A smaller version of this picture is used in the game's banner.Ī picture of good ol'.inverted Mario, specifically an inverted version of the above image.īoth of these are used in one of the tests, but the origin of them is curious: they're a cropped version of this image of Mario leaning on the IBM logo IBM made the Gekko microprocessor for the GameCube. Gamecube.tpl has the background for the menu, but it also has textures for a GameCube (specifically the DOL-001 model, as indicated by the presence of the Digital AV port on the back):Ī picture of good ol' Mario. Textures for some kind of mecha found in gxDemos/MechaTex.tpl. Both this and "MechaTex.tpl" below are used in the smp-gxmodels demo that was included in the GameCube SDK.
Textures for a car model can be found in gxDemos/CarTex.tpl. However, the Service Disc still contains some remnants of this planned support in the form of stereoscopic test images.īizarrely, there's also a few images from Quake: Remaining copies were taken back by Nintendo and presumably destroyed as such, few copies saw the light of day.Ī crudely-drawn smiley face with stars and text saying "Dolphin", the original codename of the GameCube.Īccording to Nintendo, the GameCube was meant to support stereoscopic 3D output, but cost and lack of consumer interest led to the feature being shelved. Bizarrely, there are also respectable logos from the automotive industry, such as Tamiya and Goodyear.Ĭonsole revisions post-2003 will boot the Service Disc to an indefinitely-hung black screen, likely done to prevent further servicing after the demise of the Nintendo World Class Service. You will have a list of all the popular gaming titles meant for GameCube. All you need to do is head over to the site and click on the first option you notice, which says GameCube ISOs.
Nintendo 64 controllers can also be detected, suggesting this is from earlier in the console's development.Īs with all Nintendo testing software, the Service Disc contains a plethora of Nintendo-themed content, both used and unused. Theisozone is one of the places where you can find many different ROMs for a lot of gaming consoles and other platform devices. GameCube Service Disc v1.0/03 was once used by Nintendo World Class Service to test and diagnose problems with the console, Memory Cards, controllers, and can even check the currently-inserted Game Boy Advance game through the GameCube-Game Boy Advance Cable.
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