Nintendo GameCube
Also known as GCN
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Type
- Home console
- Generation
- 6th generation
- Released (North America)
- Nov 18, 2001
- Released (Japan)
- Sep 14, 2001
- Released (Europe)
- May 3, 2002
- Launch price
- $199.99
- Discontinued
- 2007
- Units sold
- 21.74 million
About the Nintendo GameCube
The GameCube was Nintendo's first disc-based console, using 8 cm mini-DVDs, and sold behind both the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. It is a small, solid machine with a handle on the back, and its controller is still the standard for Super Smash Bros. players today.
Its library is short compared to the PS2 but has a high hit rate: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Resident Evil 4 and the Resident Evil remake. Small print runs make several titles expensive, especially Pokémon XD, Pokémon Colosseum, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Skies of Arcadia Legends and Gotcha Force.
Most GameCube games came in plastic cases, so complete copies survive well, and the price gap between loose and complete is smaller than on N64. The Game Boy Player add-on and the digital-out "DOL-001" models with component video cables are sought after by people setting up for play.
Nintendo GameCube games by the numbers
Loose prices across 666 priced games
Most valuable Nintendo GameCube games
Most valuable sealed Nintendo GameCube games
Top rated Nintendo GameCube games
Most listed on eBay right now
Nintendo GameCube games by release year
By each game's original release year, so ports count under the year the game first came out.
Hardware specs
| CPU | IBM PowerPC ''Gekko'' @ 485 MHz |
|---|---|
| Graphics | ATI ''Flipper'' @ 162 MHz |
| Memory | 24MB |
| Sound | 64 ADPCM channels, analog stereo w/ Dolby Pro Logic II (Dolby Surround) |
| Media | Nintendo GameCube game disc |
| Storage | Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (8MB-16MB Capacity) |
| Resolutions | 240i, 240p (no games use these), 480i, 480p (only some games support 480p), 576i (PAL) |
| Video output | Composite, S-Video, YPbPr component, RGB component (Japan only) |
| Connectivity | Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter |
| Online | Various game-specific services |
Models & revisions
DOL-101
No Digital AV Out (component)
Panasonic Q
The Panasonic Q (sometimes known as Q and GameQ) is a hybrid version of the Nintendo GameCube with a DVD player manufactured by Panasonic in cooperation with Nintendo. The system was officially released only in Japan. A feature of its main competitors Xbox and PlayStation 2, the GameCube lacked commercial DVD movie playback functionality due to the use of the Nintendo optical disc format for games and the correspondingly small disc tray.
- CPU
- IBM "Gekko" PowerPC at 485 MHz
- Graphics
- ATI Flipper 162 MHz (64 Bit, 16 MB)
- Memory
- 43 MB
- Sound
- 81 MHz in Flipper (64 Channels at 48000KHz)
- Media
- DVD, CD, GD-Rom disc
- Resolutions
- 240i , 240p, 480i, 480p
- Connectivity
- Gamecube Broadband Network Adapter
Console family
More Nintendo consoles
Game values from PriceCharting market data. Hardware specs and revisions from IGDB.