Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube Specifications
Manufacturer: | Nintendo |
Developer: | Nintendo |
CPU: | 486 MHz IBM "Gekko" PowerPC CPU |
Memory: | 43 MB total non-unified RAM |
Graphics: | 162 MHz "Flipper" LSI (co-developed by Nintendo and ArtX, acquired by ATI) |
Sound: | custom 81 MHz Macronix 16-bit DSP, Dolby Pro Logic II |
Medium: | Disc |
Display: | 640×480 interlaced (480i) or progressive scan (480p) - 60 Hz |
Controllers: | 4 |
The Nintendo GameCube was the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as its primary storage medium, after several aborted projects from Nintendo and its partners to utilize optical-based storage media. In contrast with the GameCube's contemporary competitors, Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast and Microsoft's Xbox, the GameCube uses miniDVD-based discs instead of full-size DVDs. Partially as a result of this, it does not have the DVD-Video playback functionality of these systems, nor the audio CD playback ability of other consoles that use full-size optical discs.
In addition, the GameCube introduced a variety of connectivity options to Nintendo consoles, and was the fourth Nintendo console, after the Nintendo 64DD, Famicom Modem and Satellaview, to support online play officially, via the Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter and Modem Adapter (sold separately). It also enabled connectivity to the Game Boy Advance to access exclusive features of certain games or to use the portable system as a controller for the Game Boy Player.
Reception of the GameCube was mixed. It was praised for its controller and high quality games library, but was criticized for its lack of multimedia features. Premier games include Super Mario Sunshine, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Star Fox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Pikmin, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Animal Crossing, and Luigi's Mansion. Nintendo sold 21.74 million GameCube units worldwide, much fewer than anticipated, and discontinued it in 2007. It was succeeded by the Wii in 2006.
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