Panasonic Q: The Ultimate Nintendo GameCube
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- During the sixth generation of consoles, Nintendo's GameCube was criticized for it's lack of DVD playback. But in Japan, Panasonic had a solution: A DVD player that can play GameCube games! But was it worth the hefty price tag?
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Even today that design holds up really well
Yeah, toasters look timeless.
except for the unreliable belt. no fix for this.
Yeah, anything with chrome on it just looks premium to me.
@GreedKills Not going to be something 99% of customers would ever even think about
@@markplott4820 I'm sure there might be a way to use some rubber band for this ^^
I had a friend called Josh that was the only person I knew that owned one of these. He got it right when it came out and imported it or something and I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever. We played Mario Sunshine and Ocarina of Time Master Quest on it. Back in the early 2000s it felt really awesome and looked all futuristic and stuff. I think he sold it a few years ago. What I remember the most was the LED display lights and stuff looking awesome in his game room when it was dark and we were playing way into the night. Memory that will always stick with me ^_^
I'm sorry to inform you, but Josh was killed on January 3rd, 2017. Police believe his hamster, George the Second, killed him.
cool story bro
nuketowncity copy cat
I think your 13 subs tells a different story :)
Thats one of the reason I actually dig the playstation 4's light bar, the colors pop out in the dark and give the room a really good look :)
This week on Pimp My GameCube.....
SilentS Ghost ride the cube
Starring X(box)zibit.
SilentS lol
Yo Dawg...
You nailed it! No other comments needed.
Honestly, that seems like a perfect thing to get for like college students moving into the dorms or into a small apartment. Just have my GameCube that plays movies. I'd put it right next to my Switch
I have a modded og Xbox and an Android TV box. I can barely study :/
Only...price.
Even at the time this thing was quite expensive, especially at import costs.
Or just buy a DVD player. Even in the 2000s they were barely $100
@@MrWolfSnack why buy a $100 DVD player and $200 gamecube when you can buy a $300 DVD cube?
@@slarbiter A $300 cube that's region locked for both of the things you want to use it for? I don't know maybe they actually wanted to be able to use it?
...I'll just go ahead and add this to the list of shit I really don't need but really want lol.
A friend and I wanted them since they came out. It's been hell watching the prices soar over the years, but we each finally own one now.
@@FuzedBox was it worth it?
Truuuuue
@@Alfonso162008 it’s worth every penny
I've always loved the GameCube. It has some really fun games and it's an adorable console. But I do admit that I wished it had DVD playback. The Panasonic Q was the solution, but I couldn't afford to import it back in the day. It was cool to finally try one out while making this video!
Gaming Historian Heya GH! I would LOOOOOVE to see a video about the SaGa series. It's a series by Squaresoft with almost as many titles as the Final Fantasy Series. Yet very few people have even heard of SaGa!! Or maybe you could do an ep about how Squaresoft almost went out of business in the 80s after Rad Racer and Final Fantasy was their last-ditch effort to stay open.
Anyway, good content on this channel. I LOVE your work. If you wanna know more about SaGa, check out my channel cuz I'm LPing SaGa Frontier right now.
Gaming Historian I think there were some aftermarket housings that could accommodate for dvds. Then you could use homebrew software to play the dvds. Nice video by the way. :)
It was a pretty powerful standalone DVD player. I used to own one and it was professionally modded to allow DVD regions unlocked. It always reminded me of a mirrored toaster.
Gaming Historian Another great video! I might have missed it but have you done vids of your personal collection?
Were you able to buy one? Or do you just borrow someone else's for research and video purposes?
Now we wait for someone like MetalJesusRocks or another CZcamsr to find an ultra rare American prototype of the Q
who?
MazingerDestroXtreme MetalJesusRock is a semi-popular youtuber who found a prototype American N64DD (which was only released in Japan)
No Normal Dog he also found a 1 of a kind original Xbox
And in nacho orange
And the prototype for Earthbound 64 and True Fantasy Online.
"Dialogue Enhancer" --why doesn't every DVD & Blu-ray player have this!?
The audio levels are so poorly balanced on some movies that I've been wishing for a feature like this for years!
DigitalBamboo most of TVs had it
Sony had a Nighttime feature. I’d like to see it come back.
