Thanks so much for all the love on this video, guys! A quick update: V1.3 of the firmware released on Nov 9th fixes the issue with Component/SCART! Once more features roll out, stay tuned for a short update video.
@@yourcoolunclemarisa i wish i could experience component. But crt who can do it are probably very expensive now. I wonder if there are good svideo options. As for me I use Carby HDMI
Great video, interesting you've only just got yours, at least they are addressing bugs. I hear there's going to be Bluetooth controller support and a LAN interface for Game play as well, would love more info on these
The way how the hardmodding scene continues to evolve, two decades after original release, is fascinating. These only keep getting better, and it's awesome
I remember when I took apart my very first GameCube to mod it. The budget trick to getting the screws out because it was 2010 was to take a pin and melt the bottom of it and shove it on the screw as it was cooling down and it would form a one to two time use screwdriver.
@@kazinwho Let's note that we did have screwdrivers. They were just so niche that you couldn't really buy them anywhere except for places that you could buy niche stuff.
As a nerdy child with a penchant for taking things apart, finding those game-bit screws always meant "party's over". Tri-wing, triangle, torx, no problem... but game-bit, *especially* the deeply recessed variety? The damn fort knox of plastic consumer device construction. 😂
The eay you speak feels like it itches a crazy deep spot in my brain lmao. The recording is so good, and the editing is so clean 🥺 mid-sentence cuts sound practically invisible, i only notice the edits when I see the jumps in video.
Really appreciate this video. Console modding documentation often comes across a little inhuman and cold. I ordered a FlippyDrive, as a lot of the coverage made it seem painless and effortless, but this addressed a lot of problems I expect I'll run into. A friend who's less experienced with these kinds of jobs than me has also ordered one, and I'm a little worried it might be more hassle than he bargained for.
Great vid! I have been wanting to hardware mod my old silver GC for awhile now. I think the flippy drive will be the mod that finally pushes me to start my restoration project!
I saw the video, thank you Uncle Marisa for making this review, so long awaited, I am glad that I could inspire you. I am sure the create of swiss will not like your opinion on the aesthetic of Swiss. But indeed the new Mod has a prettier GUI :). You made a video so indept. What I dont like about swiss, is that it is so difficult to update and there is almost no help or no tutorial or help online. Everyone is expected to somewhat know how to do it. But you explained from A to Z.
I got mine installed, with the Laserbear SD extender LED light pipe replacement thing. Such a sick mod, the CubeBoot UI is so sexy. The ribbon install was so easy. Can't recommend this enough! EDIT I have an HDMI dongle, and I did not have the un-viewable screen at first boot / update boot.
@@Pok3mon102 Yes I've been watching it ever since Macho Nacho released it on their channel. They kept pushing the release date and after I placed my order took them about a month to get an actual shipping date. Was hoping to get by this month and enjoy it by December. Almost spend 40$ after shipping/taxes, I feel like they should toss in a freebie for waiting this long.
i lost my original gamecube in a storage unit in like, 2012, and i’ve just used a modded wii for playing gamecube games for the past few years. after just having learned about this, i bit the bullet and bought a new gamecube and a flippydrive. i am extremely excited for mine to come in a few months. the nostalgia trip i’m going to go on will be amazing
Super excited for my FlippyDrive to arrive! I shelled out for a GC loader because I was wanting to not risk any permanent (or semi-permanent) solder mods but definitely the boot sequence is still annoying. Pretty sure my disc drive was going anyway as it was only reading like half my games, but I do like the idea of having it there as an option still.
awesome that mods are still being made for older hardware, I just want someone to find an old OLED screen that fits the DS like the Blackberry Q10 for GBC
This is the first video I have viewed of yours. First, please keep posting, I love your content, second, loved the shirt, and third, I would love to know what you would do with japanese game consoles. Please keep being awesome.
@@yourcoolunclemarisa Oh thank you. I probably should have been a bit more specific with that, sorry. Will the same methods that you mentioned work with a JP console, such as the flippy drive? I didn't know if the JP consoles and other region consoles would require different settings or products.
