This New GameCube Mod Is A Game Changer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The GameCube continues to get some impressive support from the modding community with the newest piece of hardware being a real game changer for controllers on the system.
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A GameCube controller port mod that lets you use any bluetooth controllers? Now THAT'S a game change.
Or maybe a… controller changer 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Init still rather use gamecube controllers 🤣🤣
Problem ; Not all BT controllers are up to standards. Some have Xinput, other DirectInput. Also can you make the GC OS reads different interfaces?
@@jacklancaster6927 you dizzy blud? GameCube controllers are mad peak init?! You tryna get man vexed or what?
There's been adaptors for this forever, able to use xbox one , ps4,ps5 control , even an nes control if wanted.
bro this is a WILD mod. thank you so much for covering it. i've wanted to LED mod a cube for ages but just never wanted to mess with the soldering or even buy the tools for it. this does that and gives you wayyy more functionality. definitely just pre-ordered it!
Great review John! Just pre-ordered one of these. Recently did a GameCube mod a few months ago. Ordered a modded controller board off of eBay with a hot swap battery and custom LED. This is SOOOOOOO much better! Wireless, remote reset/power on/off, LEDs in the ports… I had to order one immediately. This is such a HUGE upgrade. Can’t wait to get it
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The wii remote actually might work well to play GBA games
I want to mod my gamecube so bad!
The NES Online controller has just the right amount of buttons. I use the Raphnet Classic controller adapter and the 8bitdo Classic controller Dongle.
For sure
Tbh i prefer using original gamecube controller or yea id love to use a n64 controller with bluethoot mod but id never use a ps4 or ps5 controller on a modded gamecube. I use my modded 3ds to play snes, nes, gbc games, i use modded ps2 and modded ps3, modded wii , modded wii u.
@@pokiblue5870 The 8bitdo N30 Bluetooth controller has just the right amount of buttons and turbo. The NES Online controller has just the right amount of buttons too but doesn't have turbo. If you are doing GBA. Just saying.
I use to do that with an emulator on my phone. Works well.
Also you can use any controller modding a Wii U without buying extra hardware. And that can do GameCube games off hardware.
I love how adptable this idea is, it could work on any console with a seperate controller board, so PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast could have something exactly like this too, Seeing it on Dreamcast would be amazing, and for PS1 and 2 there is already an official high quality controller like their originals, aka the PS3 controller, it could even support the analog buttons on PS2!
PS2 has a bluetooth adapter already that does support ps3
@@lolcat yeah true, but this is way more elegant to me
The PS3 controller is one of the worst controllers ever lol
I’d appreciate this in the ps2. Hate the feeling of going back to play DBZ Infinite World and having to hold this seemingly tiny controller.
@@alexandermccalla5098 there are BlueRetro adapters for about $20. It's not as clean as this but if you just need a wireless controller solution, you're probably better off going for that
A Great Improvement! I wonder how much more the community will do!
The developer of this mod is an actual genius.
Any gamecube content is the best content. Love it.
Who would win in a battle....Glasses Spawnwave or Non Glasses Spawnwave?!?!?!?!
This is perfect for the GameCube I installed into my mom’s minivan for road trips.
Between you and Macho Nacho, i have been inspired to buy a gamecube. Its the only system i regretted selling.
Connecting a Wii Remote and Nunchuk to a Gamecube is crazy.
Just saw this at retroworld expo this weekend. It looked super clean and was almost lag free
This is amazing, definitely gonna pick this up eventually. Now someone just needs to make a proper bluetooth gamecube controller. There are some that mimic the gamecube design, but they usually don't have analog triggers. And when they do, they don't feel dead-on to how a gamecube controller should feel.
Just get the 8bitdo wireless adapter for GameCube controllers. It works great on my PC.
Bro same thats why i was so damn sad when the Panda controller kickstarter got cancelled :(
Could always go with a Wii U they play GameCube games off hardware and you can use any controller using just a software mod.
@@wargex playng GC games on Wii U is on hardware, not emulated?
