10th Anniversary of the GameCube

[dste]

My god, it was said in jest, hence the wink and smiley.

Goes away and bangs head against wall...

[The Laird]

Let it go, Jagfest. No one cares.

Why did people reply then

My local CeX has about 20 odd Game Cubes in stock in various colours as well as hundreds of GC games so they are certainly very easy to collect for.

[dste]

Some of the games are very easy to collect for whilst some are not, just like any console.

The likes of Mario Kart and Resident Evil 4 are easily picked up, the likes of Kirby Air Ride and XGRA not so much.

[pratty]

Some of the games are very easy to collect for whilst some are not, just like any console.

The likes of Mario Kart and Resident Evil 4 are easily picked up, the likes of Kirby Air Ride and XGRA not so much.

Kirby's Air Ride puzzles me a bit. The reviews are pretty average, yet it's very sought after, perhaps people just want to collect it for it's rarity, rather than being that desperate to play it.

[adippm82]

Having a clear out recently, I came across my Gamecube pre-order leaflet from Choices Video, where I got all my consoles from up to the PS3, just before they went bust.

£129.99, with Luigi's mansion for £20, and a free memory card, an absolute bargain, I picked up Rogue Squadron and Burnout with it.

I still recall buying my black GameCube on launch day and being utterly blown away by how incredible the Death Star trench level looked when playing Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader and chuckling to myself at the thought of PS2 trying to replicate such a thing to the same high standard!

I also purchased Luigi's Mansion and Super Monkey Ball that day too. The former had a real beauty to it and, iirc, was unfairly criticised by many magazine reviews at the time. The latter, of course, was pure gold and served to remind me of what Sega could have been doing with Dreamcast if things had have worked out differently.

Yes, that level blew me away as well, the build up of the music, and then torpedoes away, and My ps2 started to collect dust for quite a while afterwards.

Luigi's Mansion was absolutely superb, and still is for that matter, the magazines at the time were so down on it for the length of the game, and it's repetitive gameplay, I would hate to think what the same reviewers today would think of the brevity of some of the modern games coming in at 4 hours or less, and I never found it samey, way too much fun for that, and those graphics were so fine.

Eventually collected just over 40 games for it, and this thread made me look at some of them, what a great bunch of titles, including mario Kart DD, Eternal Darkness, P.N.0.3, the Pikmin games, Warioland, Mario Smash Football, Animal Crossing, Doshin the Giant, Metroid, Resident Evil 4, and a whole host of others that I really need to play through again, really great games from a superb little system IMO.

[killbot]

P.N.03 really is a game that the GC community took to its heart, isn't it? I don't think any critics really liked it. It's a bit like Pandora's Tower this gen - review scores in the 60-80% range but I don't know many people who've played it and not fallen in love with its manky charm.

[HEAVYface]

As an arcade system maybe, not as a home console.

The AES was launched in 1990 and I think the last commercial game was released in 2004, so it's not far off. According to the excellent RG article on the history of the machine it was only Chinese piracy that eventually convinced SNK to wind up production - otherwise the machine could still have been commercially viable (within the tiny niche it always occupied) for a good while longer.

maybe i'm wrong but i thought last striker was released on mvs? i'm pretty sure i read somewhere it was released in the arcade, but i suppose it could of been on naomi.

but anyway, yes i agree the neo geo is retro, so is the gamecube.

[clarance]

P.N.03 really is a game that the GC community took to its heart, isn't it? I don't think any critics really liked it. It's a bit like Pandora's Tower this gen - review scores in the 60-80% range but I don't know many people who've played it and not fallen in love with its manky charm.

I don't like it much, sold my copy.

However, the Gamecube - best console ever. Everything about it - it's size/appearance, the controllers(the Wavebird as well), all the quality games, those little discs, the Gameboy Player, the Wii compatiblity, the special edition consoles. So much to like

[Rayne]

P.N.03 really is a game that the GC community took to its heart, isn't it? I don't think any critics really liked it. It's a bit like Pandora's Tower this gen - review scores in the 60-80% range but I don't know many people who've played it and not fallen in love with its manky charm.