Lmao I was just thinking about the flippy mod, this video being uploaded made my mod brain so happy. Also 13:50 I’ve always said something like this but for the Dreamcast that also maintains the drive for that console would be such a dream (no pun intended 😅)
I honestly don't get the fascination of keeping the disc drive. They will all fail in the end anyway and spare parts are not exactly plentiful in 2024. Plus once you have the convenience of SD loading then keeping the disc drive is a novelty that will soon wear off imo.
@@ogxboxmike having options is always a plus and never a down side. Yeah they may fail, but weird disc like GameCube or Dreamcast, options like these allow for easy backup to said device. (ie DVD2Xbox program on the OG Xbox)
@@TheAmazingMoose-Man You say that like I have no idea about existing mods or anything... I was using DVD2xbox back in the mid 00's and have ode's in many different consoles already included the GC.
@@ogxboxmike apologies if it came across that way, not my intentions. All my point was options are always a plus, especially since some people still prefer using physical media
i've got GameCube Picoboot + Digital Out HDMI on my Gamecube. I can force 480p and force save on SD (rather than memory card) My Orange GC have Orange GC Logo at start :) and light on the joystick ports ... i love it :)
Thank you for the explanation of the confusing landscape of GC mods. I have the GC Loader HW2 and I like it. I didn't blink at the price tag after buying and paying a modder to install an Xstation lol
@@yourcoolunclemarisa yeahhh, no regrets though. The ps1 is my Golden Age console, and I was happy to give the business to a local modder (Sound Retro in seattle!)
I;m waiting for froggo to set his sights on the GameCube. It'll be a handheld with the disc half-inserted into the console, spinning freely, like a sawblade, about the size of a GBA non-sp, and an OLED 5.5" screen.
booting swiss from the flippydrive should work for loading things from the memorycard slots or from serial port 2. sd card extenders are available at most places chinese electronics stuff is sold.
@@yourcoolunclemarisaSwiss is included with cubeboot/flippy also. If you load up Swiss, you can transfer your games from the sd2gc or sd2sp2 to the flippy’s sd card.
I knew Swiss was there, but wasn't aware of being able to copy files between the two. Thank you for sharing! Someone popped in my discord to let me know too (was it you?) I'll test it out in time for a follow up video. Although, once wi-fi transfer is available, I think it would become a fallback. Already thrilled to see the CRT issue was fixed in the recent update :D
Uncle Marissa can help me. My playdate screen broke, and I don't know what to do. I don't want to bring it in for repair. I’d rather fix it myself, but there are no great videos to do it. You’re the only person who seems to make interesting educational videos on things like this. Can you make a video, pretty please?
Hey Logan - the Playdate screen is not really something I'd suggest trying yourself. You'd have to delaminated the screen and then laminate a new one. Wish it was easier, but I'd recommend just using Panic's repair service :(
Took me till the end of the video but I did get a little chuckle from the shirt 😁I've always wondered, are you like me and keep multiple copies of the same system - for modding? I was sorting stuff through the garage recently and came across three Dreamcast and a couple of Saturns that completely forgot about!
I have been happening to keep a spare GBC when I find a good deal since so many mods keep being released, but I don't do that for home consoles at all. I barely have space for the main ones T_T - I do have some multiples on my home consoles but that's usually because I initially bought the wrong variant (eg. I have another GC but it doesn't have the output port for component)
The Flippy Drive accesses the drive interface directly. The SD2SP2 adapters go through the serial port which will cause slower access times. Test this by loading up one of the Mario Party's and see if the intro video skips. Macho Nacho (Tito) did a PicoBoot video and showed an example of this.
@@nightwing179 My Picoboot GameCubes both have a GBA Player so I use the right-angle adapter, a.k.a. SD2SP2 POR (misspelled PRO; ha, clone funniness) Someone is selling a correctly spelled SD2SP2 PRO 2.0 but their store is closed until 2025.
Me (thinking): Uncle is gonna be really disappointed to find out a Gamecube isn't a type of GameBoy. Uncle: Instantly mentions Gameboy Player. Me: Oh yeah, of course.
