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game cube modding
Bobboau
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hey, I'm trying to mod my gamecube
not with a chip, no piracy is posable.
I've seen allover the internet that if you remove a resistor (specificly R6) the US gamecube will become a JAP gamecube and import games can be played.
well I tryed and nothing happened, I have been looking all over the internet and someone just suggested I ask here, cause here is full of smart people, and I figured I had nothing to lose posting a potentially iffy topic on a board I'm not even registered to (at the time).
so I have a DOL-101(US) gamecube and I want to modify it so that it can play Japanese games. I have already removed resistor R6 and R39 for good measure but it does not read jap disks, it is sitting disassembled at my feet right now. it still plays US games even after haveing removed the resistors, I figured by now I should have at the very least broken it. :roll:
not with a chip, no piracy is posable.
I've seen allover the internet that if you remove a resistor (specificly R6) the US gamecube will become a JAP gamecube and import games can be played.
well I tryed and nothing happened, I have been looking all over the internet and someone just suggested I ask here, cause here is full of smart people, and I figured I had nothing to lose posting a potentially iffy topic on a board I'm not even registered to (at the time).
so I have a DOL-101(US) gamecube and I want to modify it so that it can play Japanese games. I have already removed resistor R6 and R39 for good measure but it does not read jap disks, it is sitting disassembled at my feet right now. it still plays US games even after haveing removed the resistors, I figured by now I should have at the very least broken it. :roll:
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didn't cause it also discusses mod chips and I don't know this forums policy on that.
and I alredy tryed freeloader. no worky.
's put two GameCubes in each case so when one breaks the other is totally there to back it up" Oh you crazy companies.
Edit : Freeloader wouldn't work? Are... you doing it right?
I didn't think it had compatibility issues.
"you'know it'd be a lot cheaper if we only had one gamecube model, why don't we just link the region to a single jumper, no one would have so little a life as to test each one of them until they found the right one"
but I digress.
it might have been an out of date version, I read there were compatability issues with the DOL-101 after it was released, but I don't want to pay for and wait for another one, and I have everything I need for this mod it just isn't working.
If you haven't fucked up your Gamecube with your rampant idiocy, put whatever pieces you haven't shoved down your gullet yet back together, go to the nearest store that sells video game equipment, and buy an Action Replay.
The Freeloader portion of the disc allows you to play imports, and can be purchased for $20-$30 everywhere, including Wal-Mart.
Geez, fucking tards. Tell your keepers to move your cage away from under the power lines.
and if you would have read my first post, you'd know my cube is still functioning exactly as it always has.
"We have to be nice to noobs" my ass. The guy asked a legitimate question and you reacted like a mental patient. If I had to choose between him or you staying on this forum, based on contributions to this thread, I'd choose him in a heartbeat.
Take your attitude somewhere else. You should be ashamed of yourself.
[spoiler:adc758e438]not[/spoiler:adc758e438]
[spoiler:adc758e438]that 'not' is said in a Borat voice[/spoiler:adc758e438]
Anyway I've heard modding the Cube is easy and I've actually read a lot about simple modding involving only soddering a single wire into place - but other then that I've never heard of what your trying, sorry.
most of my sources (mod that cube and related sites) say it works on 001 and 101. tough I'm prety sure all the examples I've seen were of a 001.
Like I said, it's been a while and I'm not completely sure.
I found a version of this mod that basically requires you to give up having a reset switch (OH NOES) so that if you start the system normally, you get a japanese region code. Hold down reset when you turn it on, you get the US region code.
Basically you disconnect the reset switch, then run a wire from the reset switch pin 1 to the R6 connector that's closest to the mounting hole and you're done. But I haven't tried it and don't know if this is legit.
EDIT: I sent a PM to ask for mod approval to see if I can post the link, but I can tell you right now that it's to allow a Japanese gamecube to play games from other regions, so the specifics probably don't apply to anyone here.
If I get moderator approval then I will post the link (and I'll PM you in case you aren't around).
I found another thread on a reputable forum that says that the difference between modding a Japanese GCN to play US games and modding a US GCN to play Japanese games is that you would need to attach to resistor R5 instead of R6.
In fact, if you searched google for "R6 mod japanese gamecube" and "R5 mod US gamecube" you'll probably find what you're looking for before I get approval anyway.
edit:wait, no, NOW I found what you were talking about
I've mentioned it on the forums a while back, I guess no one remembered. Yes. Freeloader does work on most levels, except for a certain batch of games:
Notable Namco published Japanese games:
Donkey Konga 1-3
Mr. Driller Drill Land
Which saves games under some sort of non-standard ASCII set. Without booting such games in the native system mode, it will attempt to save onto the memory card with that non standard ASCII set, wiping out any other data on that card.
If it doesn't, then this page (that I just Googled up) has more info about the hack that enables US consoles to play Japanese games:
http://bunniestudios.com/bunnie/proj/anatak/gcmod.html
My Import Thread used to have a link to a nicer guide for the mod... but the thread seems to have finally slipped off the edge of the forum and into the black hole where threads go to die.
yes, I am once again the nerd hero to my family
alright, now all I've got to do is figure out how to get a switch hooked up to those infintesmal solder points.
for future reference the switch indeed needed to go across R5 not R6.
so the procedure is remove R6 add a switch across R5 (or just close it to lock it in JAP mode).
Couldn't you just save these differant games to their own memory card? It's a little tough but if you wanted all your stuff to be error free you'd just import a Cube yea?
It is not rocket science but you will have to know your way around a soldering iron.
Hah... I got beat'd on this one because I asked a moderator first if I should post that link. :P
Anyhow, here's the other link I found on the Digital Press forums about what to do with the US->Japanese conversion instead of Japanese->US. http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6633 These guys are pretty knowledgeable, but I have no idea if any of this actually works.
It's so tempting because I have my Gamecube lying around now that I have a Wii ... but I don't have a soldering gun, nor have I ever soldered anything before in my life. So it probably wouldn't end well.
EDIT: Wow.. that thing that AbsoluteZero linked has an under-side mod that doesn't require soldering .... I might have to run to Radio Shack this week to get the stuff I need to try it out.
holy crap! I sure wish I had found that in the begining of this ordeal