FlippyDrive FIRST LOOK! Solderless Modchip For GameCube!

Definitely getting this.

Oh and Tito, have you ever considered making a Jaguar Duo system which would combine the Jaguar and Jaguar CD in one unit? That would definitely be a super-niche project considering that only around 20,000 Jaguar CD units were manufactured.

Maybe an option somewhere that boots the disk drive by default and cube boot with the left trigger.

This looks crazy simple but good. If they can get GBI working with it, oh boy. I love that it keeps the disc drive intact too! :D

Yeah the SD card accessibility is a problem.

This design is so thoughtful and purpose-driven, I am absolutely floored. This is some of the most elegant, simple innovation I think I have ever seen in the retro gaming mod community. Amazing work by the designers.

Wow! Very nice. I do hope that with Wifi/networking on board, it will allow for copy images via that transport, even though it looks like the intention is to eventually allow direct access from shares, based on what Chris mentioned near the end.

Hey this is great! do you know if they'll, make it compatible with the m.2 loader? That would be pretty insane.

will it work with picoboot installed aswell?

that ribin cable is so freaking clever. Literally hugging the inside of the port and passing it back to the original disc drive. freaking genius.

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This thing is amazing. I love mods, but hate soldering, so this is perfect for me

its so elegant and perfect not-mod! 👌and large SD card with all games looks as easiest way to upload new games 🤔 no wifi or ehternet needed

This is exactly what I want from disc based console mods. I've been hesitant to mod an extra gamecube I have because I don't like removing disc reading for rom loading. This is awesome.

but can it boot homebrew? What if I want to run Gameboy interface?

What an elegant solution. Such impressive engineering and foresight. And offering the chip for such a reasonable price? Beautiful.

Bro your "Retro Renew" intro brings chills every time.

Genuine question but why are people spending time on making this one both the Wii and Wii U exist with native GameCube compatibility.

How I wish the Dreamcast had as many projects as the Gamecube has 😢

I don't know why, but the sideways mounted screw hole to keep the third screw in case you want to remove the mod made me smile.

Dang. I haven't even installed my GC loader yet.

OMG! This is legendary! Awesome!

PreOrder includes other countries like Brazil?

As a PAL peasant, I really like this mod because it looks like the cheapest and most stock feeling way to force my games into progressive modes. I'm getting some annoying deinterlacing artifacts on some textures using the GameCube GameBoy player and outputting through the Kaico Digital port to HDMI adapter, so here's hoping they can fix the bug with the GameCube player. Though I wouldn't mind checking out the homebrew software for playing GBA on the GameCube, I've heard it's much better than the original software.

Interestingly, I don't get any deinterlacing artifacts when playing Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire in the story mode of Pokémon Box, but that's a messy setup...

what an amazing mod! to be able to keep the optical drive in a console as well as load .iso files is important to me, Ill be getting this for sure.

Would have loved to see how to load swiss, as I'd need that for GBI or forcing display modes on PAL games

That's amazing ! My only beef would be that you have to hold L to launch disc games. It would be better if you could just launch a game from the menu if it's in the drive

They should provide the ribbon cable already folded for installation in my opinion.

Really, really looking forward to this ODE.

Looks amazing! Will definitely be getting one of these at some point. Hopefully there is a way to toggle a setting so that the disk works when you do nothing, and the trigger is needed to access the mod instead of the other way around. Probably would be more frustrating for most people, but I like the idea of it being a completely hidden feature unless you know it's there

Is this compatible with the BlueRetro mod?

This looks fantastic, might just be the thing to finally get into Gamecube, since I hate the idea of having to mutilate it to mod it, but I do have one query about the optical drive. Since the ability to run games from the optical drive bypasses the Flippydrive, Is it safe to assume that discs would remain region locked?

Do they have a kit for the Dreamcast ?

Instead of putting the 4 screws back in, you can do what I did, and use some high powered rare earth magnets seated in the tops of the posts to hold it together. i can open my GC anytime, and its sturdy enough to hold it by the handle. That being said, I did 3D print a slightly modified base with the oem dimensions, just with a nifty little locking mechanism. they're spring loaded push buttons with a levered lift arm that disengages a small notch on the upper shell that I ca glued in place. it works flawlessly!

Does Nintendo trip over devices like this?

El gamecube chipeado

Is there a limit to how many ISO files you can put in the root directory? I know on some SD Cards you're limited to around 255 files per directory/folder.

UI looks super clean! Love it!

What temp do you run your soldering iron at for the real small stuff?

any info on using this with Swiss

With the onboard ESP module and wifi, I feel that the team should be able to add wifi based game uploading to the SD card, solving the issue with not being able to access it when the GameCube is reassembled.

You should upgrade a backwards compatible ps3!

This mod looks to be incredible! I was thinking then too, since the mod is still leaving the original optical drive functioning, something cool that they could potentially add in software maybe (if possible) would be the ability to create backup ISOs of your own discs directly onto the SD card.

yo solo dire, comprate el wii y dejate de mamadas

Rather than extend the micro sd card so it can be accessible outside the case they could make it so you could wireless access the sdcard and upload over a network....

Idk if the gamecube can rip discs but that would be a nice feature to add along with transferring games to it over the network so you dont have to open it.

This is absolutely incredible and I can't wait for when they fully release it

This is a mod I could actually see myself installing and using. This is so cool!