Get dat f zero GX save. I was goin that route to boot Swiss because I wasn’t confident enough to solder my XENO chip. An XBOX 360 was my first mod chip but I think the XEN0 was the second one I did. Then I did the GCVideo mod. I don’t know how I got that to work all those years ago, I was still so new to it back then. Great vid! I just bought a spice orange GC w GBA player from sendico. I already have a GC loader in my black GC but I miss having a console I can use disks. I can wait for my spice orange girl to show up so I can get the pico boot or the flippy drive if I can be patient enough. Wat are your thoughts on the NVme drive option (if that ever comes out lol)
Nice - excited for your new gc! I think the SSD option is neat, especially for people who can't solder. I don't know a ton about it though and FlippyDrive's CubeBoot has my heart haha. It'd be cool if they could work together though - SSD for storage instead of microSD.
@ yea if I remember correctly the nvme mod has a chip in addition to the nvme storage. The chip’s job is to translate the data on the nvme drive into something the GC can read really quickly. I don’t know maybe I’m remembering it wrong but the goal was you could actually take advantage of the speeds of nvme so it wasn’t just like putting an SSD in a PS2
I bought later in the cycle. My orders still expect to ship in April. I got two Deluxe kits so I can load via ethereal. My orange box has the Pluto IIx internal HDMI mod so who knows what I'll see on first boot.
one time i removed the disk drive from the inclosure so that i could load swiss from a full size dvdrw. it worked but i had to duct tape the drive down to my desk and i dont know how safe it is to have a full sized dvd spinning freely outside its inclosure. it looks really dangerous but really cool at the same time
One mod I don't think you mentioned was the Kunai GC. It's a QSB, and though it was called the "easiest GameCube mod" before the release of FlippyDrive, but I found the PicoBoot to be easier. No need to try it now though.
Dang! I couldn't afford to get my order in on launch so I have to wait until April. I've got the picoboot, HDMI mod, and the BlueRetro already. The only other things aside from Flippy I will be missing is a spice orange shell before my ultimate GC will be complete.
I just bought a gc2sd and sd2sp recently all to find out my action replay disc is the wrong one. Guess I can get a modded wind waker file from my Wii but this method is seeming a little easier not having to run a disc.
Are you able to force games to run in 480p like you can with Swiss? Couldn't see it on the documentation. If not thats a bit of a deal breaker compared to Picoboot, but I do really love the vanilla style UI.
It's brutal $25+$7 shipping for an extension cable doubling the price of the mod. I'm ok with that for the ease of access tho. Better than the cost to mod many consoles. The flippydrive has wifi tho I thought as an option?
Right! Flippy has wi-fi but file transfer over wi-fi is still incoming. I'm willing to wait as opposed to paying that much. I did hear from the team that they are possibly releasing their own extender too for half the price as an offline alternative :)
@nightwing179 I can see if the backing for flippy drive ships to the UK but shipping to the UK then the potential of messing it up somehow. It's a lot easier to just pay someone who knows what they are doing to sort it
Swiss is ugly as hell lol. That said, Pico Boot and a Pluto II board are what I'm rocking on my Game Cube. HDMI out, every GC game I care to "own", and I still have the actual optical drive for around $75! Totally awesome. This is a killer damn video BTW. I love handhelds, but I do appreciate a good "true console" mod Thank you! You're awesome!
5:39 wow GameCubes cost a 100$ in the USA these days? I bought my latest GameCube for 45€ with 4 Controllers and Mario Kart Double Dash. That wasn’t years ago, but just two months!
Slight exaggeration, you can get just the console for as low as $60-$80. Way cheaper to import and clearly way cheaper in the EU too! I got a pair for about $30 from Japan when I bought mine a few years back.
@@yourcoolunclemarisa It showed up in the alt+tab preview for a few frames. I actually watched it cause I was curious and that was a good vid! Your vids are really good too thank you for making them!
@@MasterLee2011 Not trying to be! I just imagined there's just as much reason in both of these, it's just a silly name I thought would be funny and endearing.
Thanks so much for all the love on this video, guys! A quick update: V1.3 of the firmware released on Nov 9th fixes the issue with Component/SCART!
Once more features roll out, stay tuned for a short update video.
@@yourcoolunclemarisa i wish i could experience component. But crt who can do it are probably very expensive now. I wonder if there are good svideo options. As for me I use Carby HDMI
Great video, interesting you've only just got yours, at least they are addressing bugs.