Your TV should have this built-in. It might be called something like 'news mode'.
Well it requires additional hardware and software which means it's going to cost more.
That would be quite a collectors item.
i think i might get this but then again that would be 5 ways to play dvds
It is
It's always cool to find out about consoles you didn't know existed. Had no idea Nintendo gave permissions to make versions of their console. It's kind of shocking given how over protective they are of their stuff.
Nintendo had little to do with the CDI games, AFAIK they just gave Philips permission to use the licenses and they fucked it up.
let's not remember the CDI.
+sonicsnake44 Hmmm, wtf; the Philoips CD-I and Panasonic 3DO were uber/elite level home consoles; along with the Neo-Geo, Nuon, Panasonic Q and the N64 DD (an extremely rare , import only model) -- why would so many human beings detest such nosralgic gems !? I find these comments to be frivalous and trivial at best. *-*
let's just pretend the infamous CDi games never happened
When you have something Nintdon't and Nintendo needs it, you suddenly have more bargaining power with them. It is almost as if Nintendo is a business of some sort. I know right! Who would have thought that Nintendo is a business!
I know a lot of people who got PS2s simply because their family wanted a DVD player. Plenty of non-gamers went out and bought that thing. I love the Gamecube but Nintendo could have easily sold tens of millions of more units if the original model had played DVDs. But for its time, the GC was a powerful piece of hardware and showcased tons of fantastic games.
I don't know about "tons," but the few greats it had were truly great.
EBsessed It was tons
No, it really wasn't though. Gamecube is infamous for having a very small library of truly quality titles, but those few are very high quality.
For example me some years ago. I simply wanted to buy a dvd player for my old Tv and then I remembered the Ps 2. I never had one so I combined both wishes at once. Pretty neat. It felt like a Full Entertainment System.
Well, for me the ability to play DVD had exactly 0 influence when it came to buying a console. I never used my consoles to do anything other than play games. If I wanted to watch a DVD, I had DVD players at home. Even today, if I want to watch Netflix, I have SmartTVs. I never had a Sony or Microsoft console. I own every Nintendo console ever made, except for the Virtual Boy. I'm a huge Nintendo fan, but even I wouldn't buy that piece of junk.
Shit looks like a very fancy toaster.
InvaderShadow42 when I saw the thumbnail I thought "is that a toaster?"
Supa' Mario Toasta'
You know what they say all toasters toast toast! YEAH TOAST! Sorry I couldn't resist.
if only it could fly like a toaster too.
+GioEx YEAH TOAST!
I would have bought the Panasonic Q GameCube if it was released in America.
Same.
Not gonna lie, I half expected him to say "it almost looks like a fasionable piece of furnishure... or a toaster."
My exact thought
The GameCube is still one of my favorite consoles, the one that demonstrated we had reached the point where *OMG-better-graphics-power-under-the-hood!* no longer appealed to me as a compelling reason to buy or play a console.
Really? If the GameCube had N64 graphics, people wouldn't have bought it. It was the Wii where people (sadly) stopped giving a shit.
GameCube was more powerful than PS2.
and the original X-Box was not much more powerful then the GameCube itself. sadly the small disc format held it back, but I still love the GameCube as well, it was my choice of system back in the day when all my friends had PS2 consoles.
I loved the GameCube and all the games, the wii I hated when it came out, but it was sold out everywhere at Christmas and people were waiting whole weekends to buy Wii’s, luckily a lady that my mom knew worked at Walmart and won a wii in a raffle and my mom bought it off her(bless her heart lol). The thing that pissed me off is when I waited for smash bros brawl to come out and they kept delaying the launch day of the game, and then when it finally came out it wouldn’t play on any “original wii” so I had to send my wii to Nintendo for three weeks before I could play it. Lol never waited so long for a game
@@jake_of_the_jungle9840
safe to say you weren't waiting for Kingdom hearts 3
I love your channel! I've been binge watching so many episodes! SO ADDICTIVE!
I'm wondering if what you called the "subwoofer out" is actually a coaxial digital out (all 6 channels, same as optical, just in coaxial mode). That would make much more sense. Dolby Digital was standard on all DVD players (including the PS2) and was the default format of the OG Xbox games. But it's cool that it supported DTS. Kinda jealous that you have one of these. Also, does it play DVDs in progressive scan?
