Nintendo Dolphin hardware : NPDP-GBOX Beta hardware (gamecube prototype hardware)

Though identical looking from the outside in most ways from the final hardware, the beta hardware lacks the speed of the final hardware and is 50-75% as powerful as the final hardware. Upgrade boards were sent out to convert all beta units to final hardware, but some people just shelved the hardware and asked for new units. This unit was found in a back room under a desk, long forgotten.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• nintendo
• dolphin
• prototype
• gamecube
• beta
• alpha
• unreleased

[atari26003]

I have a n NPDP box in my collection, I have seen some carts on ebay circulate.

Would you have any in your collection?

[ASSEMblerEX]

@atari26003 I have about ten npdp carts, some unreleased games.

[freaksmd555]

more like a nintendoe whale

[Ui2019]

Your next mission: track down a snes cd-rom dev kit with a working cd beta of secret of mana :)

[comebackbizzoftheyr]

what do these go for?

[VictoryFire88]

My inner nerd wishes I were you..

[thegenrl]

worst camera holding ever

[CaleerTheAzureDragon]

@Dusty696969 Its a dev kit they are all like this

[Dusty696969]

Why did Nintendo make there game cube beta like this anyway. I don't get it?

[TheJuggaloPenguin]

@Ui2019 Yes, yes, a 1000000 times yes!

My Top Fav games for SNES are LoZ:Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, Lufia: Fortress of Doom, Earthbound, and Illusion of Gaia!

All of them were so ahead of the curve they all should be made to 3D just for my enjoyment even tho the 2D is in my heart!

[spacod4]

haha it looks like a pc power supply

[MrMarukas86]

i buy this for 99£ :D

[Chuckjagerdiver]

You must have some serious cheddar to be buying these things.

[PsiloCybinDreamX]

@jgraybulldog it never came out, this is what the original gamecube was gonna be called, this is just a big gamecube