I hear there's going to be Bluetooth controller support and a LAN interface for Game play as well, would love more info on these
The way how the hardmodding scene continues to evolve, two decades after original release, is fascinating. These only keep getting better, and it's awesome
I remember when I took apart my very first GameCube to mod it. The budget trick to getting the screws out because it was 2010 was to take a pin and melt the bottom of it and shove it on the screw as it was cooling down and it would form a one to two time use screwdriver.
Ahhh that's so janky, I love it haha.
oh. my. god. im so glad we have screwdrivers now lol
@@kazinwho Let's note that we did have screwdrivers. They were just so niche that you couldn't really buy them anywhere except for places that you could buy niche stuff.
As a nerdy child with a penchant for taking things apart, finding those game-bit screws always meant "party's over". Tri-wing, triangle, torx, no problem... but game-bit, *especially* the deeply recessed variety? The damn fort knox of plastic consumer device construction. 😂
The eay you speak feels like it itches a crazy deep spot in my brain lmao. The recording is so good, and the editing is so clean 🥺 mid-sentence cuts sound practically invisible, i only notice the edits when I see the jumps in video.
Ahh thank you so much!
Cool Uncle Marissa is probably my new favorite channel
Thank you for being here!
The FlippyDrive is fantastic! They've done an absolutely wonderful job on it.
The UA-cam algorithm blessed me with another banger of a video suggestion? Feel like 2017 again. Amazing video!
Thanks for sharing this mod! Your guide to installing the mod was very easy to follow. I'm heavily considering the FlippyDrive for myself now.
Thank you so much for watching, I'm glad it was helpful!
Dang, I still have until January for mine to come in. Great video as always! Thank you uncle Marisa!
I hate to say January is so much more closer than it feels T_T Excited for you!
@yourcoolunclemarisa Thank you! I know, I am excited. I have been since they first talked about it on Twitter.
How long ago did you place your order? I just placed mine
@@michaelpurcell8277 When it was first announced for pre-order.
Great video! Made understanding the differences between picoboot and flippydrive significantly easier. Might have to order one soon
Really appreciate this video. Console modding documentation often comes across a little inhuman and cold. I ordered a FlippyDrive, as a lot of the coverage made it seem painless and effortless, but this addressed a lot of problems I expect I'll run into. A friend who's less experienced with these kinds of jobs than me has also ordered one, and I'm a little worried it might be more hassle than he bargained for.
I'm glad it helped! Excited for the both of you, and I'm sure you'll be ok with patience and a gentle hand :0)
Great vid! I have been wanting to hardware mod my old silver GC for awhile now. I think the flippy drive will be the mod that finally pushes me to start my restoration project!
I saw the video, thank you Uncle Marisa for making this review, so long awaited, I am glad that I could inspire you. I am sure the create of swiss will not like your opinion on the aesthetic of Swiss. But indeed the new Mod has a prettier GUI :). You made a video so indept. What I dont like about swiss, is that it is so difficult to update and there is almost no help or no tutorial or help online. Everyone is expected to somewhat know how to do it. But you explained from A to Z.
I got mine installed, with the Laserbear SD extender LED light pipe replacement thing. Such a sick mod, the CubeBoot UI is so sexy. The ribbon install was so easy. Can't recommend this enough!
EDIT I have an HDMI dongle, and I did not have the un-viewable screen at first boot / update boot.
Jim always doing all the things B) - Also thanks so much for the confirmation on HDMI :D
I'm so excited for my FlippyDrive to arrive, I ordered on immediately after it dropped. Thanks for creating this video!!!
how long have you been waiting?
Mine won't ship too 29th of January
@@DeathCIutch thats insane. the wait is way to long imo
@@Pok3mon102 Yes I've been watching it ever since Macho Nacho released it on their channel. They kept pushing the release date and after I placed my order took them about a month to get an actual shipping date. Was hoping to get by this month and enjoy it by December. Almost spend 40$ after shipping/taxes, I feel like they should toss in a freebie for waiting this long.
i lost my original gamecube in a storage unit in like, 2012, and i’ve just used a modded wii for playing gamecube games for the past few years. after just having learned about this, i bit the bullet and bought a new gamecube and a flippydrive. i am extremely excited for mine to come in a few months. the nostalgia trip i’m going to go on will be amazing
Yesssss uncle! I can't wait for my work day to be over and watch that video. Thank you!
