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GCNET Is A GameCube Network Adapter That Fits In Your Console's Memory Card Slot | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ktec to c/[email protected]

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GCNET: GameCube Network Adapter for Memory Card Slot

Recently, NeoStormer announced a new product named GCNET, which is compatible with all GameCube models that have a memory card slot. This innovative device aims to revive online and LAN gaming experiences on your original GameCube hardware.

Plug-and-play solution: No internal modification required for installation.
Broadband Adapter emulation: Allows enjoying online gaming without the authentic Broadband Adapter, at a lower cost.
10BASE-T Ethernet connectivity

Compatible Games: GCNET supports a range of titles, including classics like 1080° Avalanche, Homeland, Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 10, Kirby Air Ride, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II and its Plus version, and Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution.

Pre-orders are soon to open, with a limited stock available.

How do you feel about the resurgence of online functionality on classic consoles like GameCube through such innovative solutions?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I... Dont know why this exists.
Ive been aware of a few ethernet projects for gamecube and none of them makes sense to me.
All of them use a custom chip/interface and require special code in software.
On top of that, none of them have merged the code into libogc (the open source gamecube homebrew library i help maintain ).
If i were to make a project like this, i'd use a mcu ( pi zero? ) together with a ethernet controller. The mcu would expose the same interface the official bba would, so even games could use it out of the box.
I even made a pcb design for extrems so he had the pcb pinouts just like the official bba to work sonething out of.

But hey, what do i know, right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't get why they don't just slot it into the original adapter slot... Nobody wants to plug shit in on the front of the console. It looks like shit when you do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Thats why i made the pcb design for the connector, everything is measured out and the pinout is written out too.
It also is connected to the exi bus, which is shared with the memory cards...
Makes no sense tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, those would have to be on the same bus, wouldn't they? That's why that one memory card slot SD card adapter works, I was curious about that. I got both but I do prefer the serial port one where you can snap the cover back on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, the serial port, bba and memory card all share the exi bus, so from a software standpoint they can all be communicated with via the same bus interface ( but hardware commands/communication is hardware specific ofc ) For more info :
https://hitmen.c02.at/files/yagcd/yagcd/chap10.html and https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Hardware/External_Interface

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ooh, thank you.