Saturday, January 10, 2009

Nintendo Gamecube

The Nintendo GameCube (Nintendō Gēmukyūbu), often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The hardware system is the most compact, and second-cheapest after Sega's Dreamcast, of the sixth generation. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii. The console was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia. The GameCube sold 21.74 million units worldwide.


Manufacturer Nintendo
Type Video game console
Generation Sixth generation
Release date JP September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14)
NA November 18, 2001 (2001-11-18)
EU May 3, 2002 (2002-05-03)
AUS May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17)
Units sold Worldwide: 21.74 million
Japan: 4.04 million
Americas: 12.94 million
Other: 4.77 million[1]
Media Nintendo GameCube Game Disc
CPU PowerPC Gekko, 485 MHz
Storage capacity Nintendo GameCube Memory Card
Display ATI Technologies, 162 MHz
Input Joystick
Predecessor Nintendo 64
Successor Wii

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