Thank you for letting me know about flippydrive!
@@yourcoolunclemarisa Your welcome. I am still waiting on mine. Mine is longer because it is the deluxe version with Ethernet cable.
New subscriber because of the passion and knowledge (more than most gaming YTers). Also, hilarious shirt lol :)
Thank you so much for being here!
Incredible! Thank for the contect and look forward to watch more modding videos.
yes uncle has blessed us with another video
Super excited for my FlippyDrive to arrive! I shelled out for a GC loader because I was wanting to not risk any permanent (or semi-permanent) solder mods but definitely the boot sequence is still annoying. Pretty sure my disc drive was going anyway as it was only reading like half my games, but I do like the idea of having it there as an option still.
I’ve been fallowing this project for a while. I can’t believe it works with the pico.. that’s crazy
What the perfect timing. The same day as a Nintendo Direct :).
Hey just found your channel! Thanks for having me!
Thank you for being here!
Great video! I have the exact same screwdriver kit that you use in the video. Thought I was the only one that found that hidden gem.
awesome that mods are still being made for older hardware, I just want someone to find an old OLED screen that fits the DS like the Blackberry Q10 for GBC
This is the first video I have viewed of yours. First, please keep posting, I love your content, second, loved the shirt, and third, I would love to know what you would do with japanese game consoles. Please keep being awesome.
omg thank you hahah. What would I do with a Japanese game console? If they're region free, I play them, if they're locked I unlock them hehe
@@yourcoolunclemarisa Oh thank you. I probably should have been a bit more specific with that, sorry. Will the same methods that you mentioned work with a JP console, such as the flippy drive? I didn't know if the JP consoles and other region consoles would require different settings or products.
If you hold R while booting the flippydrive, you go into region-free disc mode. If you'd like to hard-mod region-swap your GC, the XenoGC does that.
@yourcoolunclemarisa That is awesome, thank you very much!
took me 5 mins to notice what the shirt said and i let out a cackle
Hahah thank you for clocking it, I designed it myself.
@@yourcoolunclemarisa uncle youre a genius, sell me one so women and fish want me too (~￣³￣)~
@@Hemkesa
I'm sure they will want you regardless, but here is the link haha: www.smallfriendpeddler.com/product/fish-want-me-women-want-me-shirt
I was struggling to read it.
Is the answer to the riddle a worm with legs?
Lmao I was just thinking about the flippy mod, this video being uploaded made my mod brain so happy. Also 13:50 I’ve always said something like this but for the Dreamcast that also maintains the drive for that console would be such a dream (no pun intended 😅)
I honestly don't get the fascination of keeping the disc drive. They will all fail in the end anyway and spare parts are not exactly plentiful in 2024.
Plus once you have the convenience of SD loading then keeping the disc drive is a novelty that will soon wear off imo.
Yay! I'm glad it arrived on time to itch your brain
@@ogxboxmike having options is always a plus and never a down side. Yeah they may fail, but weird disc like GameCube or Dreamcast, options like these allow for easy backup to said device. (ie DVD2Xbox program on the OG Xbox)
@@TheAmazingMoose-Man You say that like I have no idea about existing mods or anything... I was using DVD2xbox back in the mid 00's and have ode's in many different consoles already included the GC.
@@ogxboxmike apologies if it came across that way, not my intentions. All my point was options are always a plus, especially since some people still prefer using physical media
i've got GameCube Picoboot + Digital Out HDMI on my Gamecube. I can force 480p and force save on SD (rather than memory card)
My Orange GC have Orange GC Logo at start :) and light on the joystick ports ... i love it :)
didn't know I had an Uncle Marisa... dope!
Thank you for the explanation of the confusing landscape of GC mods. I have the GC Loader HW2 and I like it. I didn't blink at the price tag after buying and paying a modder to install an Xstation lol
I'm glad it was helpful! XStation plus labor costs sounds like something I don't want to think about price-wise hahah
@@yourcoolunclemarisa yeahhh, no regrets though. The ps1 is my Golden Age console, and I was happy to give the business to a local modder (Sound Retro in seattle!)
I was reminded of Disco Stu's Self Boot Solution (DSSBS) for Dreamcast.
