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"I've got the Gamecube"

I've got the american imported version of the gamecube

I have a very important announcement....... It's absolutely hammering down in Derby!!!

lucky you!

This is why the gameboy is sooo great, because you can play games from anywhere in the world on them. If only this was the case with the gamecube. Their would be a few problems such as the games run faster if imported from America, but there is bound to be some cleaver person who can find a way around this problem.

SonicRav wrote:
> Solskjaer_24 wrote:
> I don't really see the point in importing a GameCube
> from abroad!...

Reason:

Import games:
*Come out sooner
*Run
> faster
*Many imports do not come out in this country

An import console can
> then be chipped so that it will play any region games... giving you the best of
> both worlds. This costs about £30.

And remember, games abroad cost
> less. So although it costs a mint to import via UK companies, it is far cheaper
> to buy games if you happen to go abroad often, and buy them there.

Sonic

when you chip the gamecube , you dont actually have to by a chip , you buy a switch and the wires (try liksang.com) and then solder them onto a small bit of metal inside the gamecube , this switches the japanese text from japanese to english , but i dont think you can play pal games on it , so you will have to buy a chip for that.

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Seymour your MSN address wouldn't happen to be [email protected] would it?

Solskjaer_24 wrote:
> I don't really see the point in importing a GameCube from abroad!...

Reason:

Import games:
*Come out sooner
*Run faster
*Many imports do not come out in this country

An import console can then be chipped so that it will play any region games... giving you the best of both worlds. This costs about £30.

And remember, games abroad cost less. So although it costs a mint to import via UK companies, it is far cheaper to buy games if you happen to go abroad often, and buy them there.

Sonic

I don't really see the point in importing a GameCube from abroad! Cuz you're gunna need import games to play it on really aren't you! And will the on-line gaming stuff work between foreign GameCubes??? Without some kind of expensive adapter?? I bet it cost another £100 just for the console, and howmany games have you got? It's at least £60 per import game surely!! And there's the extra shipping costs and p&p!! Why bother??? You could just wait till March and still save yourself.........nearly 200 quid!

But, congratulations on being one of the first people to have one in the UK,I ENVY YOU!!!

I've got the Gamecube too, to stop it rocking jam the instructions under the left side of the console, it will then be nice and stable.

Oh dear, this is getting a regular event everynight now, a newbie comes on at least once a night and posts a crap and pointless topic.