@@MaxPrehl exactly that. The architecture is really similar to the Wii's. So it has a better chip in it. Since a Wii U kinda has a Wii in it, and the Wii could play GameCube games, there's just no way to load disks, that's where Nintendont comes in, it's a program used to launch those game, you can either play them off of a list, or you can install them with Nintendont wrapped around it and have it launched like a regular Wii U game, a little similar to virtual console injection games. With another app called bloopair allows you to use Bluetooth controllers for it, and if you want to use wired GC controllers they have adapters for that too. Rest of this comment is copy pasted from reddit. "When playing Wii games, the Wii U still renders those at 480P but upscales them to 720P or 1080P depending on your settings on the Wii U. When in Wii mode, the Wii U basically turns into a Wii and the extra hardware isn't used. The three core processor turns off two cores to become like the single core processor on the Wii allowing for perfect compatibility."
Imagine people of different consoles gathering to play melee and you see a GameCube guy, Xbox one controller, PlayStation 5, and that one guy with the Wii U pro controller.
He was more excited about the colored lights than anything else
with the ODE, CARBY and this controller port the Gamecube is current like again
Would be awesome if a future revision of this board would have mounting previsions for the pi pico.
It's very good - the only thing I'll say, having put one in my GC recently, is that I had to be very careful putting the cover back on and it took several attempts to get it to fit. The extra wiring needs to be carefully routed to avoid issues with the cover not fitting back on well, especially if you have the optical drive rather than whatever it is they show in their video - a gc loader I think - same as what you have in your video.
Oh, and the newer version no longer has an external antenna to worry about, but they haven't updated their intallation instructions so you might initially think they shipped it with a missing part. That is not the case on the V3 - there is no external antenna.
Dude! I'm so jelly! 😩 When I saw Macho N cover this I knew it was A. Gonna be sick. And B. Absolutely amazing with regards to functionality. Who'd have thought there would be a GameCube renaissance in 2022? Love it.
yesh but it looks crappy, the user interface is pretty bad compared to front ends you can use on a pc
@@kyles8524 I agree the UI is a little dated look, but nothing beats playing on the original systems. I just appreciate how much more faster the games load using GC Loader with digital copies of the games.
@@johnnyreiling5633 I mean I have a GC and I would rather play the same games in 4k then like 480p
@@kyles8524 all a matter of preference my man.
You could always get a Wii U and software mod it. It has Bluetooth support, and can run GameCube and Wii games off of hardware. No hardware mod necessary.
The one problem I'd have with this is the way some games use A+Y (Metroid Prime) when trying that on any modern controller is nearly impossible.
Very true. Been emulating some GC games on my steam deck and my brain can't compute lol. I still prefer to hook up my GC to the crt to play games I own. Also going between my switch and steam deck got me mixing up buttons sometimes 😂
The best controllers for GameCube is the original this is kind of dumb maybe when they will be all broken and unobtainable this will make sense
Claw grip would help if you can get use to it.
I was already doing this with the Raphnet Classic controller adapter and an 8bitdo Classic Controller Dongle. This is way less cluttered though.
I’ve been using the same setup on occasion, but this new device should have less lag if implemented well. The Raphnet-8bitdo configuration is fine for slower paced games, but it’s rather noticeable for me when timing matters.
Now hear's the biggest question/test, what kind of input latency does this have?
That would be my biggest concern as well. I have the mayflash dongle to use any 3rd party controller with the Switch, and the input delay sadly makes it not so interesting. An internal bluetooth antenna like this _should_ give better results if it's well implemented though.
PS4 and PS5 controllers have ~5ms. Which is nothing basically since one frame is ~16ms.
Other controllers have more. There’s a chart floating around.
@@Inv8erZlM A chart from LaserBear for this product? Or for those controllers in general? The concern here is how responsive LB's solution is on its own. And yeah like mentioned in my comment, I'd expect it to be on par with current gen consoles' internal antenna.
@@deraile A chart for controllers.
MachNacho has a video about this same product and he mentions the latency.
