What Happened to GameCube Media Launcher?

[Plazorn]

I’ve looked on their website, US is out of stock, I looked on EBay, but it is $200! Why did this happen?

 

[Hayato213]

supply and demand, lack of supply and high demand, that why the crazy price.

 

[BlazeMasterBM]

must be niche because I have never seen anyone demand any of this

 

[Plazorn]

I found this, https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kozart-T...O0UErLyN4tHCenI8I-MaAgiGEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds. Does this work?

 

[nemwolf]

They have been discontinued

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

It looks like they just burned something to a disc, so you'd still need something to load that disc like a modchip or an action replay.

At this point, if Codejunkies isn't selling any more action replay discs/SD media launcher kits in the US, your best bet would be to just buy a XenoGC. They're like $15 max, super easy to solder to the drive, and then you could buy whatever that Walmart thing is to load Swiss from or burn your own disc for that.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

There is also this pretty new thing: (seems US version currently not in stock)
https://everdrivestore.com/products/gc-disk-kit
They have used the same method as Datel and the disc boots without a XenoGC… and a pressed disc will not require laser potentiometer adjustment.

That said, I agree with @Tom Bombadildo: If money is an issue the by far cheapest option for booting Swiss directly from disc is a XenoGC which are often bundled with an SD2SP2 now.
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$200 is ridiculous for the old Media Launcher: A GCLoader is cheaper and provides so MUCH more.

Good luck and have fun!