A recent post by scene dev ChrisPVille, who has been delving into GameCube hardware for a long time, says they are currently working with TeamOffBroadway and trevorrudolph on what is said to be a $5 solderless ODE for the Nintendo GameCube. They claim that the modchip will feature loading games from either an SD card or local WiFi connection, a built-in configuration menu, and faster loading times than the majority of storage adapters such as the SD2SP2 and SD Gecko. A teaser video was uploaded, followed by a few photos of the device in action. Its supposed release date is at the end of 2023



QUICK UPDATE: The FlippyDrive will launch tomorrow on August 22nd at 1PM EDT/5PM GMT on CrowdSupply.

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[linuxares]

neat

 

[SylverReZ]

neat

It sure is. This will definitely be a revolution for the homebrew community. (no pun intended.)

 

[linuxares]

I hope they can get Swiss working with it

 

[SylverReZ]

I hope they can get Swiss working with it

Its possible perhaps.

 

[Ryccardo]

Nice work, but... $5 for an amateur product with a custom or semi-custom flat cable and a "$4" CPU from a company that notoriously advertises pre-tax nominal prices that no seller follows for a year or so? Yeah sure

 

[SylverReZ]

Nice work, but... $5 for an amateur product with a custom or semi-custom flat cable and a "$4" CPU from a company that notoriously advertises pre-tax nominal prices that no seller follows for a year or so? Yeah sure

Was referring to the price point for the Pico. Still, its a good price point nevertheless.

 

[CoolMe]

So it's as easy as plugging a ribbon cable (or few of them)? Where will it be plugged exactly? And the board has the sd card reader in there, or are you supposed to get something else for that like the SD2SP2?

 

[SylverReZ]

So it's as easy as plugging a ribbon cable (or few of them)? Where will it be plugged exactly? And the board has the sd card reader in there, or are you supposed to get something else for that like the SD2SP2?

It plugs right in where the DVD drive connector is on the motherboard.

 

[PopcornSweetie]

Congrats on the FP my trans-bestie. This is indeed great news, thanks for sharing this awesome news!

 

[SylverReZ]

This is indeed great news, thanks for sharing this awesome news!

Thanks. Hope it was worth the read.

 

[Foxi4]

An ODDE that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and could potentially resolve issues with slow content streaming causing BGM’s and FMV’s to skip? Uhh, yes please - put these men in a clean room and serve them pizza and Mountain Dew until the deed is done. Once the job’s complete, maybe they can look back at other systems that desperately need this kind of treatment.

 

[SylverReZ]

An ODDE that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and could potentially resolve issues with slow content streaming causing BGM’s and FMV’s to skip? Uhh, yes please - put these men in a clean room and serve them pizza and Mountain Dew until the deed is done. Once the job’s complete, maybe they can look back at other systems that desperately need this kind of treatment.

Hopefully then we don't have to install a drivechip or GCLoader.

 

[Foxi4]

Hopefully then we don't have to install a drivechip or GCLoader.

I still would install some kind of SD solution (memory card slot or expansion port) either way because it adds functionality that’s simply not available directly from the disc drive side of things, but yes, if this can be a drop-in replacement for the optical drive that’s cheap then it’s a game changer. GCLoader is the closest thing and it’s significantly more expensive, not to mention that the Pi by its very nature is open to all sorts of tinkering and tweaks.

 

[Justinde75]

These are some of my favourite type of mods. Gives alot of old gamecubes new life and prepares it for the inevitable death of the disk drive

 

[KungFuzion]

This is cool. Will defo be getting one of these when released

 

[Deleted member 194275]

How different the wii and gc dvd drivers are from a technical standpoint? The wii ones can read gamecube mini DVDs (or whatever it was called), so a fully functional opensource ODE may help the community to develop a wii ODE?

(not that we need a wii ODE, but it would still be awesome)

 

[Hanafuda]

An ODDE that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg and could potentially resolve issues with slow content streaming causing BGM’s and FMV’s to skip? Uhh, yes please - put these men in a clean room and serve them pizza and Mountain Dew until the deed is done. Once the job’s complete, maybe they can look back at other systems that desperately need this kind of treatment.

Yeah I already bought the GCLoader a couple years ago and love it and even if it was $ at least it wasn't $$$. Have you seen how much Saturn ODE's cost?!?! These guys need to tackle that console.

 

[chrisrlink]

pico saves the day again now to scoop up a used dol 001 gc and a rpi 2040 (my last fully modded gc the wires fried DOA) luckly got a refund dol-101's are a pain cause of some wires need to be solidered on the underside of the mb so the wires can easily be cut unknowingly during reassebly or transport

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Even considering the full cost of $35-38, this feels like a steal to me.
Might be what it takes to finally dip my toes into the ODE space.