Few Gamecube questions

New owner here so I have a few queries:

1. 3 ports on the bottom of the machine. I know one is for BBA/56K and another for the Gameboy Player, what does the third do?

2. How are the memory cards treating you (corrupt data issues)? Please post some examples of how many blocks some games take, i'm hoping a couple of 251s will be enough for the next few years.

3. What forthcoming games interest you? For me it's:

BIOHAZARD 4
DEAD PHOENIX
ETERNAL ARCADIA LEGEND
F-ZERO
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES
KILLER7
METROID PRIME
MR DRILLER DRILL LAND
NINTENDO PUZZLE COLLECTION
P.N.03
ROCKMAN EXE TRANSMISSION
SONIC ADVENTURE
SONIC MEGA COLLECTION
STARFOX ARMADA
VIEWTIFUL JOE
VIRTUA FIGHTER QUEST
ZELDA

I'm sure i'm missing some so let me know.

Thanks in advance.

1080: White Something, or as I like to think, 2160 Snowboarding
Mario Golf Gamecube
Killer 7
Dead Phoenix
Viewtiful Joe

The only upcoming GCN titles I am interested in are Mr Driller: Drill Land and F-Zero.

There are a few others I have a mild interest in, like VF Quest... and I'd be more interested in Eternal Arcadia if I didn't already have the Dreamcast rev. Oh, and I didn't realise Rockman Exe was announced for GCN.. so I am kinda interested in that since I enjoyed the first GBA game.

That's it though. I am unfortunately underwhelmed by the Cube software so far.

I had been very underwhelmed with Gamecube for a while but I got a good deal on a Japanese system a week ago. Games like Mario Sunshine and Pikmin did nothing for me, it was for the Capcom and Sega games that I bought the system for. I also have a feeling that Namco and Konami have something in store for the system, so it's coming along nicely. Come december 15th i'll be playing Zelda and the remade N64 games so i'm happy :) I completed the original Eternal Arcadia already but the evil versions of Vyse/Fina/Aika look very cool, nice additions.

Don't forget Mario Tennis, Mario Kart, and Wario.

I'm interested in all the games listed so far.

I think the Gamecube has been a bit disappointing so far. It has a few games I really love like Metroid Prime, Pikmin, and Super Smash Bros. Melee but it needs more good third-party games.

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Originally posted by sggg
Oh, and I didn't realise Rockman Exe was announced for GCN.. so I am kinda interested in that since I enjoyed the first GBA game.

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As I understand it, it's more old-style Megaman than it is EXE Megaman. The RPG elements are scaled back in favor of action.

Rockman EXE Transmission
Mario Kart
Wario World
P.N. 03
Resident Evil 4
The Legend of Zelda
Viewtiful Joe
Killer 7
FF Crystal Chronicles

...are the ones I'm excited most about.

BTW, the official memory cards should treat you good, 2 251's will be more than enough unless you make 3 backups of each of your game saves... :/

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Originally posted by Sidez
New owner here so I have a few queries:

1. 3 ports on the bottom of the machine. I know one is for BBA/56K and another for the Gameboy Player, what does the third do?

2. How are the memory cards treating you (corrupt data issues)? Please post some examples of how many blocks some games take, i'm hoping a couple of 251s will be enough for the next few years.


Thanks in advance.

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1. no idea what or if the third port will be used for

2. ive had no problems with it right now on my memory card you can find

Animal Crossing 58 blocks
Beach Spikers 3 blocks
Bond: Agent Under Fire 3 blocks
Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO 2 Blocks
Eternal Darkness 15 Blocks
Luigi's Mansion 3 Blocks
Metroid Prime 1 block
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance 1 Block
Resident Evil 8 Blocks
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle 3 blocks for game 8 Blocks for CHao Garden
Star Fox Adventures 3 Blocks
Star Wars: Rogue Leader 3 Blocks
Super Mario Sunshine 7 Blocks
Super Smash Bros: Melee 11 Blocks
Time Splitters 2 2 Blocks for game 4 blocks in saved maps
Turok Evolution 2 Blocks

total used blocks 141 free blocks 110

and since i signed out nightfire from work im about to add 2 more blocks later

oh, the Sonic Mega Collection is already out. Just so you know ^_^