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Drunk Hobbit
05-13-2002, 03:22 PM
I thought I heard that GC can play burned minidiscs. Was it just for the PAL ones? :confused:
Angrist
05-13-2002, 03:41 PM
Originally posted by Danchastu
I thought I heard that GC can play burned minidiscs. Was it just for the PAL ones? :confused: MiniDiscs don't fit in. You mean those mini CDs? :confused: Haven't heard anything about it...
What's it supposed to play? Music? :confused:
Drunk Hobbit
05-13-2002, 04:12 PM
Yeah I meant the Mini CDs. Well, you can burn music or movies/shows on them. Each holds about 200 MB.
Revival
05-13-2002, 04:36 PM
Like the size of the GameCube Computer demo disks that Nintendo shipped out?

Edit :: I grabbed a few one them.. one that had some music on it, and some other ones, and none of them played.
Drunk Hobbit
05-13-2002, 05:03 PM
Thanks shooter.

Hmm, now can someone with a PAL GC try it if they have any Mini CDs laying about? I swear I heard it was possible!
Revival
05-13-2002, 05:11 PM
No problem Danny.. where did you hear that this worked anyways?
Shadow_Link
05-13-2002, 06:56 PM
Nope, it is not possible. Those mini cd's were just promotional products. They cannot be played on PAL Gc's.
Revival
05-13-2002, 06:59 PM
Well, that's just THOSE CD's -- there are many other Mini CD's out there.. some that even have music on them.
GameKinG
05-13-2002, 07:07 PM
These are not mini cds. And gamecube will only play its special media developed exclusively for it.
GameMaster
05-14-2002, 03:01 AM
Just a general rule of thumb Dan: If it doesn't list it as a feature on the box, then it probably doesn't do it. :D
Revival
05-14-2002, 06:34 AM
On the box it doesn't say that the GameCube can be used as a paperweight, but whaddaya know..... ;)
Drunk Hobbit
05-14-2002, 04:00 PM
In a thread on this forum (which I can't find) they said European PAL GCNs will be able to play them...
Drunk Hobbit
06-04-2002, 06:00 PM
The gamecube has a laser that is 650-672nm (visibly red). That means it can only read DVD media. In the video that Team_BMM showed us, they flashed a mini-cdr in front of us during most of the video. It was a CD-R cause the data side was green. DVD-R media (all types) are purple. Now I challenge you. If you can open your system I want you to put a gamecube disc in and turn it on while holding the lid switch in the back. Notice it checks the barcode, center, then end of the disc? If you put in a dvd-r, it will do the same but stop spinning since no game data was found. Finally, insert a CD-R. What? It only spins for a second! The laser is unable to read cd media. Try DVD movies and cd audio. You will notice GC trys to read DVD but spits CD in your face.
GameKinG
06-04-2002, 07:47 PM
Plus, in order to do a music disc on GC would there need to be something programed in the cube for a music menu to reach it.
quiet mike
06-04-2002, 08:14 PM
It's all talk. The rummor you heard was Lei-Wu's website April Joke in which they anounced the cracking of Gamecube in Hong Kong and use of MiniCD-R and pressed MiniCD's. A big fat April Joke. GameCube can only read an optimized DVD medium, under the 128bit Encription code from Capcom.
Drunk Hobbit
06-04-2002, 11:03 PM
Ya me know now. Just updating on the exact stuff and things and why all those "GCN Hacked" videos are fake.