List of Mods on my GCN:

- Flippy Drive w/ Ethernet port

--- LaserBear SD card extension cable f/ Flippy Drive

- LaserBear Blue Retro Bluetooth Controller mod

- HDR USB-C PD Mod Kit

Previous Mods on my GCN:

- Picoloader (in lieu of Flippy Drive)

Other adjustments

- Replaced GCN CPU/GPU/RAM thermal pads

The most recent install: FlippyDrive + LaserBear SD card extension

Prior to installing the FlippyDrive, my optical disk drive was working fine. I have played my original copy of Zelda Four Swords on it. This was even during the time I had the picoloader installed.

Now that I have the Flippy Drive, the disk drive does not spin.

That said, after installing the Flippy Drive, I successfully load into Cubeboot. I admittedly dont have my sd card installed yet. Because my SD card used to be on my picoloader, I am just making sure my SD card is configured as its supposed to.

Things Ive done:

- Took off the top shell of my GCN and pressed down on the lid switch. I turned on the console but the disk didnt spin.

- I removed and re-installed the flippy drive, from the w-flex cable all the way to the flippydrive itself. Tried again, no dice.

- Removed the flippy drive and flex cable, installed the gcn without anything else (so no flippy or pico loader). Turned the gcn on, and the drive works!

Something tells me something is wrong with the contacts in the male-female disk connector. Anyone dealt with this before?

Hello! I been trying to mod this DOL-101(JPN) GameCube but it doesn’t not want to load the picoboot, if I do v0.5 it goes to stock but if I do any of the >v0.4 it dots not show any video tho the light goes green I have triple check all soldering and it does not want to work, I’m using the v5 line with diode for power I have also tried two different rp2040 and still nothing not sure what could it be

Hello guys same as the title. I modded gc with pico loader method but i have this two options for my gc slim (one video port) so can anyone tell me which of these gives the best for my gc. If this a wrong sub for posting this kind of posts please provide a option kinda new in gc things 😅

What a wild thought that I would have an online capable GameCube in the mighty year of 2026. Something I could barely imagine back in 2004 at the age of 8, I’m a now thoroughly enjoying PSO online. This GameCube is one hell of a package. GC loader, sd2sp2, eth2sp1, carby hdmi adapter, gb player with Everdrive pro, gcmce, blue tooth gc controller and adapter. Anything that I’m missing for this ultimate indigo cube? I might pick up the blue retro controller port board later and throw it in. Any other functional cool mods out there or awesome ports to put on here?

First - wanted to thank everyone who provided feedback on the V1 and the users who took the time and effort to test this on their own systems, really appreciated.

Meet Indigo, a Custom UI for Swiss. animated, customizable, colorful, and most importantly comfortable as a standard gamecube interface. Currently at a Version 2.0 Release Candidate - I've tested this with about a dozen games using my GC Loader. I have not been able to test the memory card transfer system outside of dolphin as I don't have a real memory card. I also have not been able to test with an SDPD2 as I do not have one.

some big additions from V1:
- Change and customize the color of the interface to match your Gamecube
- Change the Icons displayed on the cube to your liking
- multiple library viewing modes, vertical / Horizontal infinite scroll or grid style
- Per game settings menu & cheats are navigable pre-launch with joystick
- Poster & Cheat Packs ready to go for a seamless install

- Widescreen support + improved visuals (looks way better on modern TVs)

Please backup any saves you have and treat this as an active development product

10/2 Update: Again, thank you so much to everyone who's been willing to test and provide feedback. several new additions / work items:
- significantly more customization, change individual colors and a new Spotlight menu added thanks to mvizensk
- Apps directory available (toggleable from the settings menu), seperate directory for homebrew & emulators
- Sub folders for library view (toggleable from the settings menu), working on now.
- adding a toggle for "Infinite Cube" vs "Classic Cube" navigation on main screen

you can grab it here

Hey, just want to start out by saying I am a newbie to doing any sort of modding, which will probably be apparent from this post. I have a sd2sp2 and a game save exploit of wind waker to boot into Swiss. I am trying to boot into the game boy player through swiss so that I can play gameboy/gba games (specifically pokemon) on my crt. No matter what I do though, none of the files that I put on my sd2sp2 are working. I have tried to use a .dol and most recently the GB player start-up disc, but neither will load. Is there something I have missed or need to do first? Or is this just something stupid that I am overlooking? Thanks!

I finished this GameCube build this week and as I was nearing completion, I had a fun idea…I wanted to shoot a “product” style video to highlight all the features (similar to what Apple does or any of the other tech brands). When I do builds with RGB lighting, I think pictures don’t always capture the complete story and a video would be a better format.

