. I used Swiss to use my Gameboy player.
I also used this cool 3D printed extension mount. Basically connects to the GC loader with a SD card Extender wire, and fills in the space the optical drive took up. Allows you to swap Sd cards if you use multiple of them which is nice plus it looks good for the overall esthetic
Where did you buy the gc loader printed assembly?
@@brkbtjunkie laser bear 3d printing. If you google them they'll come up and it's one of the products they have available
Sold my gamecubes a few years ago for $20 each, had GBA players too. It's a golden age for mods.
Dude! You have a really nice content, the editing, information and organization of your videos is superb. I dont' understand why do you have so few subscribers.
Love your videos!!
I enjoy these videos. They've helped me get back into console modding again.
I would also recommend adding an SD2SP card adapter to this setup. They’re inexpensive and allow for more storage as well as improving how saving works
I am getting a GC Loader soon, I already use SD2SP currently, if I also have a memcard pro gcn would I still need the sd2sp?
Quick and easy tutorial. Thanks.
One more mod to add to the list once I start the transition to ODEs and everdrives.
Thank you! I just installed my GC Loader. Your video gave me the courage to do this as my first hardmod on a console!
I’m glad you made this video I picked up a GameCube months ago for 10 dollars because the drive was bad. I’ve been waiting for someone to make a decent video on this mod and I’m glad you did because now I feel much better doing this.
I just did this for my GameCube. Incredibly easy and booting into games quickly through Swiss is amazing!
The console modding community is just incredible. Really. Like, holy heck this is so cool. My disk drive works fine but i'm definitely going to get this when they're back in stock. Thanks for spotlighting stuff like this Tito
As much as I love physical media, I think that if I ever get a GameCube, I will do this immediately.
You've earned a subscription from me, dude!
You have perfect timing. I am about to tackle this on a backup GameCube I have with a busted laser. Thanks again!
Dope video! It's pretty easy to do! I don't really like GameCube, but I enjoy video tech related content! Your sd reader looks so clean haha
Good. A reasonably priced ODE.
Unlike many other luxury mods reviewed by this channel.
Never thought that little about buying something, I love that mod and can’t wait to install it
Very high quality and informative video, you've earned a subscriber!
It'll be nice to see your GC continue to be upgraded. A super quiet fan and laser bear's 3D printed maybe? With the GBP you can choose different dol settings as well. Carby to use HDMI is the easiest plug and play for better video quality.
I will definitely be doing that! I actually just ordered a CARBY and a gba player. Can’t wait to try them out. May do an update video! Cheers!
Yo, gc loader restocks are coming fairly soon. A video on Swiss and some additional software like snes9x and Gameboy interface would be a good watch. Keep up the great work!
Amazing tutorial, review and cinematography
Tito, you’re always killing it man. Great video!
Thanks Alex! Really appreciate it buddy! Cheers!
Did my spice GC a couple days ago... love it!
Ooof! What an awesome video on the GC loader, Macho Nacho! 😎👍
So glad you liked it! I'm really digging the GC loader, very cool ODE!! Cheers!
Thanks for the video. I order my last week and can't wait for it to get here.I also have a Orange GC. I order the whole kit with the 3D printed top with SD relocation.
This is on my wish list! I totally gotta get one of these!
I did this to my Dreamcast and it is a great way to play my favorite games
7:51 Both GC Loader and Swiss supports exFAT Format on larger SD Card.
That's awesome! I didn't know that. I followed the instructions on a website and it said Fat32. Good to know!
You could also reformat the SD cards very easily. Thanks for the extra info. It will save people some time👍
Nice Video pal! Really good instrucrion
That plug and play installation is pretty unexpected. Will definitely look into in the future.
Great video. Didn't realize it was that easy.
I keep my GameCube games with my Wii at my grandparents with 2 controllers but I have a GameCube I could definitely do this mod to without needing to constantly move my games over and back so it seems like a great alternative. I will say that there’s something satisfying with how it feels to put and take out GC discs
Fantastic!
