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Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:09 am
by MarioMario66666
Hey, so I was just wondering if there was a way to somehow modify the Phantasy Star Online web browser so that it can go to any web address.
I'm going to have a look at the contents of the disc myself but if you guys have any information, that would be great!

It would be pretty cool to be able to boot up a .dol and browse the web you know ;)

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 10:25 am
by novenary
Not enough ram.

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:21 am
by tueidj
You can use DNS redirection and/or a http proxy to redirect the default page to Google... it's a pretty outdated browser though.

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:52 am
by MarioMario66666
Hmm ok, that seems like a good idea.

Yes it's outdated and I know the gamecube might not be able to handle quite a lot of websites due to older technology, but it would still be pretty neat. Meanwhile the Dreamcast has about 4 or 5 different web browsers :P

Thanks for the information, I'm going to see if I can modify the browser this weekend anyways :)

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:59 am
by AC_Orange
Four or five?
I remember Dreamkey, Planet Web and the Dream Passport Japanese one? Different versions exist of these too

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:41 pm
by MarioMario66666
Well this is what Google looks like atm.......

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I actually modified the configuration files within the disc to achieve this, almost everything can be changed.

And yes AC_Orange I was indicating some of the extra modded versions of those browsers :)

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:33 am
by cornandbeans
MarioMario66666 wrote:Well this is what Google looks like atm.......

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I actually modified the configuration files within the disc to achieve this, almost everything can be changed.

And yes AC_Orange I was indicating some of the extra modded versions of those browsers :)
Even if it does look outdated, the thought that you can access the web (or, at the very least Google) is awesome!

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:20 am
by MarSAttK
How does GC-Forever look?

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:24 am
by MarioMario66666
Been busy as of lately, I will try and get a pic of gc-forever up soon ;)

Also I just wanted to make it clear that I don't have a lot of experience in programming and I am only doing this for a bit of fun.

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:25 am
by CaptainSodaPop
This is AWESOME. <3

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:16 pm
by MarioMario66666
Well Finally..... (Version 0.2)

Here is a shot of the modified splash screen shown before you connect to the internet:
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And as requested... GC-forever in its amazing basic look and feel:
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Also guys I'm thinking of calling the project SimpleWeb, I'm sure you guys have a much better idea for a name so let me know ;)

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:04 am
by Castellano
You should make it go to an IFrame HTML page that is a browser in it of itself

Like those proxy browser sites, just without the proxy.

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:58 am
by tesla246
Really interested to see how this project develops.

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:46 am
by Jmane100
Can we make an iso for this browser and make it compatible with SWISS. Please

Re: Possibly a Gamecube web browser?

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:01 am
by Hulksfan
Seems Chrome or Firefox didn't meet GC players' expectation?