Some games had to be released on two discs, as they couldn’t fit the allotted space. Disc size of 3” (8cm) – is less than a regular CD or DVD, the capacity reaches up to 1.5 GB. The system uses a unique optical discs, a proprietary format developed by Matsushita (Panasonic). At the time of its launch in the US players could buy one of the 12 games: All-Star Baseball 2002, Batman Vengeance, Crazy Taxi, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, Disney’s Tarzan Untamed, Luigi’s Mansion, Madden NFL 2002, NHL Hitz 20-02, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Super Monkey Ball, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & Wave Race: Blue Storm.īy its form the console really resembles a cube. Nintendo GameCube, also known as GC, was the most compact and the cheapest among the consoles of its generation. A GameCube was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in the United States on November 18, in Europe 3rd of May 2002 and 17th of May in Australia.

It was presented to the public together with the GameBoy Advance and several games on Nintendo’s Space World 2000 exhibition, held from August 23 to 27 in Japan. GameCube console, was developed under the codename Dolphin, belongs to the 128-bit era or sixth generation of video games consoles (with the Dreamcast, PlayStation, Playstation 2 and Xbox).

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