Timeline

I'll get the facts/dates down first and then worry about formatting. Feel free to add in, I haven't bothered adding source information since those websites are mostly gone now except Eurasia for the original news posts.

September 14, 2001

• GameCube released in Japan

November 18, 2001

• GameCube released in North America

May 3, 2002

• GameCube released in Europe

May 17, 2002

• GameCube released in Australia

June 17, 2003

• PSUL 1.0 - GAMECUBE CODE UPLOADER released by CrazyNation

October 10, 2003

• Animal Crossing Loader 1.0 released
  • First game backup loading on the console (from BBA)

October 29, 2003

• tmbinc first IPL replacement info released and IPL replacement.dol (injected a small bit of replacement PPC code then used a AR memory card as the next level loader)

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• PSOLoad v1 by Costis?

January 20, 2004

• GC-Linux "Linuxpreview" released

November 24, 2004

• Viper GC announced on Xbox-Scene

December 13, 2004

• Viper GC goes on sale

December 17, 2004

• Cobra 0.2 for ViperGC released
  • First DVD-R use on GameCube

December 31, 2004

• tmbinc IPL (flash based) replacement info and updated IPL replacement.dol released after 21C3 display
  • First piece of homebrew to boot DOL from SD

February 21, 2005

• Anaconda04 - Viperfree Cobra04 DVD-R boot core recode in pure assembly released by Freefall , Wildlight , ttl and xor37h

February 26, 2005

• GCoS v1.0 (Combined tmbinc IPL.dol + Anaconda04 code for GUI based disc booting without a modchip)

March 24, 2005

• Qoob Pro announced (with Lite available a few weeks after Pro)

April 1, 2005

• Qoob Pro released
  • First no swap DVD-R

December 27, 2005

• Viper GC Extreme released

December 7, 2007

• SD-Boot 0.1 BETA released
  • First backup from SD card

February 1, 2011

• Swiss 0.1 r2 released