RetroGaming

It's funny how the public opinion on the Gamecube has done a total 180 since its time in the market. It was the laughing stock of the console space for not allowing DVD playback, having virtually no online capabilities, and "kiddie" looking games. Nintendo committed to quality games first and foremost and it resulted in their lowest selling console yet (excluding Virtual Boy).

Nowadays, the DVD playback that rocketed the PS2 to #1 is largely irrelevant, and the online services that were huge on PS2 and Xbox are shut down. The "kiddie" looking games like Wind Waker have aged astonishingly well, while the realistic aesthetic that dominated the PS2/Xbox library definitely looks 20+ years old at this point.

The focus on games was what made the Gamecube great, and it's what stands the test of time above anything else. I'm glad others have come to realize this, even if it took over a decade for it to happen.

It's the only console with a built in handle which automatically makes it the greatest console ever

My GameCube is still in service - slowly but surely working through Twilight Princess between work and other things!

The GameCube is considered retro now?

Big shout out to the Gameboy Player add-on for the GameCube, and the equally brilliant Game Boy Interface which vastly improves the video quality.

Absolutely love my GameCube. Recently did a noctua fan mod to keep it going after the original fan died.

I haven't played my GameCube since it was current, but recently I installed the picoboot mod which lets me load games off of a microSD card. Haven't actually sat down to play anything yet but I've booted Baten Kaitos and Tales of Symphonia just to confirm that it works 😎

at the time I was a PC gamer and for some weird reason, none of my friends owned a GameCube which, in hindsight makes me a bit sad. Great console, great games.

I love mine. Still play it for the GameCube Pokémon games, Colosseum and XD. The game boy player for the GameCube still gets plenty of use too for the earlier Pokémon games.

I was just thinking about this today! I thought it was high time I dug out the old ones. I have to buy an adapter for the AV but these games were some of my favorites. Double Dash is still the best Mario Kart.

F-Zero GX is phenomenal. I also love the blooper animations they put in that game.

YES one of my most favorite systems of all time. i played so much harvest moon, specifically a wonderful life and magical melody. also kirby air ride, sonic adventure 2 battle, pokemon colosseum, pokemon xd, phantasy star online... i still have a gamecube to this day.

I can't think of a reason to pick up a GameCube. Why bother with that when you could just get a Wii?

Love Gamecube to death, I have a few handhelt emulators for everything below GC and am still waiting for a reliable 200$ device which can play GC without any issues...

Still have a white & purple GC at home serving me well

Gamecube is pretty good. Not my favorite console but one I do have a lot of games for. Though I play them on my wii now, not an actual gamecube lol.

i still emulate occasionally!

I fancy them all. So I stuffed them all into a tiny computer and hooked it up to the TV in my living room. Even Atari. I can still remember the right passageways in Adventure to find the magic chalice from when I was six years old. The dragons still scare the crap out of me to this day when they pop up.

As far as Gamecube, I loved Sonic Adventure and still play that and Pikmin. Wife plays Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Those tiny little discs were a cool novelty. I love them so much I bought a stack of mini CD-Rs back in the day, thinking I was some kinda cool hacker kid or some shit.

Super Mario Sunshine was my childhood game pretty much. Still have my Gamecube but no TV/Monitor that wants to connect to it or display anything.

Still love the GameCube and games. This is what we introduced the kids too and it’s been fun watching them play the games that brought me a lot of fun too.

• Mario Kart

• Super smash brothers

• Crazy Taxi

Could find the RCA connections on tvs now, but the Wii was great in the backward compatibility! Dolphin worked great for some games too, and a controller USB adapter and we’re in business!

Right there with ya! GameCube has always been my favorite. It also has the best iterations of Kart and Smash imo. I’ve recently been acquiring more GBA games to play on the adapter which is a fun time.

A tip for anyone who has the DOL-001 version with the digital output: you can easily get and adapter to HDMI, and there’s a company that now makes a USB-drive sized signal processor that does some upscaling and anti-aliasing. I’m now able to play on my 4k TV with a 1080p signal. Anyone feel free to DM me for the details!

I’m not saying a big old CRT isn’t still the best experience, but this lets me play on my main TV which is great for party games.

Didn't own one so I can't say it was my fav, but pretty much all the games I played on it smacked

Mine is still somewhere in the basement of my parents. Didn't take it with me when I moved out. Sometimes it itches a bit play some of the old games, but not enough to get that thing to my flat.

Eternal Darkness was so good.

Many fond memories playing my Melee and Double Dash with my father and brother. We still play every once and a while for old times' sake.

it was my first (after my Atari 2600) , and honestly favorite, console. I still have the games but I no longer have the console.