GameCube is Nintendo's new video game console designed from the ground up as a lean, mean game machine offering a fast, easy game-development environment for creators. The embedded memory on the graphics coprocessor and CPU Proprietary optical disc, contain 1.5 GB of memory on an 8 cm disc. The GameCube controller features seven buttons, two analog sticks, a D-pad and a built-in rumble device. Gamers will also be able to use their Game Boy Advance as a controller with supported games. The Nintendo GameCube is a powerful video game console (despite its small, approximately 6 inches square) size and it is made solely for your gaming pleasure. It won't play your CDs or DVDs, but it will give you one of the best gaming experiences you've ever had. All the concentration on this system has been focused on games - games that you'll love playing. New components designed by IBM and MoSys, as well as a large-capacity secondary memory cache, keep instructions moving through the system's microprocessor (MPU) at peak levels.The GameCube features four built-in controller ports, so you can easily plug in extra controllers and let friends join in for the multiplayer games, plus it has a built-in handle so you can take it anywhere and everywhere you go. It comes with two memory card slots for saving your progress through games, and there's the capacity for future expansion into the world of online gaming. Limit one per household. System Specifications
MPU (Microprocessor Unit): 485 MHz custom IBM PowerPC "Gekko"
Graphics Processor: 162 MHz custom ATI/Nintendo "Flipper"
Texture-Read Bandwidth: 10.4 GB per second (peak)
Main Memory Bandwidth: 2.6 GB per second (peak)
Pixel Depth: 24-bit color, 24-bit Z buffer
Sound Processor: 81 MHz custom Macronix 16-bit DSP
Sound Performance: 64 simultaneous channels, ADPCM encoding
Polygon Performance: 6 to 12 million polygons per second (peak)
System Memory: 40 MB
Main Memory: 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM
Disc Drive: 128 ms CAV (Constant Angular
