gaming device/machine with gamecube technology?
could it be apple will release the iBox? since the nintendo game cube runs on PPC technology, "why not(tm)"? And the gamecube runs on ATI graphics as well..
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sounds just as korny as the "iPod"...
And I didnt see that one coming...
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One, it couldn't be slot loading because I THINK the Gamecube discs are smaller than CDs.
Two, I've also heard that the drive spins backwards....
<strong>Two technical difficulties.
One, it couldn't be slot loading because I THINK the Gamecube discs are smaller than CDs.
Two, I've also heard that the drive spins backwards....</strong><hr></blockquote>
one-yes thats correct (I dont want slot laoding anyway)
two-not sure, but I have heard the same thing. This would cause problems methinks...
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I don't see it happening.
#2 Discs. they're custom mini-DVDs.
No - they don't spin normal. But from what I remember - Nintendo went through great pains to ensure that these things would be VERY hard to pirate.
Someone name ONE reason how this would benefit either Apple or Nintendo in any possible way.
"Oh - it would get gamers to move to a Mac!"
Uh - $200 is a lot less for a gamecube you can play on your huge 35" TV.
"More games for mac!"
Uh - there are only like 10 games out for GameCube. and none would be fun to play without a gamecube controller.
> all sorts of brand new funk just for it . . .
> It's a funkified form of OpenGL. Would Apple be
> keen on re-writing that? No.
Depends on how you look at it - if it means whole lotta games for the new mac and brining Apple hardware into your living room the drivers are well worth the hassle. And custom job - ATI is doing lotsa custom jobs, so one more modification to the gamecube gfx to suit Apple wouldn't be that big...
> #2 Discs. they're custom mini-DVDs.
> No - they don't spin normal. But from what I
> remember - Nintendo went through great pains to
> ensure that these things would be VERY hard to
> pirate.
So, maybe superdrive2 can read them? after all, if it's "normal" DVD you can modify the DVD players to read them with a few tweaks in the player software.
> Someone name ONE reason how this would benefit
> either Apple or Nintendo in any possible way.
Marketshare. Little kids would love to have pikachu and if the parents get a home computer with the possibility of playing Gamecube games it's a go.
> "Oh - it would get gamers to move to a Mac!"
yes
> Uh - $200 is a lot less for a gamecube you can
> play on your huge 35" TV.
Gamecube doesn't get you onto the net or use Office f.X, a mac does.
> "More games for mac!"
All Nintendo branded games for Mac.
> Uh - there are only like 10 games out for
> GameCube. and none would be fun to play without
> a gamecube controller.
So? Make the device USB.
Having a combo for example...
Buy iMac/PM version??? and get your choice of either ....
that camera they have had in recent iMac packs
OR
an actual Gamecube with 1-2 games
OR
etc,etc
That way the consumer would get their funky Mac and whatever peice of external hardware to suit their tastes, I can see the kiddies going for that one.
<strong>I touched on this one in the chat room a while ago. Personally I beleive that "adding" the hardware/software would be counter productive and detracting from the Mac platform... but ...
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I think that more than the platform Apple needs to get it's brand in the people's minds so when they actually think about electronic devices Appl is sitting in their minds next to Sony and Dell.
off topic: Is your name actually Zoran? Sounds croatian or slovenian to me..
I was previously iRobot but decided to change it to my RL name and last initial after a post by a user on another thread.
I DO see the point you make in regards to the brand getting into peoples minds, but Apple have taken the "image" style of advertising to its extremes, and in my mind the best way to get it into peoples minds is to have peeps buy it in the first place.
If the kids must be lured into suckering their parents to buy a Mac... so be it
Nice to meet you, I am originally from Slovenia.
> If the kids must be lured into suckering their
> parents to buy a Mac... so be it
I saw a lot of people buying stuff from computers, trough home entertainment systems to stereos based on what their kids said...
So, presenting the iMacGameCube on monday!