Hi,

It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version 
of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of 
the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.

Free Cornwall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version
> of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
> the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.

Whoever told you that? I thought the Freeloader and AR discs worked on
any Gamecube revision.

Jimbob

In article , 
banksjames@hotmail.com says...
> Free Cornwall wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version
> > of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
> > the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.
> 
> Whoever told you that? I thought the Freeloader and AR discs worked on
> any Gamecube revision.
> 
> Jimbob
> 
> 

I've read it on several internet message boards, and I've also got a 
copy of Freeloader (V1.06) without any kind of cosmetic damage to the 
disc which won't work in my new Gamecube, but will in my friend's old 
one. If there's any kind of work-around solution I'd be grateful for it.

Free Cornwall wrote:
> In article , 
> banksjames@hotmail.com says...
>> Free Cornwall wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version
>>> of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
>>> the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.
>> Whoever told you that? I thought the Freeloader and AR discs worked on
>> any Gamecube revision.
>>
>> Jimbob
>>
>>
> 
> I've read it on several internet message boards, and I've also got a 
> copy of Freeloader (V1.06) without any kind of cosmetic damage to the 
> disc which won't work in my new Gamecube, but will in my friend's old 
> one. If there's any kind of work-around solution I'd be grateful for it.

swap gamecubes with your friend

"Vitani" <moc.tfosxft@inativ> wrote in message 
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> Free Cornwall wrote:
>> In article , 
>> banksjames@hotmail.com says...
>>> Free Cornwall wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old 
>>>> version
>>>> of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
>>>> the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.
>>> Whoever told you that? I thought the Freeloader and AR discs worked on
>>> any Gamecube revision.
>>>
>>> Jimbob
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I've read it on several internet message boards, and I've also got a copy 
>> of Freeloader (V1.06) without any kind of cosmetic damage to the disc 
>> which won't work in my new Gamecube, but will in my friend's old one. If 
>> there's any kind of work-around solution I'd be grateful for it.
>
> swap gamecubes with your friend

On the offchance your trying to boot dvdr the cube is very fussy about media 
and burn quality and generally needs a laser tweak.

In article <U%IFf.14394$K42.272@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>, 
moc.tfosxft@inativ says...
> Free Cornwall wrote:
> > In article , 
> > banksjames@hotmail.com says...
> >> Free Cornwall wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version
> >>> of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
> >>> the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.
> >> Whoever told you that? I thought the Freeloader and AR discs worked on
> >> any Gamecube revision.
> >>
> >> Jimbob
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > I've read it on several internet message boards, and I've also got a 
> > copy of Freeloader (V1.06) without any kind of cosmetic damage to the 
> > disc which won't work in my new Gamecube, but will in my friend's old 
> > one. If there's any kind of work-around solution I'd be grateful for it.
> 
> swap gamecubes with your friend
> 

I don't want to give away my current Gamecube (it's a pretty white one - 
goes nicely with my Dreamcast!). As I said before, I just want to know 
where the cheapest place to buy a second-hand Gamecube would be.

Also, for those who seem to doubt that this problem exists, have a look 
at this Google search:

http://tinyurl.com/9pj7b

Quite a few of the things are either in German or Italian but the gist 
of it is pretty clear.

Free Cornwall wrote:
> I don't want to give away my current Gamecube (it's a pretty white one -
> goes nicely with my Dreamcast!). As I said before, I just want to know
> where the cheapest place to buy a second-hand Gamecube would be.

The Gamestation near me has them for about £35 I think (unboxed with
no games). You may be lucky and get a cheaper one on ebay if you can be
sure it's the right model. I'm just very surprised that the Freeloader
disc doesn't work at all. What do Datel have to say about this?

Jimbob

"Jimbob"  wrote in message 
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Free Cornwall wrote:
> I don't want to give away my current Gamecube (it's a pretty white one -
> goes nicely with my Dreamcast!). As I said before, I just want to know
> where the cheapest place to buy a second-hand Gamecube would be.

The Gamestation near me has them for about £35 I think (unboxed with
no games). You may be lucky and get a cheaper one on ebay if you can be
sure it's the right model. I'm just very surprised that the Freeloader
disc doesn't work at all. What do Datel have to say about this?

****

I think it's a problem with the disc itself.  I had that with my gamecube 
with one of the action replay discs.  Getting another one fixed the problem 
altogether.  Although I think the other disc had some rust or defect on the 
edge, which could've been defective in that way.

-- 
Skipai

"Free Cornwall"  wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> It turns out that in order to make Freeloader work I need an old version
> of the Gamecube (with the serial number DOL-001). Does anyone know of
> the cheapest place to pick up a secondhand Cube? Thanks in advance.

That's my Cube model number...and it isn't *that* old.

"Gordy"  wrote in message 
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>> On the offchance your trying to boot dvdr the cube is very fussy about 
>> media
> and burn quality and generally needs a laser tweak.
>

Maybe fussy of media in that respect, however, I bought Waverace off eBay, 
off a dickhead who called it "mint" in the listing - it looked like some 
little mall rat had been eating his fish fingers and Alphabites off it each 
evening.....it is *SO* beat-up, it is unreal. It plays perfectly, every 
single time. If I tried to play a PS2 disc, or DVD on my DVD player, in such 
a state, the respective machines would just stand there, hands in plastic, 
moulded pockets, shrugging their plastic, moulded shoulders at me. ;)

Jimbob wrote:
> Free Cornwall wrote:
> 
>>I don't want to give away my current Gamecube (it's a pretty white one -
>>goes nicely with my Dreamcast!). As I said before, I just want to know
>>where the cheapest place to buy a second-hand Gamecube would be.
> 
> 
> The Gamestation near me has them for about £35 I think (unboxed with
> no games). You may be lucky and get a cheaper one on ebay if you can be
> sure it's the right model. I'm just very surprised that the Freeloader
> disc doesn't work at all. What do Datel have to say about this?
> 
> Jimbob

It certainly doesn't bode well for the Revolution being region free if 
Nintendo has taken steps to stop Freeloader working in newer GameCubes. :(

"Raiden Caribbean Cool"  wrote in message 
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> Jimbob wrote:
>> Free Cornwall wrote:
>>
>>>I don't want to give away my current Gamecube (it's a pretty white one -
>>>goes nicely with my Dreamcast!). As I said before, I just want to know
>>>where the cheapest place to buy a second-hand Gamecube would be.
>>
>>
>> The Gamestation near me has them for about £35 I think (unboxed with
>> no games). You may be lucky and get a cheaper one on ebay if you can be
>> sure it's the right model. I'm just very surprised that the Freeloader
>> disc doesn't work at all. What do Datel have to say about this?
>>
>> Jimbob
>
> It certainly doesn't bode well for the Revolution being region free if 
> Nintendo has taken steps to stop Freeloader working in newer GameCubes. :(

Datel has I think stopped bothering supporting the Gamecube right now to be 
honest.  Their PAL support has vanished.  (That or their just updating codes 
do be downloaded by the AR MAX Evo)  They haven't updated Freeloader either 
for a while.

However, sometimes you can get a duff disc from Datel which the Gamecube 
will not load as it cannot read the disc at all.  I have had a few of them 
from them.  You could try getting a replacement but they're not that good 
for that either.  I wish they take off the forum link as well on their site 
since that's been down forever.

I think the next version will be like the PS2's.  It have to have a 
automated eject Freeloader/Action Replay disc before inserting a game before 
it selects the codes for that game.  That's if they can be bothered mind 
you.  Gamecube version of both products isn't as good as the PS2 versions.

-- 
Skipai