Joe!!!!
@@waltersobchak7275 Mama!!!
One of the ports literally spell out "subwoofer" in Japanese.
The PS2 doesn't use Dolby Digital. Sony didn't want to pay royalties to Dolby which were pretty high at the time. Microsoft therefore dodged those royalties by including it in a optional accessory.
DVD mode only outputs via composite or s-video, so no progressive scan. I've got a custom scart cable so I can get RGB in Game mode :)
That puny little mini-disc sitting in that huge DVD tray is just sad-looking.
ShadyKnight9 The inner ring of CD/DVD players was for mini-discs like that one.
Tiny little cutsie voice: "I'm the product of bad business decision!"
Now U know how your gf feels
Gabriele Riva
Change the word "bad" to "cautious", and you'd be right.
I greatly appreciate your video style. The calm explanation and simple, spaced out cuts are refreshing.
Finally! Another Gaming Historian episode! Love watching these!
Imagine if something like this was the GameCube we all came to know and love. I think the GC wouldn't have been so much of a flop in any case, especially if the games came on full sized discs.
love this channel! Keep up the awesome work Norm
Loving the bass plus / subwoofer plugin option! Amazing channel Gaming Historian. I'm always checking back for new videos.
Loving the Chibi-Robo music in the background! Such an underrated gem.
Dude where has this been the past 15 years of my life!? This is FUCKING AMAZING!!!
I've always loved these things. It's a shame they're pretty pricey and they wont work easily here in Europe :(
I never knew Panasonic released a special GameBoy player for it though!
You just need a stepdown converter, then you it works pretty easily?
I had no idea there were blue lights! That's a gorgeous piece of kit, I wish I could justify adding one to my collection!
Great video (as always)!
I'm impressed with the quality of your videos but more impressed with your narrative, I'm literally addicted to this channel right now. Keep the good work you're awesome 👍
This has to be one of the most beautiful console designs ever made!
But once someone takes it out the box and touches it, it will have so many fingerprints and smudges🥲
GameQbe
XD
FUCKING GENIUS
They should’ve just called it that
Theres just something about the way he talks and the tone of his voice that makes his videos so awesome! Keep it up man! Big fan!
I love this man's channel! So much enlighten details and he clearly does his research that's why I let all the ads play on certain channels including his cause he damn well deserves every penny of his money.. Support this man!
I've been drooling over this the entire video. I want.
Great video! Just a small correction: the ports you are referring to as "composite out" are actually called RCA connectors, and only the yellow RCA connector carries the composite signal, the red and white ones are just normal audio outputs.
Very cool video. Thanks again for the time and effort put into making these videos. They're one of my most anticipated and I'm always excited when I'm emailed a notification that a new video has been uploaded.
I've always been very curious about this version of the GameCube, nice to see you talk about it even if it's just a short video.
I'm surprised they were able to do this, after the fail of the 3DO.
Randomark3087 well, Nintendo finally learned after this one.
Learned from what?
Void of Space and Time I'm talking about Panasonic. Their system 3DO failed BADLY. That's why I'm surprised they could make another.
Randomark3087 Well, this was just a modified system. Maybe they thought it'd be different.
The 3DO wasn't a Panasonic console; it was an attempt by a group called The 3DO Company to create an industry standard for video game consoles, and they licensed out their firmware to multiple consumer electronics companies to give it a push. Panasonic was just the first and arguably the best known manufacturer; there are other models by Goldstar and Sanyo.
I honestly hoped you would do a video on this
I still have mine, boxed up in a spare room. Had it throughout my 20s. Huge CRT in my bedroom, hifi to hook the consoles up to for good sound. Perfection.
The blue lights in game mode were very cool. As was the overall design, and the (modded) ability to play any region DVDs and other discs (and play them well). Plus it was a GameCube! One of the best devices I've owned.
Man, I didn't know how much bigger the Q was than the normal GameCube. I never saw comparison pictures of them side by side. It's huge! I love that they kept with the "cube" theme and made it a cube-ish case instead of just making it a normal flat DVD player profile. I regret not importing one for my collection back in the day. Thanks for the video! I was always intrigued by the Q as a GameCube fan myself.