I bought P.N.03 on the back of the hype you lot give it and was absolutely horrified at how terrible it was last time I listen to you buggers!

I got my GameCube with Starfox Adventures, Smash Bros Melee and Luigi's Mansion. I remember getting all of that for about £130 or so from Currys it was the last system of that gen I needed (having started with an Xbox and moving on to a PS2).

Starfox was cruelly under-rated imo, I had more fun with that than I did with Mario Sunshine

[SJ_Sathanas]

LOL I bought PN03 on the stength of future classics too and, well, it's okay but kinda clunky. Has a pretty nice risk 'n' reward system I think, though.

[adippm82]

Oh yes!! I forgot to mention the Gameboy player, plays them all, and they look great with the added borders etc, as for PN03, i loved that game, but I found I had to play it with a Dual shock through a converter, same with Timesplitters 2, I could get next to nowhere with the Gamecube pad, but could play it much better with the DS2.

The Wave bird is excellent also, the batteries literally seem to last for years, I think it was my first wireless pad.

[DreamcastRIP]

So, according to the sage that is Wikipedia these were the GameCube's European (presumably the same for the UK) launch titles,

2002 FIFA World Cup
Batman: Vengeance
Bloody Roar: Primal Fury
Burnout
Cel Damage
Crazy Taxi
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Disney's Tarzan Freeride
Donald Duck: Quack Attack
Driven
ESPN International Winter Sports 2002
International Superstar Soccer 2
Luigi's Mansion
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Super Monkey Ball
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure
Wave Race: Blue Storm
XG3: Extreme G Racing

In addition to picking up the aforementioned Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Super Monkey Ball and Luigi's Mansion with my GameCube on launch day I forgot that I also bought Wave Race: Blue Storm that day too.

I still say I chose the best four games from what was on offer albeit that,

* I've never been a fan of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater franchise
* Wave Race: Blue Storm was somewhat disappointing
* I already owned the superior DC conversion of Crazy Taxi

Oh, and my GC was black, not that godawful purple colour!

[shiftytigger]

I couldnt believe the production of Ps1 games was finally halted in 2006 - does that exclude it from retro? We are all of different ages and generations,retro is pretty much anything more than a couple of years out of date.

I struggle to believe Ps2 is classed as retro , but I accept that it has been phased out and learn to not really care if it is or not - i just enjoy the games even if I am seen as out of date by others.

Gamecube is 10 years old and has not seen any software releases for ages - let it go - its old / retro or in my case current.

This thread is about enjoying and sharing the 10 years some of us are happy to have had of cube shaped goodness , not picking at everyone elses opinion or seeking your own definition to be fact.

My personal Gamecube journey began with a modded Jap cube and Mario Sunshine - bought nice and cheap from a mate at Gamestation. I have owned , bought and sold a hell of a lot of games since then and regretted selling most of them.

Sometimes the 'sought after' games really arent that good , just limited availability (Gotcha Force / Kirbys Air Ride) and after playing them and not liking them much i have sold them. Looking back I wish I had kept most of them anyway , as the cube is my second console of choice.

Ideally I would love to have a Panasonic Q , much as getting myself a nice Multimega / Wondermega would be my megadrive pride and joy.

[Darran@Retro Gamer]

A whole decade since GameCube launched here. Sheesh, that makes me feel old!

I still recall buying my black GameCube on launch day and being utterly blown away by how incredible the Death Star trench level looked when playing Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader and chuckling to myself at the thought of PS2 trying to replicate such a thing to the same high standard!

I also purchased Luigi's Mansion and Super Monkey Ball that day too. The former had a real beauty to it and, iirc, was unfairly criticised by many magazine reviews at the time. The latter, of course, was pure gold and served to remind me of what Sega could have been doing with Dreamcast if things had have worked out differently.

You've pretty much described my first experience with the gamecube as well

[Darran@Retro Gamer]

Oh and retro is subjective as has been debated endless times before. While I consider the gamecube, xbox and ps2 to be retro, I'm fully aware that some don't, and as a result would never fill the mag with lots of features on these systems at the expense of others. I've been running retro gamer for a long time now. I know what I'm doing you just have to trust me.