MegaCube - worklog

[LOCtronicz]

So after finding a broken panasonic gamecube I decided to do a complete rebuild with all of the extra features available. Name is inspired by the one and only megalomaniac as I will be using allot of his custom made adapters.

This is not a portable. I will use the panasonic cube case and build in the following:

- modded wii drive
- megadrive discdrive adapter
- megalomaniac's component, vga and digital audio adapter
- wode modchip with lcd
- built-in hdd
- built-in power adapter
- built-in gba player
- built-in sd gecko
- built-in wavebird controller reciever
- and some other nifty features which will be added along the way

This is just a little project for myself and will be updates whenever i feel like it

[megalomaniac]

watch out for knockoff MegaCube's
only the true authentic versions will have a mounted beer bottle opener

[LOCtronicz]

lol then I would have to add that in

[deckard]

Awesome project, looking forward to seeing it progress

[megalomaniac]

just remembered an idea i never got around to trying....
when you get the wii dvd drive connected and confirmed working i want to run an experiment

[Diminuendo]

so will you be using the Panasonic Qs board or will it be a fresh cubes? (in fact do the Cube and Q use the same disc drive interface?)

[Drakon]

So after finding a broken panasonic gamecube I decided to do a complete rebuild with all of the extra features available. Name is inspired by the one and only megalomaniac as I will be using allot of his custom made adapters.

This is not a portable. I will use the panasonic cube case and build in the following:

- modded wii drive
- megadrive discdrive adapter
- megalomaniac's component, vga and digital audio adapter
- wode modchip with lcd
- built-in hdd
- built-in power adapter
- built-in gba player
- built-in sd gecko
- built-in wavebird controller reciever
- and some other nifty features which will be added along the way

This is just a little project for myself and will be updates whenever i feel like it

Wait....is this adapter something new? Or does it use the gamecube official component cable? Sorry I'm new to all this.

A non portable with a built in gb player? To....save space?

[LOCtronicz]

The panasonic cube uses a regular gc board but a different disc interface. I'm not using anything of the original parts as most of it is not working. Also the slotloading discdrive is very bulky. Going with the wii drive will make things easier. I will also be using a older style wiidrive which wil be modded to read backup dvd's.

The adapter is like the original component cable but then a modified board which megalomanic created himself. Has more options As for the gba player it doesn't fit underneath the panasonic cube because it has legs sticking out the bottom. That is why I will internalize it. I maybe not add it if it's not worth the extra work.

I'll post some pics in a couple of days.

[Drakon]

Oh crazy, so the panasonic version you can't plug in the gb player? *looks at pictures*, nope, plastic on the bottom. Does it have the expansion port on that pcb?

So it seems megalomaniac uses the chips found on the official gc component cords. Darn, I was hoping for a fpga solution, oh well.

[Ashen]

I was hoping for a fpga solution, oh well.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php ... &start=105

[Drakon]

I was hoping for a fpga solution, oh well.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php ... &start=105

I actually found a working one somewhere, I forget where.