Hello! I am new to this community and have really wanted to start making a GameCube portable. I have a motherboard that I can use as well as many of the other components, but sadly, though I've already spent a lot on it, I will never be able to my hands on a Wiki/Wasp Fusion or other $50+ modchip that has gone extinct. So my question to you is: How do these chips work to hack a gamecube and can it be recreated as a program in an arduino?
Blargaman91
Well-Known Member
The Wiikey uses an FPGA, so Arduino is out of the question. Whoever designed it reverse engineered the Wii/GC DVD interface and did not share any of their information. I'm sorry, but no one is going to be recreating that because there is little to no demand and very few people have the skill and knowledge to do it. You may still be able to find one if you ask on forums like this or BitBuilt.
Well, if you ask on BB, you'll just get "omg, just use a Wii, lol" which may or may not actually be helpful to you.
But yeah, the basic idea for the WiiKey is that it's a drive emulator. It plugs into the connector that the disk drive uses and pretends to be the disk drive. An Arduino is probably not up to the task.
MasterNate
Member
The reason they would say to use a wii is because it is easier to work with for beginners. You dont have to worry as much about your cooling setup and battery setup. It is also just cheaper.
MasterNate
Member
I said it was cheaper because you dont need to buy a modchip. I guess i have to be more specific.
Shank
Formerly Known As Dyxlesci
Except thats not true at all. Wiis are so much easier to wire up. So many less wires without the modchip, memory card, and other stuff. Just wire up your power, U10, USB, AV, and controller and you are good to go. Thats like 11 wires to the board total, including the U10 wire. All the other stuff is optional to add features like RTC, Wii remotes, and wifi. A wiikey alone is like double the number of wires, and a memory card is 6 wires plus power rails.
As for the extinct modchip being the only reason people don't make gamecube's anymore, here are a few more off the top of my head:
Runs all GC games natively
Plays other games and homebrew
Easier to trim and wire up
Biggest wii trim is smaller than smallest gc trim
Less likely to fail for no reason
Less expensive
Uses substantially less power (longer battery life)
Creates substantially less heat
Doesn't need an extinct modchip
Doesn't need memory card
480p without $300 cable
Supports media larger than 32gb
As for the extinct modchip being the only reason people don't make gamecube's anymore, here are a few more off the top of my head:
Runs all GC games natively
Plays other games and homebrew
Easier to trim and wire up
Biggest wii trim is smaller than smallest gc trim
Less likely to fail for no reason
Less expensive
Uses substantially less power (longer battery life)
Creates substantially less heat
Doesn't need an extinct modchip
Doesn't need memory card
480p without $300 cable
Supports media larger than 32gb
MasterNate
Member
Ok bud. Best of luck to you.
Diminuendo
Well-Known Member
Shank
Formerly Known As Dyxlesci
I could sense it. Im sure if I said "xbox" 3 times on any thread BB you would show up too