Here’s
I might do this for GameCube in a secondary room where I don't want to bring my wave birds up
Hopefully they do this for other systems as well
I would pair it with one of those GC style Switch controllers. A wireless controller with the same form factor
Exactly. I kind of expected him to do this in the video. Kind of disappointing he didn't even mention it
That wireless reset would come in handy when playing fire emblem
I'm getting this. The battery holder is a brilliant addition.
It’s great as an option but nothing beats the GC controller for GC games, the button layout is spot on!
If only 8bit do would have a kit for GameCube controllers like they do for the n64 ones. That kit is great.
You could sync up a Switch Wireless GameCube controller to this.
I like it, but not enough for the price tag. I already have lights in my controller ports and 2 Wavebirds plus a bunch of corded controllers.
Man I wish I was smart enough to do all this to a console, man I wish I had a GameCube 😂😭
Get a wii and hack it.
@@UnseenEternalStudios true, I’ll probably bring myself to do it at some point.
Idk if this will double post or not, but if you modify a Wii U you can run GameCube and Wii games off the hardware. And with bloopair you'll get Bluetooth controller support no hardware mod needed
Any idea if this will work with the GameCube ports on a Wii?
Unfortunately not, the Wii would need a soldered in solution
Soft mod a Wii U, the bloopair homebrew app will let you use your Bluetooth controllers. Plus it runs Wii and GC games and has HDMI. No hardware modifications needed.
Man all thats left to modernize the GC is a true bluetooth Wave Bird.
I hope it can get rumble later on, also I wonder how the wii classic controller plugged into the wii remote would do.
I was wondering if the nunchuk would work as well
We definitely need something like this for the original Xbox.
Don't know if it was suggested but maybe the wii-mote might be slightly more functional if you plug in the nunchuck with it
tbh I'm just getting into emus/emuing and I'm still blown away at playing old GCN games in HD. Like i've never seen Metroid Prime look so good. I'm not even tempted to do anything more bc like... I'm good lol
Glad to see you get to review this too. Don't forget to upgrade swiss. 👍
man...now i really want this sort of thing but for the DS lite, along with a whole bunch of other mods for that system...
Since I modded a couple Wii U’s to play gamecube games I don’t plan on getting more GameCubes or modding them. That said I love the scene that keeps pushing forward the evolution of tech that keeps these retro classics going on newer setups and whatnot. Not to mention all the gdemu’s that have crept up makes stuff like disc rot and rarity a non issue, to some extent. At the end I just want to play games, but I do enjoy tinkering now and then.
I did the same hope people realize they can use a mooded Wii U and use bloopair to get their controllers to work. Plus it can do GameCube and Wii.
Not that I don't think this is a cool lil mod but for a bit over 100$ you can just get a Wii U with most of the money going into just the game pad portion.
I really need to find a GC for cheap so I can start modding it. I'd like to keep my original Silver GC stock.
Picked up an old GC from my mum's house a few weeks ago that the laser had burned out on so I could use it to get into modding. Already got a Pico ready to drop in but looks like things are gonna be getting expensive in the near future with SD loaders and bluetooth adapters!
I love the gamecube and I've done a few mods to my gamecube but it's just too easy and sometimes better to just use my pc
How does this handle there not being the extra click when you push the shoulder triggers all the way down?
I want to see a video of someone playing a 4-player n64 game with a dualsense, wiimote, Xbox controller, and some off-brand Bluetooth at a big convention and just see everyone's reactions
Spawn looking great for a video gamer who legit plays the games, does Spawn, and is a dad. Respect/props.
Woah I don't think I'll ever get used to seeing you without your glasses
His transformation from 2017 till now is insane. Living his best life!
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@@exelmans8855 because he isn’t wearing glasses what 😭
@@exelmans8855 😂😂😂😂 Identity eyesight is looking bad on your part wow
This looks really good. In my opinion it's a game changer. Right now the only system I have is the GameCube. I need to get that mod and the GC loader.
That Frankensteinass GameCube lol. Got every addon and upgrade. It's getting pretty funny now
Getting this and putting it in a Gamecube so i can use one of the GC-style Switch controllers with it
easily one of my top 5 favorite youtubers. period.
The morning they went on sale and after watching Macho I preordered. Can wait to get it installed!
