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Thu 06/12/01 at 20:04
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Some of you might know that you can chip the Gamecube but not to played copied games just Import games from Japan and America.
I don't think you can play copied games on it which means Nintendo won't loose out on piles of money like Sony did as you could Chip the Playstation and play copied games on it. And if you Chip the Gamecube there is a switch to change what type of game it is eg. American or Japanese and I Don't think it messes anything up in the Cube like some chips for the PS did!
Thu 06/12/01 at 22:37
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You don't need a chip do you?
I thought there were two wires that you had to join to get the japanese one into an American one, there is probably something else you join to get it to be a UK GC.
It was on IGN, unless you do need a chip to make it into a UK machine. If you don't need a chip, it should be perfectly safe to get an import GC now and alter it.
Thu 06/12/01 at 20:21
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stephenw18 wrote:
> Some of you might know that you can chip the Gamecube but not to played copied
> games just Import games from Japan and America.
I don't think you can
> play copied games on it which means Nintendo won't loose out on piles of money
> like Sony did as you could Chip the Playstation and play copied games on it.
> And if you Chip the Gamecube there is a switch to change what type of game it is
> eg. American or Japanese and I Don't think it messes anything up in the Cube
> like some chips for the PS did!


I wouldn't count on it thats what everyone said when the PS first game out "It wouldn't harm the system" But it did.

If you plan getting an import GC then chipping it to play all region games then wait for a safer chip to come out.
Thu 06/12/01 at 20:16
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somebody's already linked an external drive to it
Thu 06/12/01 at 20:04
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Some of you might know that you can chip the Gamecube but not to played copied games just Import games from Japan and America.
I don't think you can play copied games on it which means Nintendo won't loose out on piles of money like Sony did as you could Chip the Playstation and play copied games on it. And if you Chip the Gamecube there is a switch to change what type of game it is eg. American or Japanese and I Don't think it messes anything up in the Cube like some chips for the PS did!

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