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Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo GameCube
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An indigo Nintendo GameCube console with its controller and the 251-block memory card
Also known as Dolphin (code name)
Developer Nintendo
Manufacturer
Type Home video game console
Generation Sixth generation
Release date
  • JP: September 14, 2001
  • NA: November 18, 2001
  • EU: May 3, 2002
  • AU: May 17, 2002
Retail availability 2001–2007
Discontinued 2007
Units sold
  • Worldwide: 21.74 million
  • Americas: 12.94 million
  • Japan: 4.04 million
  • Other regions: 4.77 million
Media
Operating system Dolphin OS
CPU IBM PowerPC Gekko @ 486 MHz
Storage None
Removable storage Nintendo GameCube memory card (16 MB max. capacity)
Display
Graphics ATI Flipper @ 162 MHz
Sound Analog stereo (Dolby Pro Logic II)
Controller input GameCube controller, WaveBird, Game Boy Advance, various other input devices
Connectivity Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter and Modem Adapter
Online services Limited
Dimensions 5.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 in
149 × 160 × 112 mm
(width × depth × height)
Best-selling game Super Smash Bros. Melee, 7.09 million (as of March 10, 2008)
Predecessor Nintendo 64
Successor Wii
Related articles Panasonic Q

The GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ Hepburn: Gēmukyūbu?, officially called the Nintendo GameCube, abbreviated NGC in Japan and GCN in Europe and North America) is a home video game console released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001; in North America on November 18, 2001; in Europe on May 3, 2002; and in Australia on May 17, 2002. The sixth-generation console is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and competed with Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 2 and Microsoft's Xbox.

The GameCube is the first Nintendo console to use optical discs as its primary storage medium. The discs are similar to the miniDVD format; as a result of their smaller size and the console's small disc compartment, the system was not designed to play standard DVDs or audio CDs. The console supports online gaming for a small number of titles via the broadband or modem adapter and connects to the Game Boy Advance via the link cable, allowing players to access exclusive in-game features using the handheld as a second screen and controller.


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