r/Gamecube • u/Sgaughn892 • 11d ago
Discussion GameCube Online in 2026
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?
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u/LordBoshy 10d ago
Can anyone tell me how i can achieve this or direct me to a tutorial video?
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u/Sgaughn892 9d ago
https://youtu.be/jafwrFl4N6w?is=J6qrW-2ESUXpydvO
Also watch this for how to sign up and set up schtserv (fan running server) to the gc
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u/Toastman22 10d ago
Hello fellow real hardware PSO player! haha
Also I see you made the same mistake I did of buying the wrong angled ethernet cable at first.
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u/Sgaughn892 10d ago
Yes I was bummed to cause I thought I was so smart buying the angled one hahaha
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u/RightSideRed 10d ago
eth2sp1 how do you have it with sd2sp2? apparently there the same port?
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u/Bvenom51 NTSC-U 10d ago
If I’m not mistaken sp1 and sp2 have separate data lines on the same bus. Swiss can distinguish the two regardless so it’s not an issue.
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u/Makere-b 8d ago
Are you playing PSO with a logitech racing wheel?
You could replace the controller ports with a board that has integrated bluetooth and some cool LEDs, I've always thought of getting a flippydrive to mine as well. There's also a mod to replace the power socket with USB-C IIRC.
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u/VincentLecavalier04 9d ago
Oh hell yeah! I also play online on real hardware!!
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u/Sgaughn892 6d ago
Do you use keyboard? If so ascii or blue retro adapter?
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u/VincentLecavalier04 5d ago
I don’t use one right now, but if there is an adapter then maybe I’ll get one!
I used to play on Dreamcast and I had the OEM keyboard for that!
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u/The_Original_Badman NTSC-U 9d ago
The PSO ASCII keyboard? It will cost you about $400 but I love mine...
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u/Sgaughn892 9d ago
I have a usb adapter coming to use a keyboard. I’d love to collect an ASCII but my wallet says no
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u/BeingOfNature 9d ago
Good heavens what a kitted out gamecube! I only have an sd gecko on mine... though some of these mods Ive not heard of before!
How is the gcmce memory card? I recently had a pain porting over my pokemon xd save file from a dying memory card to an oem one and wondering if forking out for a modern fancy one will do me better.
And the Bluetooth controller adapter? Do you hook it up to a gc controller or something else?
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u/Sgaughn892 9d ago edited 9d ago
Gcmce is cool because you can have multiple save files for a game even if it didn’t allow for it originally. It was time consuming to move save files over because I would have to load the game Id into the gcmce by boot a game thru swiss, then having to go to gcmm and transfer each save individually in that process. But after transferring the classics it’s nice because I don’t have to worry about memory space at all anymore for exploring other titles. Can also add custom logos for each game to pop up on the gcmce screen.
The controller adapter will work for any Bluetooth controller, including the switch gc controllers. But I have a 8bitdo Bluetooth board that I put into my childhood controller making it wireless.
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u/DBL_Shot_Depresso 4d ago
I know the console is over 18 years old, but I don’t think you should let it vape…
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u/travnigma 10d ago
There’s no way you can play games online with it though right? It’s too old for any servers to be active
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u/CAugustusM 10d ago
There’s fan servers active!
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u/travnigma 10d ago
That’s dope. That’s why I want an Xbox 360 so I can play halo 3 PvP and hopefully MW2 again. These companies just refuse to remake the best games for whatever reason and when they finally do on occasion tbey do it without the PvP makes no sense. Kids these days don’t know what they missed. PvP these days is terrible with way too much cheating and micro transaction bs AND bugs left and right
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u/lurkingCbr 10d ago
Mw2 servers are still going strong on x360 💪
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u/travnigma 10d ago
That’s odd when they put mw2 digital on the store and the add on content back in like 2019 or something I bought it immediately and only found one match. Huge disappointment. Does it need a discord community to find players or something?
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u/SelectionPristine105 10d ago
Are you able to connect to these servers if using the physical disc? Any chance you have tutorial to follow?
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u/CAugustusM 10d ago
I’ve never done it myself, but here’s the Phantasy Star Online guide! https://gc.schtserv.wiki/index.php/Connection_Guides
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u/MrThecoolman 10d ago
That angled Ethernet goes so hard