That was so easy.
this alongside the Broadband Adapter, Gameboy Player, SD2SP2 and an HDMI mod makes the gamecube even better than it was before
Awesome work! Very simple!
Thank you Sojan, Cheers buddy!
I cant wait for a mod like this for my ps1 and ps2. I cant solder so having something simple like this would be amazing. I got this for my gamecube and its great to just scroll through and pick any game to play and it just loads right up. This is the gamecube classic I've wanted since they did the nes and snes classics.
I've been waiting for them to get back in stock. They're very high in demand.
Wow, I must have this mod!
So simple :)
Thanks for sharing.
You're most welcome!
Great video as always
Thank you Danny! Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely need to do this. This is great, thanks for the tutorial
You’re welcome 😊
I did this to my gamecube couple months ago and the only reason I did it was because my disc drive just stopped reading discs. I didn't know what to really do it sucked cause I didn't want to just sell it and I discovered the GC loader which isn't much more than a replacement drive. Well worth it and has nice features.
Did you still need a memory card or does it save on the sd card?
another great one! easy to follow (actually have one of these to install). Also, your small portion about swiss is easy to follow. I would love to see a follow up where you a. install the laser bear kit for easy access to swap SD cards and b. go more into swiss and use the alt GBA player software.
Thank you Ernest! I think I may do a follow up with some other mods! I'm really liking the Gamecube a lot! Cheers!
I did the spice orange with the gcloader and laserbear kit, turned out excellent
Great video. I don't think you mentioned the gbi or Gameboy interface homebrew that enables people with a Gameboy player to use it without the startup disc. And also the SD card mount from laserbear. 2 essentials.
I will definitely be looking into those! Thanks for the heads up. Just got the GBA Player too!
@@MachoNachoProductions Not only do you not need the startup disc, but it provides better video quality than the official software.
@@MachoNachoProductions Something else you may want to consider, at least for now the gcloader can't write to its sd card, so if you want to save any settings in swiss you will need an sd gecko or sd2sp2 and a small sd card (this would also allow use of swiss virtual memory cards so you could save all your games to the sd gecko/sd2sp2 and not need to manage multiple memory cards), although they are working on adding support for writing to the gcloader's sd card. That may also allow saving games to the gcloader sd card
I was just wondering the other night after seeing your PS1 digital video if you'd do one on the Gamecube. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed this one! I'm really liking the GC and think I will do more mods to it! Cheers!
There's a new ODE coming for the GameCube that utilizes the Serial Port 1 (which will allow you to preserve the original optical drive) and will use M.2 SSD drives instead of SD cards.
Sounds interesting, can you provide a link or something?
I would love more info on this.
Does the Gamecube require a CD when launching swiss/roms? Or is the GCLoader the only CDless setup?
That means no LAN gaming, but still...
Any updates on this? Extremely interested....
Thanks for this king!
I would love to see a video about the features of Swiss software. Thanks for this video.
Great video and thank you for this! I will be doing this mod.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!
Great content as always!
Appreciate it Dave, Cheers!
these things are amazing. ODE surely reviving old hardware when games are costing way too much to actually play with now.
i just ordered my GC Loader PNP and the SD Slot Expansion thingy.
I'm so stoked!!
Where did you buy it? How much was it? ( if you don’t mind sharing that info. )
lmao you bought the scam ripoff
Just bought the new loader. Gonna have some cubes with this in and some with Picoboot. Modding cubes so fun!
Great video!
Wow, wish they were all this easy. I didn't know the GC Loader was solderless. The price isn't bad either, so this is very tempting. All you need is one of those mounts with the sd extension cable to complete the look :)
I want to do this to my GameCube so bad! Just got to wait for it to be back in stock!
It's a great mod! It should come back in stock soon!
You can also use the Wind Waker save exploit to launch into Swiss, and use the SD2SP2 which (imo) works perfectly fine. You also get to keep disc drive functionality this way instead of needing a second GameCube to play your discs.
I can't get behind ODEs as full replacements for a disc drive. But if you can add it in addition to the disc drive? Absolutely go for it.