What I like the most about the Gamecube is, that it's just a game console. No gimmicks that make it more expensive. I bought my gc in 2004 for 90€ (!) new, that's around 100$. Dirt cheap and that was within the first two years of it's life span. Love that console.
Lugmillord Got mine in July 2005. One of my best investments..
Lugmillord but nintendo is now all about gimmicks. Just look at switch
Lugmillord Well, I think Sony uses their media business to subsidize the cost.
I know. And that's why I love the Gamecube and not the Wii.
I don't see how an optional dvd player or online functionality is a gimmick.
PS2 and XBOX had Dolby Surround as well...
that was one of xbox's primary features.
Happy to see a new vid. Hope we get a lot more this year; love what you do. Cheers
3:12 this console was truly ahead of its time; they even added a feature specifically for Christopher Nolan movies 😂
I love the Chibi Robo music playing in the background!! good memories.
Thank you for the soul warming Chibi-Robo music
so many unanswered questions explained. .I always enjoy your knowledge and style.
I remember seeing pictures of the "Panasonic Q" in EGM back in 2000 or so. I haven't thought about this since then! Great vid, good sir.
I saw it in EGM too and was excited to see this come out...only to find out that it's Japan-only...
ah this is a cool channel subbed :)
I love the use of Chibi-Robo music for this GameCube video! Nice choice!
Still thanking you Norm for putting out fascinating and well made content!
Great episode, thanks a lot for your hard work Mr. Gaming Historian, Sir, the highlight of my day
"Oil up and watch region 2 dvds with me."
4:27 I thought it was gonna spin around like in the Gamecube Menu
As always a pleasure watching your content my friend. Loved this episode and the bits of information provided on the Q.
can't get enough of your videos man! great stuff
3:40 What does it mean if I instantly thought of Mr. Resetti in Animal Crossing when I saw him press that?
what are we? are we some kind of Gaming Historian?
"Mark AirWind, we really are The Gaming Historian."
Always educating me on things I never knew, and I know everything!
Thanks GH!
Thanx for the new vid my game bretheren,i had a friend that bought the console,i havent seen him ina few years,ima try and get in touch with himsoon and see if he still has this console. Keep up the good work man
The GameCube made the mistake of not including DVDs, not just for playing movies, but the third party games couldn't fit on one mini disc, PS2 had more games third party games.
Some third party games also couldn't be fit on one PS2 disc either. Games like Devil May Cry 2, Xenosaga 2, and Star Ocean were all 2 disc games. I don't see the point why GameCube games needing two discs is a problem when PS2 games also had them too.
Team Spirits those games pushed the limits even for regular PS2 discs, the GameCube wouldn't been possible to play those games.
Matt R so divide the game in more disk =3= the reason why people didn't port to the GameCube was because it just didn't sold well and it didn't have as many games on release as the ps2 which had backwards compatibility.
The GameCube is more powerful than the ps2 despite its appearance it could have handled .. pun intended those games..
Most could fit actually.
3:29
What is that Movie and how can i get it.
like always, literally every video you post, a great video. thanks for the info.
I love history, I love gaming. Gaming Historian brings these together in the best way. How am I just finding out about this? I'm painfully outdated yet thankful
If Nintendo were to release this in the US instead of the Gamecube, I think it would've sold more than the Xbox and PS2.
Unlikely, the PS2 was already cheaper than a standard DVD player and had already a bigger library.
Demeech no way
I doubt it. It might have outsold the Xbox but the xbox had a hard drive and that was a big deal.
It would have helped them though, but no way would it have outsold the PS2
Maybe the XBox, but not the PS2
Not against sony imo. Xbox was just as bad though where you had to pay a pretty penny to have the ability to watch movies. Hell its still just as shitty. I think those DVD cords or whatever the fuck on how they did it is 80 bucks
I SEE ZATCH BELL
Awesome choice of background music! Chibi Robo is one of my favorite GameCube games. Such an underrated classic
Respect Gaming Historian! You're video is fantastic
I have a Panasonic Q. Would sell it. someone in europe interest?
All-And Nothing yeah
Oil up and hit the gym with me.
