Who Made the Nintendo Gamecube?

Time Frame

• The Nintendo Gamecube was created and invented over a year before its release in 2001. The official release date was September 14, 2001 in Japan, with a US release in November 18th and other releases followed the next May in Europe and Australia. The invention marked the fourth console release from the company after the NES, Super NES and Nintendo 64.

Features

• The Gamecube was invented using high processing graphic cards and power that makes the system function. The graphics powering unit was invented by Nintendo and ArtX and given the codename "Flipper". Flipper is 162 MHz and could display multiple 3D textures and sophisticated graphics that outperformed every other Nintendo console before it.
  The processing card was invented by IBM and features 485 MHz power with 1.3 gigabytes peak bandwidth. The codename for this processing card was "Gekko."

Identification

• The Nintendo Gamecube came in multiple colors including black, purple, gold and white. Like the name of the system, the shape of the console is a perfect cube. The games are loaded into the top of the system, controllers plugged into the front and A/V and power cables are plugged into the back.
  The controller is a double grip controller featuring two analog sticks, a D-pad, two top buttons and an "A" and "B" button on the right side. The controller's color typically matched the system color that it came with.

Function

• The invention of the Nintendo Gamecube marked the first Nintendo console to operate using discs. In this case, the games were featured on mini-DVDs and sometimes games took two discs to operate.
  The Gamecube functioned solely as a video game player, and one of the top selling games on the system was "Super Smash Brothers: Melee."

Significance

• The invention of the Nintendo Gamecube placed it into the sixth generation of video game consoles. Along with this system, the Sony Playstation 2, Microsoft X-Box and Sega Dreamcast all competed for dominance. The Nintendo Gamecube sold over 20 million units, making it a success and eventually led to the new invention of the Nintendo Wii.