@@Meepok1 Why would I need a second GameCube to play my discs when I can rip my discs and play them on the superior GC Loader? The entire point is to get rid of discs, and the associated noisy disc drives that will fail one day.
@@mjc0961 becauuuuuse what good is it to have a collection if you can't even use the discs? I completely understand the appeal of it but again there's no reason to go with options that guy the drive for no reason. How many GameCubes with working drives do you think have been gutted?
Also another question: does anyone actually know if there's a fail rate for drives in certain consoles? If you take care of your GameCube your drive shouldn't fail.
I'd always prefer to have both options but that's just me.
@@Meepok1 I agree. My option is cheaper but does the same thing. I run all my games through the sd2sd and Swiss boots from disc drive.
just got one for christmas, and My gamebit comes tomorrw! I can't wait.. thoughh my controller ports are a bit wonky, I think I need to reflow the solder but still! I'm excited
yes, please do an overview of SWISS and maybe even the Gameboy Interface. Please and thank you
I got a Game Cube with a busted DVD drive a couple of months ago and I plan on doing this mod to it along with BlueRetro Internal Blue Tooth Adapter Mod. I'll probably get the Bear Industries 3D printed insert for it too at a later date.
Super excited for this one
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@MachoNachoProductions I sure did! I've still got my childhood GameCube in storage, once this ODE restocks I will be picking one up. Thanks for the tutorial!
New sub thanks!
Great video Tito, love your channel dude. I am in the midst of customizing my old gamecube DOL-101 I have had since I was a kid right now. Too bad the loader itself is not currently available anywhere and other sellers on the internet do not have it for a decent price. I have everything including the laser bear insert for this mod but the loader. lol
Keep an eye one. I’m sure someone will fabricate these kits at some point as they are quite popular. Cheers buddy!
Nice mod, did it a while back. I only had some problme with boot.iso but now i have game fun again
I would like to see a follow up video on Swiss for sure.
This looks awesome. But I'm wondering about save states. Does the software emulate memory cards just like dolphin does?
lol, i just did this mod yesterday.and now you have a video on it. what are the odds
Nice!
another great amesome video as always and have a great day
Thank you! You too! Cheers!
I'm so happy that you talk about My fav console ever, the GameCube. 😁
I'm more happy because I also do this mod last year for one of my GameCube, the Indigo (wich is THE color for the cube, but yeah the Orange is cool too 😁) and that with a GC Video solution make the Nintendo GameCube awesome and feel nearly like a modern système 🤘.
Great video 🤘🤘🤘.
Totally! I'm really liking the Gamecube a lot! Can't wait to play more games on it. I want to check out the CARBY, looks cool!
@@MachoNachoProductions you've got so many option with GC Video, internal or external, HDMI or Component.
I use a GC HD Mark 2 by EON, who's awesome because I can use HDMI and Wii's component (and both at the same time 🤘) + mini toslink for audio 👍.
Carby and Prisme are the best price/quality, so yeah a great choice 👍
Surprised you didn't do a fan mod too. maybe if you get the lazerbear mount too. As always amazing work
This is amazing wow
Amazing mod! Time to get a gamecube
Basically the equivalent of gdemu on the dreamcast. Very awesome
Good stuff man. It's high time I do this mod
Thanks Jim! With Swiss, this is the ultimate ODE mod for the GC. Cheers!
The GC loaders seem to be out of stock a lot of the time. Just keep a tab open on your web browser and refresh once a day. Unless you're willing to pay the scalper tax on ebay.
An awesome follow up would be adding the GBI software and the GC Dual!
This is cool and so simple. You could also softmod a Nintendo Wii and run GC games on that from an SD card.
I want the tutorials on Swiss... I bought a disk from ebay. But the vendor refused to provide much info on it... I got a chipped cube and a virgin cube.. Subscribing and liking now
Yes please do a follow up on the Swiss software
Please do a follow up video about Swiss software
Please make a video overview of Swiss and its features
One more HUGE detail we have to mention: If you dont have a SD2SP2 or a SDGecko Memory card with a small SD card in it, Swiss will not save settings. This is a limitation of the GCLoader and Swiss as it can't write back to the SD card in the GCloader. So all of the patches, settings, etc get lost.
