The CCube puts a GameCube in your (very large) pocket

by Richard Mitchell on Mar 26th 2011 12:00PM

We've seen portable GameCube mods before, but the CCube (Compact Cube) built by one Jonathan Shine may be the smallest. Created using a GameCube, an old answering machine case, plastic cement and many coats of paint, the project took fifteen months to complete -- much longer than the original two weeks John had estimated.

You'll find a video of the CCube after the break (skip to 2:20 for gameplay). With the disc drive actually located outside the case, it's worth noting that it's a tad on the noisy side, but impressive nonetheless. Then head over to the Mod Retro Forums for a detailed look at the CCube's construction.

Source: Mod Retro Forums

Tags: ccube, gamecube, hacks, Jonathan-Shine, mods, nintendo, wii

Reader Comments (58)

Rogue Squadron.. on the bus!

@catbandit
never mind.. it only has a power cord..

@wiofd9sa0 You! Get lost.

How did he film this? Did he tape his camera to his face?

@Enosoma Yeah, that's the most likely scenario. He probably taped a camera to his face and then set up a complex head rest so the camera wouldn't shake.

@Enosoma
I've done similar video's literally holding the camera in my mouth so it wouldn't surprise me

Disc has been known to cut off fingers while using the L and R buttons

I need watch size or nothing.

Those guys are crazy, lol

A good idea, but I'd rather see those game be ported to the 3DS.
Metroid Prime 3DS? I'd jizm.

That's not very portable if you have to actually plug it in to get it to turn on...
I like the idea, don't get me wrong, and it looks nifty. But what's the point in a handheld system that you can't really go places with without worrying whether or not you'll be able to stick it into a wall socket?

@mrfusspot

Well at least you can play in your bed. Just don't fall asleep whilst playing for fear or breaking the disc drive.

@mrfusspot

Technically you could bring portable power in a backpack or something. Lame, but possible.

Actually that looks horrible. The optical drive on the back is a stupid design flaw. It looks like it's coming apart too. Nope.

@VeeDeeVee
Voted down by people who like exposed, spinning drives near fingers.

@VeeDeeVee

They're fans of danger.

The overall design is a bit sloppy, but its a start.

Pokemon XD is now the best-looking, portable Pokemon game.

@Aussiemon
Can't help to see an emoticon when i see XD

Watching him play Wind Waker and Metroid Prime really makes me want to bust out my old games and play them...

@Ospov
Your avatar is stupid! lol

Watching this has also made me want to dig through my GC collection

@Truemetroid
Woah I thought there was two of you.

@Ospov I actually spent a week or two a few months back playing through Wind Waker again on my GameCube. Was so much fun, especially not having played it for years.

I never actually beat any of the Metroid Prime games...

Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking?

PORTABLE SSBM

(sorry for caps)

@564731790
By yourself. This only supports one player.

I'm not impressed until it plays my solid gold Ocarina of Time cart.

@whylekat

Master Quest eh.

Wouldn't the fact that the disc is not enclosed means you can accidently mess it up with your trigger fingers?

@Cleric Of course you own your consoles. And you can do whatever the hell you want to with them at your house or your friends' houses. But if you start distributing something to the public that could potentially cut into their profit margin they WILL come after you with all the lawyers they can conjur up! :-)

Now make a portable Xbox or GTFO!

And you have to include the classic RRoD as a "feature".

Nintendo. Not Sony.

@Cleric

This man is proof that Ignorance, truely is bliss

Sony are going after a HACKER who HACKED their console and then SOLD the HACK to the public. He then went onto youtube and MOCKED sony. It really make me sick when i see people trying to defend Geohotz.

@Billlop

why? there's nothing wrong with hacking.

Yea, carrying around a disc based device. What could possible go wrong?

@Robborboy

Forget about the old "discman" portable CD players?

Sure, they did tend to have skipping and CD scratching issues, but it worked.

@Tempes Magus
The disc was never exposed! I was always shielded because those things spin around *very* fast.

@Tempes Magus That was actually part of what I based my statement on. They worked until your CD was scratched up beyond all recognition. Which happened a fair bit. And those were MEANT to be mobile.

I'd hate to see what becomes of a disc used in a system that was meant to be stationary.

looks cool and props for building the thing, too bad its pretty fugly looking.

@PR0F3TA

Yea I think the Power Glove is more easy to look at then that thing.

I dunno if I can deal with that constant humming of the disc drive spinning madly. I guess with headphones it wouldn't bother me too much. But everyone around you will hate! Haha

@kgoo867

This is how we got laptops and PDAs and thus smartphones.

Somebody has to try making things smaller and more portable before they can be smaller and more portable.

That person is not doing anything different than what Nintendo wants to do anyway. Maybe it will even get them a job.

@Tempes Magus
"Maybe it will even get them a job."

lol, no

@Billlop Last time I checked he didn't sell the hack to the public.

You don't like pirates, we understand that. But you need to separate your moral beliefs vs what's actually happening. I'm not denying he opened the floodgates to pirating, but you can't make claims that are simply not true.

@Chichok he's taking donations for that hack, =/=. How ever you want to look at it. And it seems his defenders haven't been paying enough attention to details. Just screaming "Consumer rights" every time they get the chance. You don't own the source code people!

15 months to complete and he thought it would take two weeks....I'm impressed. He obviously went through the "sod this I'm going for a beer and shits and giggles with my friends rather than create this finger cutting device" stage quite a few times. Kudos to you sir!

Portable Timesplitters! :D

@mmmfishtacos Yeah, donations. Which means people choose to give money.

Yes, the defenders are not fully paying attention to the details, but so are the anti-pirate people. It's fine to want the hacker to go down because your belief is he did horrible damage to Sony.

But the law is the law. You can't go claim something just because you don't agree with a law. If GeHotz goes free, what are the anti-pirates going to do? Yell and scream? This is why we have court systems. It's in the court's hands now, let them sort through the mess.

Please tell me I wasn't the only one who heard the song and thought "Magtheridon".

(Yes I know what the song is actually a remix of and who the artist is BLAH BLAH BLAH)

@Chichok
You are confusing hackers and pirates, they aren't the same. Pirates take advantage of hackers work. A lot of hackers including Geohot do not support pirates.

@hype2k2 I'm not confusing them. All I said was GeHotz's hack gave pirates a upper hand. I'm saying that people are mad at GeHotz because of the pirating, not because of the hacks. If GeHotz discovery didn't help pirates at all, nobody would really care.

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