Tag: GameCube

GCHD Mk-II (GameCube) review

Published on by Chris Scullion6 Comments

Retro gaming is bloody lovely, but trying to get your old games looking nice on a modern TV is a far less pleasurable experience.

Thankfully, there are a bunch of companies making all sorts of gadgets, gizmos and doohickeys designed to take the hassle out of this and make retro games look as impressive as possible on today’s HD and 4K televisions.

The GCHD MK-II, the latest offering from tech company EON, attempts to do this with the trusty Nintendo GameCube, and the results may impress you: as long as your expectations are realistic. Continue reading “GCHD Mk-II (GameCube) review” →

Cover Me Badd #4 – The 20 worst GameCube game covers

Published on by Chris Scullion3 Comments

Cover Me Badd is my regular series looking at the worst video game covers in history. Each article will focus on a specific format. If you missed it, catch up on Part 1: NES games, Part 2: SNES games and Part 3: Nintendo 64 games.

It’s been some time since I exposed your unsuspecting eyes to the 20 worst Nintendo 64 covers of all time. Now said eyes have had time to heal, we can continue.

While the quality of covers greatly improved during the GameCube days for the most part, that doesn’t mean there weren’t some stinkers there too. Let’s continue the groan-fest with a look at the 20 worst GameCube covers ever. As ever, click on each cover to see it in all its full-sized ‘glory’. Continue reading “Cover Me Badd #4 – The 20 worst GameCube game covers” →

Gemhunter #5 – Mary-Kate & Ashley: Sweet 16 – Licensed To Drive

Published on by Chris Scullion2 Comments

It’s the fifth episode of Gemhunter and I’m not fucking around anymore.

Let’s see if this Olsen Twins GameCube offering from n-Space (who later went on to do four brilliant DS versions of Call Of Duty games) is actually not the vapid shit it looks like it is.

Could it maybe, just maybe, actually be a hidden gem? Watch the video to find out… Continue reading “Gemhunter #5 – Mary-Kate & Ashley: Sweet 16 – Licensed To Drive” →

The 30 best GameCube games

Published on by Chris Scullion25 Comments

This is the second in my series of SEO-baiting articles revealing my favourite games of all time.

In time, as every system is covered, I’ll finally have listed the 700(!) or so games that had a lasting impact on my life.

As before, because this is a personal list and not a group-created list for a magazine or site, there will be some omissions of games I either haven’t played or just personally didn’t like (sorry, Harvest Moon fans).

If one of your favourites isn’t on the list, feel free to give it a shoutout in the comments below and let the world know why it’s important to you.

A while back Nintendo released a new console. Despite the hype surrounding it, it never ended up selling in as enormous numbers as Nintendo had hoped.

SONY DSCAs a result, the Japanese giant found itself third in a three-horse race, with Sony leading and Microsoft holding its own in second.

Yet despite these disappointing sales figures, everyone who owned Nintendo’s console was in love with it, with some claiming it was the best system of the generation. Sound familiar?

I was one of those Wii U GameCube owners, so to celebrate the diversity of this grossly underrated console’s library, here’s my list of the 30 best GameCube games ever. Continue reading “The 30 best GameCube games” →