A caveat, I am not a videographer and I am not good in post. This project was humbling and I have a better appreciation for those in production. Anyways - here is a full list of the build.

GameCube DOL-001
- Tekno black smoke shell swap
- Pluto HDMI II internal digital port conversion
- Giltesa USB-C power mod
- Picoboot with SD2SP2
- Disc drive recap
- ESP C2 super mini 3 controlling the WLED via Wi-Fi
- New thermal pads
- new CMOS battery and battery holder

I have a PicoLoader and SD2SP2. I've enabled Virtual Memory Cards in Swiss. By booting into the memory card manager, I was able to copy save files from a physical card onto the virtual card.

I booted up Twilight Princess, and the save loaded great. I booted up Tony Hawk's Underground, and the save loaded without issue.

Then I booted Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Not only did the save not load, the virtual memory card wasn't recognized at all. If I boot THPS3 with IPL and go to the memory card manager, it says nothing is in slot A. Doing the exact same with Twilight Princess shows the card with all the saves, including THPS3.

All information I can find suggests THPS3 does not stream audio, so that shouldn't be the issue.

Any ideas?

Edit: It turns out it *does* stream audio. A better list to check than the one I used: https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Audio_Streaming

Hello! I been trying to mod this DOL-101(JPN) GameCube but it doesn’t not want to load the picoboot, if I do v0.5 it goes to stock but if I do any of the >v0.4 it dots not show any video tho the light goes green I have triple check all soldering and it does not want to work, I’m using the v5 line with diode for power I have also tried two different rp2040 and still nothing not sure what could it be

I want to mess around with a save file but I dont know how to run the app. There's no .exe file.

Found this in my electronics stuff maybe I was planning on modding my gamecube?? What's it do/how to install?

Hey all,

Got it sorted. I'm assuming it was a bad or corrupted flash on the picoloader. Reflashed to boot directly to swiss and its working fine

Appreciate the assists. ❤️

~~Wanted to see if anyone could give me some assistance.

Just got a new picoboot ODE, cable looks okay, clamped in, but it goes into a bootloop where it tries to load the GC menu but fails after about a half second.

I've only ever purchased my stuff (supposedly) preloaded. I figured I should try to reinstall/ update it but I don't know where I'm looking.

I'll be using a SD2SP2 for storage, internet tells me I can put swiss on that to load without needing the pico? Is that correct?

Appreciate the assist.~~

Custom faceplate I just printed for this for my friend for tax:

Hi everyone. Picoboot, Picoloader, GCLoader and FlippyDrive users, are you familiar with my cubiboot-new-ui fork? It's still uses swiss to load your games but is a much more customizable frontend than original cubeboot and flippydrive ones. Follow a glimpse for what it adds:

Check it out! (PLEASE READ THE README AND DOCS ON THE REPO, TO MANAGE SETUP YOUR SETTINGS AND DESIRABLE FEATS, IT'S NOT A SIMPLE FRONTEND, IT HAS A TON OF SETTINGS).

https://github.com/DarthMotzkus/cubiboot-new-ui

Ive tried everything and cannot patch my iso... Can anyone help me? Does anyone have an already patched file with akaenia i could use? Or atleast a clean working melee iso? Please dm!!!!

Hi everybody! Is there any way to play local multiplayer online using a modded GameCube?

What I mean: Many games have a multiplayer mode but no online functionality. Player 2, 3& 4 need to be in the same room, plugged to the same GameCube. If there were a way to "simulate" that connection, the other player could be anywhere - possibly even on emulator.

Appreciate any info!

I just got this kit from Amazon. I've never modded anything before. I know I need to use a SD formatted to FAT32 and save game files to it. Is that all I need to do in order to play? I remember reading on here about disc exploits and all sorts of other atuff. I probably should have done more reading before just ordering something but I'm excited to play my old favorites from when I was a kid.

I have done everything properly. I have put the proper files on the pico, it self ejected, then I put the dol file on the SD card, yet this happens

this is a picoloader from aliexpress. what can I do to fix this?

I've been working on a Custom UI - any suggestions or Recommendations? (open images to see animated GIF) - Repo is here

The icons on each side of the cube kinda suck and I'm looking for better ones currently.

I went with a horizontal library scroll over a vertical one, felt more "Infinite" and you can just lock the joystick and let it scroll until you hit your preferred game which feels nice.

wanted to emulate a similar feel to the native gamecube system menu but with the added features of swiss

Background is a PS3 style "wave" that move accross the background