When I worked on PS2 at Sony I got sick of hearing the PS2 reboot sound hundreds of times a day.
Wait that's so cool though
Jealous
There is a SD card extension from Laser Bear, with that you don't need to open your cube to access the SD card
Yes, it is the one I mentioned.
As a European, I thought for a long time a DIME was short for DIAMOND...
Playstation Emulator on Gamecube and Wii got an Update. Finally after 16 years.
I;m waiting for froggo to set his sights on the GameCube. It'll be a handheld with the disc half-inserted into the console, spinning freely, like a sawblade, about the size of a GBA non-sp, and an OLED 5.5" screen.
Imagine if he skipped GBA and went to GC of all places. I would evaporate.
I watch these GC mods from a distance, and like... I love that they exist, but gosh I'll just stick to the Wii, it's much easier >w>';
I wish my fascination wasn't so great, the Wii would make life way easier T_T
I personally can't wait for the Flippy's Bluetooth Controller support
Neat, I also have orange GC with black GB Player. Just happened to get that combo from a Japanese 2nd hand store.
Nice! It was an accident for me, but I'm kinda obsessed with the purple player plus orange GC combo flippydrive uses in their documentation too.
booting swiss from the flippydrive should work for loading things from the memorycard slots or from serial port 2. sd card extenders are available at most places chinese electronics stuff is sold.
True! I was commenting on making it available in CubeBoot, however.
@@yourcoolunclemarisaSwiss is included with cubeboot/flippy also. If you load up Swiss, you can transfer your games from the sd2gc or sd2sp2 to the flippy’s sd card.
I knew Swiss was there, but wasn't aware of being able to copy files between the two. Thank you for sharing! Someone popped in my discord to let me know too (was it you?) I'll test it out in time for a follow up video. Although, once wi-fi transfer is available, I think it would become a fallback. Already thrilled to see the CRT issue was fixed in the recent update :D
Have you ever messed with Saturn odes? Quite an interesting selection out there now. Cool video!
I don't have a Saturn, but if I ever end up with one, I will definitely do so.
Love the info, just started the checkout process. makes me wish UncleMarissa was looking fir an aunt lol
The bootloader screen not working over component on a CRT is fixed as of 1.3.0. I had the same issue. Thanks for the video!
Yoo, so excited to update! Looks like an app is available too - super exciting stuff. (also CRT gang!)
Uncle Marissa can help me. My playdate screen broke, and I don't know what to do. I don't want to bring it in for repair. I’d rather fix it myself, but there are no great videos to do it. You’re the only person who seems to make interesting educational videos on things like this. Can you make a video, pretty please?
Hey Logan - the Playdate screen is not really something I'd suggest trying yourself. You'd have to delaminated the screen and then laminate a new one. Wish it was easier, but I'd recommend just using Panic's repair service :(
@ yeah your right that sounds lame to do my self thanks for letting know you rock
Took me till the end of the video but I did get a little chuckle from the shirt 😁I've always wondered, are you like me and keep multiple copies of the same system - for modding? I was sorting stuff through the garage recently and came across three Dreamcast and a couple of Saturns that completely forgot about!
I have been happening to keep a spare GBC when I find a good deal since so many mods keep being released, but I don't do that for home consoles at all. I barely have space for the main ones T_T - I do have some multiples on my home consoles but that's usually because I initially bought the wrong variant (eg. I have another GC but it doesn't have the output port for component)
Yeah, the best way to access the SD card I've seen is that extension you mentioned.
Fingers crossed for GC2SD compatibility. But also excited for wifi transfer :D
Can't wait until I get my flippy in Jan. I already have the bluetooth controller board from lazerbear and pico mod installed.
Don't forget to nuke your pico before installing flippy! Excited for ya!
The Flippy Drive accesses the drive interface directly. The SD2SP2 adapters go through the serial port which will cause slower access times. Test this by loading up one of the Mario Party's and see if the intro video skips. Macho Nacho (Tito) did a PicoBoot video and showed an example of this.
Exactly! Isn't it so cool?
There is a version 2.0 sd2sp2 that improves the lag in a lot of games.