I would love for them to somehow update the firmware to have a boot into the GBA Player, those discs are to rare
Gameboy Interface (GBI) has been around for a while as long as you can boot into Swiss. Even without the GCLoader ODE, you can pick up an SD2SP2 adapter, or picoboot to load Swiss cheaply and easily.
@@xbradx75 you don't even need swiss anymore, as long as you have a way to boot into homebrew you can boot right into the gameboy player, which is how i have it: just press start in wind waker and you can go directly into GB(A) games
@@MrMoroPlays true, but then you lose all of the other functionality of using Swiss, unless you only play GC games from disc, or want to swap SD cards or your boot.dol anytime you want to play something other than GBA. I have a GC Loader anyway after my dvd drive failed, so I’d rather use Swiss and load GBI when needed. Good thing we have lots of options now.
While things like these are rather cool, I still prefer to play my GameCube games in Dolphin in 4K, and sometimes in 3D on my 75” tv.
Are you able to turn off and start up the console by using a Wavebird? Because I personally use Wavebirds for all 4 of my controllers, but being able to turn on the console without having to get up sounds awesome
I know there's not as much nostalgia around the OG Xbox, but with the system's basic capabilities, built in HDD, & even support for some HD games, I'm surprised we don't see me more crazy mods for it.
Granted, back in its own time there were plenty. People cracking the system & uploading the full NES/SNES library onto the HDD was great too.
If it makes you feel any better insignia is rebuilding the old Xbox Live service.
That's a pretty crazy mod.
You should’ve tested those bluetooth gamecube controllers for the switch
This is super dope! Downright incredible!!!! Awesome video 🔥🔥🔥
so now we just need a gamecube bluetooth controller
You probably needed the wii nunchuck attached to move your guy....
This is a great mod love it looking forward to picking me up one of these wireless is so convenient man the compatibility of this board is great this is long overdue great video
This is amazing however I’m really hoping we get GameCube switch online this year since the games are way too expensive these days and having all major GameCube games on the go would be amazing!
its criminal that nintendo hasnt added gamecube support on their consoles since the Wii.
maybe at least the first party ones are expensive but you can find copies of sonic and resident evil for a decent price
@@XRelays the switch has no disc drive
the thing we NEED is a 3rd party lan adapter for the gc
I wonder how the controls handle the L and R triggers as it has the click buttons at the end of the triggers on the GameCube.
There is controller config for above 95% pull on the trigger pulls the final click
Should've tried the nunchuk with strikers
I was going to go through all of this until I realized that my modded Wii is a hell of a lot better Gamecube player than the Gamecube itself. I would love to have Bluetooth on it though.
10:30 Classic controller pro
I have a GameCube and this does look interesting to try
This mod is great but it's a bit too expensive
I am hoping that now with the release of the pico W that we will see an open source all in one solution
once the pico W gets the bluetooth support implemented , one pico W board could most likely handle pico boot and the controller port LED mod as well as the bluetooth mod once pico W gets bluetooth support working
a cheaper option could be to use the original GC controller port board but with a ribbon cable passthrough board for a solderless (except for the connections to the pico W board itself) option if you only want to solder to the pico W and not solder to the controller port board, I mean assuming that the needed connections for the BT mod all go through the ribbon cable for the controller port board
I will just wait this one out for now
it's already "opensource", called BlueRetro. This guy just made a custom PCB so that it is plug and play. You can do it on your own using esp32 dev board for less than 10$
It's the appropriate price lol
@@saddlesore_adventures Oh ok I knew it uses the ESP32 but didn't know it was open source , what language is it coded in ?
I am sure it could be adapted to the RP2040 , but the pico W has not to my knowledge implemented the support for the onlboard bluetooth yet
if there is enough resources on the pico W then the code for pico boot and the BT mod could be combined assuming they are both coded in the same language otherwise someone would have to convert the code for one of the projects before combining it obviously
if all the connections need for the bluetooth mod go through the ribbon cable then a passthrough board for the ribbon cable would be a lot cheaper option for people who don' want o solder or want o keep their GC stock as possible
Honestly $95 isn’t bad. Sure you can buy the supplies to do this to your own board for around $50. But I think your overlooking the fact that this is plug and play. The time it would take you to accomplish the battery, led, and bluretro mods alone would be worth the extra $50. The added macro controls are a huge bonus. Plus you could unplug this and transfer it into another GameCube if yours dies. I would prefer an all in one Pico solution as well but honestly this will work great until that day comes.
