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There are several methods of booting homebrew on your GameCube:
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There are several methods available to successfully boot homebrew on unmodified and modified Gamecubes. These methods include using a special bootdisc and memory card device, a loophole within an official Gamecube game title, a traditional [[:Category:Modchips|modchip]] or a [[Using a Wii drive replacement on a GameCube|drive replacement]] [[:Category:Modchips|modchip]].
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* [[Datel's SD Media Launcher]]
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* Samson's AR loader
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== Unmodified Gamecube ==
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* Datel's Maxdrive Pro
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* PSO Load
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=== Game Save Exploits ===
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* A drivechip such as XenoGC with a bootable disk of SDLoad
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These require a memory card to place the hacked save game and a boot.dol converted to .gci format. Swiss is [https://github.com/emukidid/swiss-gc/releases distributed] as a bootable GCI. Need the help of an already homebrew able Gamecube, or a Wii (while RVL-001 is the easiest, RVL-101 and RVL-201 can have their GameCube ports soldered back in<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiHacks/comments/oot34c/rvl_101_w_gamecube_controller_ports_restored/</ref>), modded or unmodded to first put such files on memcard.
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* A drivechip such as DuoQ with a bootable disk of Swiss
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* A modchip such as ViperGC with SDLoad installed as plugin
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Preloaded memory cards targeting the NTSC-U and PAL versions of ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', ''The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'' and ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' are available from [https://castlemaniagames.com/collections/nintendo/products/gamecube-swiss-memory-card CastleMania Games].
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* A modchip such as  ViperGC Extreme with swiss on flash
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* A modchip such as Qoob Pro / Qoob SX with SDLoad / swiss on flash
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4071 Animal Crossing]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3492 BMX XXX]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4062 F-Zero GX]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5326 Frogger Beyond]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3342 James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3306 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3311 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4860 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3319 Pokémon Colosseum]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3319 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]
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* [https://github.com/InvoxiPlayGames/robohaxx Robotech: Battlecry]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4500 Super Mario Sunshine] (PAL-only)
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3023 Super Smash Bros. Melee]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4118 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3401 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]
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* [//www.gc-forever.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=4113 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow]
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=== Active Products ===
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=== End-of-Life Products ===
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* [[SD load]]
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:Requires [[Action Replay]] 1.14b or below and an SD-Card adapter.
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* [[Samson's bootloader]]
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:Tedious to set up and can get oftentimes annoying when loading homebrew, requires to be transferred onto the memory card (preferably using the [[PSOload]] method) alongside an injection of [[GCOS]] after putting in a cheat through an older revision of the [[Action Replay]] disc. Since then, it’s better advised to use the custom loader that comes with the latest package of [[Swiss]] which utilizes the same SD-Card adapter combo as the [[SD load]] method.
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* [[MaxDrive Pro]]
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: Uses a region free bootdisc to load hombrew from included memory card device.
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* [[SD Media Launcher]]
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:Offers out of the box homebrew support - always need the disc to boot it up. Comes with a flimsy [[SDGecko]]!
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* [[PSOload]]
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:Requires an original copy of [[Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II]] and a [[BBA|Broadband Adapter]].
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== Modified Gamecube ==
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=== Active Products ===
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* [https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot PicoBoot] [[IPL Replacement|IPL replacement]]
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* [[XenoGC]] or [[DuoQ]] [[drivechip]]
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:Quick for booting backups and homebrew with a [[Create a bootable homebrew disc|bootable disk]] of [[SDLoad]] or [[Swiss]].
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* [[GCLoader]] drive replacement
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:Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[Swiss]] as initial ISO.
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=== End-of-Life Products ===
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* [[Viper GC]] [[IPL Replacement|IPL replacement]]
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:Quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[SDLoad]] installed as plugin.
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* [[Viper GC#Extreme_version|Viper GC Extreme]] [[IPL Replacement|IPL replacement]]
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:Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[Swiss]] on flash.
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* [[Qoob#SX_version|Qoob SX]] / [[Qoob#Pro_version|Qoob Pro]] [[IPL Replacement|IPL replacement]]
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:Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[SDLoad]] / [[Swiss]] on flash.
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* [[Wiikey Fusion]] / [[WASP Fusion]] / [[WODE]] [[Using a Wii drive replacement on a GameCube|drive replacement]]
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:Quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[Swiss|Swiss.iso]] and [[SDGecko]].
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:Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with [[Swiss]] as[[Swiss/Usage#Installing_Swiss_to_the_Wiikey_Fusion_Flash | initial ISO for WiiKey Fusion]] / [[WASP Fusion]] or [[Swiss on WODE | initial ISO for WODE]].
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== References ==
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<references />
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[[Category:Homebrew]] [[Category:Software]]
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[[Category:Howto]] [[Category:Homebrew Software]]

Latest revision as of 15:15, 14 November 2023

There are several methods available to successfully boot homebrew on unmodified and modified Gamecubes. These methods include using a special bootdisc and memory card device, a loophole within an official Gamecube game title, a traditional modchip or a drive replacement modchip.

Unmodified Gamecube

Game Save Exploits

These require a memory card to place the hacked save game and a boot.dol converted to .gci format. Swiss is distributed as a bootable GCI. Need the help of an already homebrew able Gamecube, or a Wii (while RVL-001 is the easiest, RVL-101 and RVL-201 can have their GameCube ports soldered back in[1]), modded or unmodded to first put such files on memcard.

Preloaded memory cards targeting the NTSC-U and PAL versions of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door are available from CastleMania Games.

Active Products

End-of-Life Products

Requires Action Replay 1.14b or below and an SD-Card adapter.
Tedious to set up and can get oftentimes annoying when loading homebrew, requires to be transferred onto the memory card (preferably using the PSOload method) alongside an injection of GCOS after putting in a cheat through an older revision of the Action Replay disc. Since then, it’s better advised to use the custom loader that comes with the latest package of Swiss which utilizes the same SD-Card adapter combo as the SD load method.
Uses a region free bootdisc to load hombrew from included memory card device.
Offers out of the box homebrew support - always need the disc to boot it up. Comes with a flimsy SDGecko!
Requires an original copy of Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II and a Broadband Adapter.

Modified Gamecube

Active Products

Quick for booting backups and homebrew with a bootable disk of SDLoad or Swiss.
Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with Swiss as initial ISO.

End-of-Life Products

Quick to boot backups and homebrew with SDLoad installed as plugin.
Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with Swiss on flash.
Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with SDLoad / Swiss on flash.
Quick to boot backups and homebrew with Swiss.iso and SDGecko.
Very quick to boot backups and homebrew with Swiss as initial ISO for WiiKey Fusion / WASP Fusion or initial ISO for WODE.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/WiiHacks/comments/oot34c/rvl_101_w_gamecube_controller_ports_restored/
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