{"id":133973,"date":"2023-05-26T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-150130"},"modified":"2023-05-26T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:30:00","slug":"random-modders-build-worlds-smallest-gamecube-using-authentic-nintendo-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/26\/random-modders-build-worlds-smallest-gamecube-using-authentic-nintendo-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Modders Build World&#8217;s Smallest GameCube Using Authentic Nintendo Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/00479e3389d63\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/00479e3389d63\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/00479e3389d63\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"4P26n_SopYA\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We have seen some pretty impressive retro gaming creations over the years here on Nintendo Life. There was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/random-see-how-the-worlds-biggest-working-nintendo-ds-was-created\">huge, fully-functional DS<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/random-someones-built-a-custom-mario-kart-8-arcade-cabinet-and-we-want-one\">Mario Kart gaming cabinet<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/03\/random-watch-this-gba-sp-get-a-lego-makeover\">LEGO GBA<\/a>, but this latest build shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MachoNachoProductions\">Macho Nacho Productions<\/a> might just be the most impressive that we have seen for a long while (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendowire.com\/news\/2023\/05\/25\/check-out-the-worlds-smallest-gamecube-built-to-be-the-size-of-a-game-boy-cartridge\/\">Nintendo Wire<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>If the headline or the above video hasn&#8217;t given it away already, a pair of modders by the names of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WeskMods\">Wesk Retro-fit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitbuilt.net\/forums\/index.php?members%2Fcrazygadget.6514%2F\">CrazyGadget<\/a> have developed a device called the GC Nano \u2014 the world&#8217;s smallest working GameCube that is made up of real Nintendo hardware.<\/p>\n<p>As outlined in Macho Nacho&#8217;s video, the build makes use of the Wii&#8217;s backwards compatibility, trimming the console&#8217;s motherboard down to its smallest possible size. The result is a device that (excluding the absence of the working disk drive) is a near identical replica of the GameCube, but one that measures in at around the same size as an original Game Boy cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>All of the details of the build are shared in the presentation video at the top of this article, but we can&#8217;t leave without stressing that the device offers four-player multiplayer just like the original GameCube <em>and<\/em> runs all of the games without the need for emulation. Now that&#8217;s pretty neat.<\/p>\n<p>The creators of the device have detailed every step of the project over on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bitbuilt.net\/forums\/index.php?threads%2Fgc-nano-the-worlds-smallest-gamecube.5697%2F\">BitBuilt forum<\/a>, though it does seem to be a build that requires a fair amount of expertise, so we won&#8217;t be trying it ourselves for the time being.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this pocket-sized project? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube We have seen some pretty impressive retro gaming creations over the years here on Nintendo Life. There was the huge, fully-functional DS, the Mario Kart gaming cabinet and a LEGO GBA, but this latest build shared by Macho Nacho Productions might just be the most impressive that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}