Nintendo Game Cube Crashing? 53
flipper28 asks: "I recently purchased a Nintendo Gamecube with Luigi's Mansion for my wife's birthday. I thought with all the hype around the XBox crashing that I would be safe with the competition. As it turn's out, my system keeps crashing, and yes, I have exchanged the games (which IMHO only made Nintendo happy). I am interested if others have experienced the same problem. Is their a manufacturing problem, or did I just get a bad one." I've experienced crashing in the two days I've owned my GameCube, however this centers around replacing the disc with the power on and hitting reset...or something, but I've only had the cube crash at the power-on screen, so it's not been that big of an issue for me. Anyone else experiencing weird behavior on the GameCube?
Mine works fine... (Score:1)
Sorry not to be helpful
Bias (Score:1)
PS2 too (Score:1)
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
I'm with you welkin. Picked up my PS2 on launch day, and I've NEVER experienced a crash. She's been on nearly constantly lately with all of the stellar games out this season, and I'm happy to report no glitches. *knocks on wood*
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
Re:PS2 too (Score:2, Informative)
-Henry
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
It sits on is own, dedicated shelf beneath my TV, which has plenty of space on the back. None of the boxes has been mistreated(atleast not by me).
Most of the problems have been with the DVD-player (as far as I have been able to figure out). It doesn't seem like the other hardware fails.
Rare case... (Score:1)
I've got a PS2 from the launch date (30001, and another just recently (the 35001 with GT3 as a pack-in). Both work fine, play all my DVDs, all my old games, all my new ones... There have always been such things as defective systems concerning any electronics, but I can't help but wonder if there might be another factor in your case.
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
Perhaps that is the problem..
Re:PS2 too (Score:1)
I mean.. compare that to a ps-one..
Happend To A Friend (Score:3, Interesting)
The crashs happened while using different games, which leads one to think that this is a hardware problem.
Re:Happend To A Friend (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Happend To A Friend (Score:1, Troll)
4/10 is 40%, btw.
Re:Happend To A Friend (Score:2, Insightful)
GameCube Problems? (Score:1)
No problems here (Score:1)
Re:No problems here (Score:1)
Re:No problems here (Score:1)
Just my $0.02.
Interference maybe? (Score:2, Interesting)
No Problems Here (JPN) (Score:1)
I hope my comments are useful from someone who has owned a GameCube for longer than it has been possible for Americans ^_^
R. Suzuka
gamecube for the wife (Score:1)
Why are we only hearing this now? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Now that the GCN has been out in the States for a week, and there is now people (well, one person on Slashdot actully) talking of it crashing?
So, what am I supposed to believe? That the console has been flawless for the past 3 months in Japan, yet now crashes on US soil? This Ask Slashdot story is the first I've heard of the GCN crashing, but I guess the repuation around here will be that the GameCube is buggy now.
Personally, someone out there is just making themselves some news. Why don't you just go back to bitching that Nintendo didn't include DVD playback. At least that is based on fact. I mean, DVD playback is essencial in a machine made for playing games...
Rogue Leader Crashing (Score:2)
Update (Score:1)
All things said, I think the GameCube is a good system and the games are well designed.
Re:Update (Score:1)
There could be an explaination! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:There could be an explaination! (Score:1)
Don't send something UPS ground unless you expect it to be slammed around.
Luigi's Mansion crashed for me (Score:1)
Re:Luigi's Mansion crashed for me (Score:1)
I'd return it if it happens a few more times. I've seen this behaviour with bad memory on PC's (usually the chips with the most problems).
Wow! (Score:1)
Simple Fix (Score:1)
Re:Simple Fix (Score:1)