So invest in a SD2SP2, and drop a small 4gb card in it.
I will definitely be doing that! Thanks for the heads up! Still learning about the GC Modding scene.
great video
should add instructions on setting up igr.dol in Swiss, and also using NKit to shrink the ISOs
I upgraded 2 of my GameCubes with GC Loaders last year (1 for me & 1 for my son for his moms house) both using GCHD MK-2’s & mClassics
Another amazing, informative and polished video from Tito! :)
I absolutely adore my GC Loader too, I put it in my GC last month.
I do have a few problems and I wonder if you have had them too:
-Upon launching Swiss, I keep being greeted with a popup saying that an update is available... like what, my GC isn't connected to the internet!
-Swiss will keep whining about not being to save the configs all the time until I decide to use an SD card on one of the memory card slots. (Gecko/action replay)
I have noticed that too. I think Swiss is comparing its version to what it thinks the latest firmware is for the GC Loader, I too havent updated it yet. In order to save the setting you need something like the SD2SP2 which plugs into the bottom. I may do a follow up video covering this. Cheers!
Please do a video on Swiss! Also one how you can use it to play the gameboy player without the bootdisk!
I have a Gamecube and Retro-Bit Prism HDMI Adapter waiting for me to do this mod. I wasn't going to go with GC Loader if the install is that easy then it's worth the money.
A video with an overview of Swiss would be nice.
I’d call the big gaping maw where the dvd drive used to be a con but no doubt there’ll be a 3D printed piece made up for it to use with an SD extension to give it a nice svelte finished look.
Great vid homie, I think I’ll give this one a go as soon as the piece in question is produced 👍👍
I'm definitely thinking of getting one. Glad you enjoyed the video bud! Cheers!
I personally added a Modchip, Sd2SP2 and I added a NTSCU to NTSCJ switch to my Yellow Spice GameCube. With a Swiss DVD boot. So now I can play discs or ISO files. Small details I did was change all the japanese stickers to the american ones.
Im so doing this to my Gamecube, thank you for this video,
Quick question is there something similar and as simple for PS2?
I got mine last restock. It is bloody amazing but I mostly use mine to load Swiss into GameBoyInterface. It looks sexy with a HDMI output.
My favorite things about this mod are... 1.) Force 480p on everything!!!! 2.) Gameboy Interface *480p* for my old GBA collection! Hands down my favorite way to play them!
I can't wait to figure out how to play GBA games! I just got the GBA Player attachment! Very excited!
@@MachoNachoProductions you just need to use the iso for the disc that normally comes with the gameboy player
Really wish there was an ODE for the Panasonic Q, so many of them have failed or fragile drive trays that something like this would be a godsend.
I got the SD2SP in my PAL GC with RGB out to BVM
Nice!
Ya kinda need this these days. GC games have really shot up in value. Heck I price charted Re2. It's over $100 now. Not letting mine go any time soon though.
Are u gonna get the wildly exp Retrotink 5x?. If so a nice video on it I'd def watch with your modded or unmodded consoles and see your thoughts.
Just ordered a Gamecube console but unfortunately there's no stock on ODE's for Gamecube..... :-(
Please make one more video with the feature of the specific program you are loading to play your isos.
Another great quality video like you only know how to do it!!!!
Hey Nacho! I was wondering if you fpund any documentation on what those through-hole jumpers on the PCB are? I'm looking for a way to toggle a lid switch so I can manage my memory card and date/time settings in the GC bios.
ODEs for the GameCube has actually existed for a very long time allready , most of the Wii odes can be converted to the GameCube with simple PCBs but at the end of the day supply of these have been decreasing over the years as long as the price is right it's not terrible to have another solution available.
Especially if you consider that Swiss can play ISOs from a simple memory card to SD adapted or a plathora of other SD adapter's for the GameCube
Pleasant presentation. Question . How to insert and eject and copy games and insert. We can fit the hand inside easily?