@@nightwing179 My Picoboot GameCubes both have a GBA Player so I use the right-angle adapter, a.k.a. SD2SP2 POR (misspelled PRO; ha, clone funniness) Someone is selling a correctly spelled SD2SP2 PRO 2.0 but their store is closed until 2025.
Me (thinking): Uncle is gonna be really disappointed to find out a Gamecube isn't a type of GameBoy.
Uncle: Instantly mentions Gameboy Player.
Me: Oh yeah, of course.
Get dat f zero GX save. I was goin that route to boot Swiss because I wasn’t confident enough to solder my XENO chip. An XBOX 360 was my first mod chip but I think the XEN0 was the second one I did. Then I did the GCVideo mod. I don’t know how I got that to work all those years ago, I was still so new to it back then. Great vid! I just bought a spice orange GC w GBA player from sendico. I already have a GC loader in my black GC but I miss having a console I can use disks. I can wait for my spice orange girl to show up so I can get the pico boot or the flippy drive if I can be patient enough. Wat are your thoughts on the NVme drive option (if that ever comes out lol)
Nice - excited for your new gc! I think the SSD option is neat, especially for people who can't solder. I don't know a ton about it though and FlippyDrive's CubeBoot has my heart haha. It'd be cool if they could work together though - SSD for storage instead of microSD.
@ yea if I remember correctly the nvme mod has a chip in addition to the nvme storage. The chip’s job is to translate the data on the nvme drive into something the GC can read really quickly. I don’t know maybe I’m remembering it wrong but the goal was you could actually take advantage of the speeds of nvme so it wasn’t just like putting an SSD in a PS2
Thank you for this video. I was wondering about the difference between the flippydrive and picoboot.
I bought later in the cycle. My orders still expect to ship in April. I got two Deluxe kits so I can load via ethereal. My orange box has the Pluto IIx internal HDMI mod so who knows what I'll see on first boot.
Nice! Someone commented already that they didn't have this bug on HDMI, so you're good. The latest update is meant to have fixed the CRT issue too :D
one time i removed the disk drive from the inclosure so that i could load swiss from a full size dvdrw. it worked but i had to duct tape the drive down to my desk and i dont know how safe it is to have a full sized dvd spinning freely outside its inclosure. it looks really dangerous but really cool at the same time
oh my god hahah. I'm glad it worked out nonetheless!
It might be time to grab a GameCube and make the ultimate GameCube. But first I need to finish my hand held Wii/GameCube.
Please share when you finish the handheld! Those are so neat.
Hoping for something like this for the Dreamcast. Really wanna keep that disc drive in despite not wanting to actually use it lol.
How do we get the games…
One mod I don't think you mentioned was the Kunai GC. It's a QSB, and though it was called the "easiest GameCube mod" before the release of FlippyDrive, but I found the PicoBoot to be easier. No need to try it now though.
Oh wow, I've never heard of the Kunai! I'll have to look it up for knowledge purposes 👀
The configuration menu must be running in 480p. I have seen the distortion on a 15khz crt before and its definitely like that.
Yep! Thankfully they patched it in the recent update :D
Dang! I couldn't afford to get my order in on launch so I have to wait until April. I've got the picoboot, HDMI mod, and the BlueRetro already. The only other things aside from Flippy I will be missing is a spice orange shell before my ultimate GC will be complete.
The orange shell is really something special - excited for your ultimate gc!
"Robots could just play GameCube games in their head..."🤣🤣
Very interested in this…I think I would definitely have to do a hdmi mod first
11:49 🤯 🐧
I just bought a gc2sd and sd2sp recently all to find out my action replay disc is the wrong one. Guess I can get a modded wind waker file from my Wii but this method is seeming a little easier not having to run a disc.
This is way easier! Highly recommend :D
If I still had my Gamecube, I would have 100% done this mod, but I recently decided to sell everything off.
Are you able to force games to run in 480p like you can with Swiss? Couldn't see it on the documentation. If not thats a bit of a deal breaker compared to Picoboot, but I do really love the vanilla style UI.
It looks like you can force progressive scan via the config file. @-HDR has a great easy tool here: martinrefseth.com/flippyconfig/
You can do this either with cubeboot or with the built in Swiss .
@@nightwing179 are you sure? From what i've seen, Cubeboot won't ship with the ability to force 480p, so you'll have to use Swiss anyway.