@@stephenshelottiii3272 yeah all I am saying is that do we really need a full GC controller port board replacement for this?
i mean a ribbon cable passthrough board would be just as easy of an install , looks like there are no IC's on the controller port board so I assume all needed connection could be made with simple ribbon cablepassthrough and look like there would be plenty of room inside the GC for that, a kit that comes with 5 RGB LED's or % addressable LED's and and the ribbon cable passthrough board would at lower price point would honestly be a much more attractive option to me . it just seems unessecary to me to replace the whole board, inserting the LED's into the controller ports and under the power light window is trivial ,
Do the controllers rumble
I assume you need the nunchuck for the Wiimote
Maybe if you prefer the nunchuck or the classic controller you can finally use them while emulating goof troop on a gamecube
Luckily I have 3 wavebirds. I'd wanna use the Power A gamecube controller for rumble.
I agree it does in fact change games
Awesome video, lot's more hardware modding/repair vidoes please!
Would be awsome if it actually made the ps5 triggers behave like gamecube triggers
is it? the wavebird that the gc came with lasts far longer then any other wireless controller today
Thanks for the work man👍
Have you tried the classic controller attachment for the wii-mote?
To replace that board on the top of the Wii would be amazing
i knew about bluetooth in the gamecube since 2018.
Does this work on a Nintendo Wii? I’d do anything to get something like this on Wii or even Wii U.
Gamecube... never dies. As it should be
The Wavebird Controller has no Rumble function! Is the Rumble working with this Bluetooth Mod?
Does it have rumble support?
Why when I already have 5 Wavebirds? The most comfortable controller ever. Far more interested in affordable component cable so I can get rid of my Wii.
then how are you going to play Wii games
I want to see this paired with one of those Bluetooth GameCube style controllers on Amazon or one of those RevA GameCube style Switch Controllers!
I always bring out the latter whenever I start a new run of Resident Evil 4 or even 0, I can only imagine it on an original GameCube... it'd be like a WaveBird but not as ugly and overweight...
I wondered this too.
Can you test whether or not a Wii remote's classic controller plugged into the Wii remote would function?
This is gonna make GameCubes even more expensive
I mean, only if it's in them.
I pre-ordered mine two weeks ago. I can't wait for it to drop. Modding my Orange Spice Gamecude with this and the Pico. So excited.
great video Jon, I might have to try this mod
Thought you said your "ultimate gamecube" was done
Playing GC with a PS5 controller - is how I felt playing Multiversus on PlayStation, just weird.
Imagine choosing to play your GameCube with the dual sense over a Wave Bird or GCN controller.
I pre-ordered this as soon as I saw it. I'm so excited!
Already pre ordered one of these from watching Tito’s video, can’t wait to get this bad boy in and set it up.
Ps. The GC is the Goat.
I can't help but think you'll eventually have a ship of Theseus situation with these gamecube mods.
But seriously, all these upgrades for the GameCube are great. It makes me wish I still had my old Gamecube so I could have modded it.
Pick one up that has a broken drive. They're EASY to mod as you don't even need the disc drive. Doing the Pico mod and installing the SD2SP2 adapter makes the console worth buying as most GameCube games are around 1GB. I have over 3,000 games on my GameCube's MicroSD card. That includes every NES, SNES, GameBoy, and GameBoy Advance game. 70 of those games are GameCube games.
@@WardenOfTerra I might do that. How much do they typically go for with a broken drive?
Wow that's amazing, btw what's your set up for the graphics? I never understood all those filter and numbers that they mentioned in the graphics configuration 😅
This would be absolutely nuts with the Power A wavebird style controllers
A real game changer is when I get tired of a game I'm playing and exhange the game disc for a different one