GameCube GameBoy Player discs?

[megasdkirby]

Anyway, I suspect it is possible to boot a GameCube with something like the SD Media Launcher and then run a burned copy of the Game Boy Player disc. I can't seem to find any confirmation, though.

According to this link, unfortunately no. I just hope the list is outdated...

http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD...atibility_list

[Jorpho]

Clumsy kids broke or lost the discs will be my guess.

It occurs to me: there never was a proper full-size DVD case for the Game Boy Player disc, was there? I obtained mine used, and the disc came in this weird rectangular mini-case that constantly threatens to vanish into the depths of my DVD rack.

According to this link, unfortunately no. I just hope the list is outdated...

http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD...atibility_list

But that is a list of games that are bootable from the SD card itself without any disc. Booting something from a burned disc is a different matter. (Nice list, though.)

[Leo_A]

My bought new Game Boy Player and two or three used ones I bought for $10 at GameStop (3 or 4 years ago you could walk into pretty much any GS and buy one used) all came with a clear plastic case about half the size or so of a full size DVD case.

And it originally had an outer cardboard sleeve rather than a case insert, something I'm sure is commonly missing at this point.

[Pikkon]

The gameboy player disc case shares the same one as a japanese gamecube case,hence why it's small.

[Gamevet]

I got my Onyx GBA player from The Movie Trading Company about 4 years ago. It was only $15 and came with the disc. They used to have quite a few laying around, but I haven't really been looking to notice if they still carry them. Before I'd bought that, I had a little adapter called a Game port. I was pretty much an Action Replay device that would plug into a controller port to run the GBA games. It seemed okay, but I only played a couple of games with it.

To add to this;

The reason that there are no 3rd party cables is that the Digital-to-Analog chip required to make the Component Video (or RGB Analog if you hack the cable correctly) is built into the cable plug itself. The chip was custom made specifically for Nintendo and they will not let the data sheets be released on the web. This ensured that only Nintendo would make the cables. They stopped production on the cable just as people were discovering the advantages of Component Video and Progressive Scan. Luckily for me I managed to get two cables at the time of production stoppage and before their cost skyrocketed. Despite the sudden demand Nintendo wouldn't make any more cables.

I believe Nintendo quit making them, because the newer Gamecubes had the digital port removed to cut costs. I would have bought a Platinum GC, if it had the digital port.

[Natty Bumppo]

I have seen a lot of gameboy players attached to gamecubes in thrift stores. I have yet to see one with a disc with the machine. The people sorting the stuff when it comes in likely don't know what the discs are for and if they come in with the gamecube who knows what they do with them. And if the disc is in the player (which is where mine lives unless I am playing a game - then it lives in the game case) it likely gets left in and shoplifted about as soon as the gamecube hits the floor.

[Gameguy]

I believe Nintendo quit making them, because the newer Gamecubes had the digital port removed to cut costs. I would have bought a Platinum GC, if it had the digital port.

There are Platinum Gamecubes with the digital port, I have one.

I have seen a lot of gameboy players attached to gamecubes in thrift stores. I have yet to see one with a disc with the machine.

Same with me. I've passed on plenty of systems like this because they were missing the disc. I've seen systems with the player attached, with some other loose game in the console, for some reason they never had the system disc inserted.