It's brutal $25+$7 shipping for an extension cable doubling the price of the mod. I'm ok with that for the ease of access tho. Better than the cost to mod many consoles. The flippydrive has wifi tho I thought as an option?
Right! Flippy has wi-fi but file transfer over wi-fi is still incoming. I'm willing to wait as opposed to paying that much. I did hear from the team that they are possibly releasing their own extender too for half the price as an offline alternative :)
Can we use this version of cubeboot using picoboot?
CubeBoot is only available through the FlippyDrive :)
@@yourcoolunclemarisa Figured it would be the answer to the question... Thank you! :)
You can also run many Emulators.
anyone know any uk sellers which will be selling pre modded gamecubes with this in ?
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to do it yourself since all it requires is two screwdrivers?
@nightwing179 I can see if the backing for flippy drive ships to the UK but shipping to the UK then the potential of messing it up somehow. It's a lot easier to just pay someone who knows what they are doing to sort it
Swiss is ugly as hell lol. That said, Pico Boot and a Pluto II board are what I'm rocking on my Game Cube. HDMI out, every GC game I care to "own", and I still have the actual optical drive for around $75! Totally awesome. This is a killer damn video BTW. I love handhelds, but I do appreciate a good "true console" mod Thank you! You're awesome!
Thanks so much! And PicoBoot is absolutely strong enough to still hold its own against FlippyDrive as an affordable and straightforward mod, I agree!
Says gif incorrectly at 28:06
Other than that, perfect video as always.
I know what the creator said but gif belongs to the people now >:)
(alsoo thank you!)
5:39 wow GameCubes cost a 100$ in the USA these days?
I bought my latest GameCube for 45€ with 4 Controllers and Mario Kart Double Dash.
That wasn’t years ago, but just two months!
Slight exaggeration, you can get just the console for as low as $60-$80. Way cheaper to import and clearly way cheaper in the EU too! I got a pair for about $30 from Japan when I bought mine a few years back.
Oh yeah. This is that good shit.
A Soft modded Wii is the last GameCube I'll ever need 😂
Definitely the most sensible route!
IG imma fish
Un saludo desde México 😊
Hola!
@yourcoolunclemarisa hablas español
@webonada100 no 😭
@@yourcoolunclemarisa se ve que eres muy lista puedes aprenderlo rápido
Está bien bonita
Reason for Picoboot. If all you want to do is boot to the Gameboy player.
Your shirt was wrong. I listened to you until the end. I don’t even own a GC.
maybe you are a fish hmm
15:24 A ram ranch odyssey? 🤔🤣
I know what that is but I'm genuinely confused where you're seeing it lmao
@@yourcoolunclemarisa It showed up in the alt+tab preview for a few frames. I actually watched it cause I was curious and that was a good vid! Your vids are really good too thank you for making them!
You have an amazing eye! @STRANGEONS - her stuff is really engaging.
I’m angry that I don’t have mine yet
I ordered 2
DROP EVERYTHING NEW NICHE GAMECUBE MODDING VIDEO DROPPED
Thank you for pronouncing gif correctly.
A contetious topic haha
There is an extension adapter made for the sd drive to go where the glow light is inside of the disk drive area by lazer bear you didn't install
I love it when people leave comments without watching the video 💚🩷
Count me as a 🐟.
The production sucks, i have to wait until April 2025 if i get one now... No thanks.
fwippydrive
God forbid anyone learn a real skill like soldering
Don’t know why you’re wearing that shirt I’m a man and I find you attractive
Why do you call yourself an uncle? 🤔
Why do you call yourself MasterLee2011?
@yourcoolunclemarisa I'm sensing some passive aggressiveness here.😅 For the record, I'm not trying to pick a fight, I'm just curious is all.
@@MasterLee2011 Not trying to be! I just imagined there's just as much reason in both of these, it's just a silly name I thought would be funny and endearing.
@yourcoolunclemarisa Oh, okay. As for me, I thought Master and Lee sounded cool together, plus 2011 is the year I started my channel.
You're so pretty.
the woke tribe has gotten into retro gaming. I'm done with youtube.
Thank goodness, good riddance to ya.
Pretty girl talking and working on retro gaming is just so sexy.