No shit. I mean what console has survived as long as those OG Gamecubes. I have had mine for 20 years and the first issue came up this year. Turns out it’s an easy fix I can do myself and nothing destroying the console itself I can still play while working on this fix.

Also the Gamecube had so many games that were moved from the N64 that and some of the rarest games exist on Gamecube. Sometimes I can’t believe it was ever a flop for them because it was a childhood favorite. I’m so glad I kept mine and tried to take good care of it even when it was in storage for so long.

I don’t think any console today or even back at the time in 99 or early 2000s would last 20 years with kids turning into adults and 5-6 moves without having a console breaking issue.

Ive had 2 PS2’s go down, a PS3 Gen1 break, 3 Xbox 360, and very sadly an OG Xbox that did last from 2005 to 2015, an N64, and my PS4 Slim is getting there for sure. All (except the 64) gotten years (some a decade) after this Gamecube I still have today.

Thank my lucky stars my sister gave it back to me because it is my rock of a console. It should have done so much better than what articles and money say. It’s a very sought after retro console and I’m glad I still have and take care of mine from 2003 when I was a youngin’

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    It had Sonic Adventure which was and is a really great game. The chao garden made great use of the little screen thingy compared to other games.

    Oh and Crazy Taxi was an arcade port but pretty dang decent despite that!

    And uh… Sonic adventure 2?

    OK maybe not a lot of greats but that’s part of the mythos of DC, it could’a been a contend’a but games didn’t make good use of its capabilities.

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      Shenmue!

      Skies of Arcadia!

      Grandia II!

      Ikaruga!

      MvC2!

      Phantasy Star Online (WITH ONLINE PLAY?!)

      DoA with age slider for boobies!

      D2! (Criminally underrated)

      Elemental Gimmick Gear!

      Caution: Seaman!

      ALL THE NES GAMES, SNES GAMES, GENESIS GAMES, MAME, GAMEBOY, you could just burn em on a regular CD and play them! In fact, NO COPY PROTECTION, just download whatever game you want and burn it, doesn’t even need to be a GD-ROM!

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      Interestingly, the GameCube ended up having all of those, so… more related than one would think, I guess?