Codex Necro k baby
Codex Necro That's my Playstation!
*roo voice*
uncommon quote
Oil up and beat the dead horse with me.
Oil up and lets Fck
I remember reading about this in EGM and wanting it so much in North America. Thanks for a video.
As someone whose first console was a GameCube, I can only imagine what my childhood would've been like had this thing been released in the US.
Anyways, this is only the second video from your channel that I've watched and I'm already hooked; this is pretty much a video game-centric equivalent to Techmoan and seems to have all the production values of an actual TV show (the PBS-esque "funded by" bit at the end kinda adds to that atmosphere). Keep up the good work! :)
You thought the NES looked like a toaster?
LOLOLOLOLOL
No.. its because of the way you insert the cartridge, its similar to a toaster.
I want one
bcdesjardin Nice dachshund..
lol thanks
what's his/her name and may I pet him
This is why I love Norm. Great content and I learned about something that I had no idea existed.
Hi Norm, thanks for keeping things classy! A subject that may be up your alley that I know not everyone is totally clear on could be the cover Sega's hardware prior to the Genesis - all of the various confusing redesigns and variants. Just limiting the focus to the hardware would make the subject easier to produce than a series retrospective, and I know many have heard rumors about the Master System at most. Thanks for all your hard work!
Always get a bit of a down feeling when I hear how badly Nintendo did financially in the console competitions after the PS1 was released, since I've always had rather little interest in Sony's offerings after the earliest years of the PS2 and Microsoft's consoles - and more importantly, their games - have _never_ appealed to me. Just a bit saddening to hear how much more and more that particular niche of gamers is shrinking.
Axioanarchist
You don't like the dankest of the PS2? You got to admit that the PS2 has the most unique games of that generation like Silent Hill 2 & 3 and ico.
Axioanarchist
i luv my GCN, and i can understand, but thers is alot of cool games like DMC and MGS2 & 3.
Not a fan of DMC or MGS, or really any other first or third person shooter, hack-n-slash, or stealth game. I'm primarily a JRPG and platformers player. Which there's nearly zero of in Xbox's lineage and a quickly dwindling amount of in PS's following the early years of the PS2 when Final Fantasy X and XII came out. (And let's just not talk about XIII and beyond.)
Nintendo still makes games I enjoy, as does Steam for PC (or at least Steam is the one selling them). Sony and Microsoft don't. I never got a Wii or WiiU (due to financial reasons rather than lack of interest; I certainly _wanted_ them) but I got tons of gaming time out of the DS and 3DS libraries. While the PS3 and 4 were shiny and nice to look at, I just never saw any games that made me want to bother with the pricetag, and Xbox was just never worth even looking at unless you like shooters or sports games, neither of which I care for.
Axioanarchist
Ps2 has alot of JRPGs. Persona 3 & 4, and xenosaga and Dragon Quest 8 are the highly known handful from the plethora if those games.
Yeah I've heard good things about the Persona series, never gotten to check it out though. It's been on my to-do list for years.
Xenosaga sadly felt like a massive letdown after the amazingness that was Xenogears, so I never played past the first game. Thankfully they made up for it with Xenoblade later.
For some reason Dragon Quest has never been my cup of tea. Never quite sure why.
But yeah. The fact that those _are_ there is why I didn't write off the PS2 completely, and I did own a couple (though neither works anymore). PS3 and 4 though, nada.
Anyone who is buying this thesdays is wasting their money you can get a GameCube and a DVD player separately
always love this channel
I actually bought a fully-modded and CIB Panasonic Q around three years ago (perhaps four? I can't recall exactly), though mine has a red button on the underside to toggle between regions instead of the little power button trick.
It's a pretty cool little system and I have it setup in my living room. It's more of a conversation piece than something I sit down and regularly play, but my most recent playthrough of Twilight Princess was done on it 🙂
Great episode again Norm
Always keepin up with the great content Norm, road to 1 million subs!
very nice, always interesting and appealing, keep the good work man
Thanks for your amazing videos. Keep them coming!
Another good one! Well done, Norm!
Great video as always! Would love to see a review on the Divers 2000 CX-1
Just yesterday I went to a gaming museum in my town that also has a Panasonic Q in one of their display cabinets.
Now that you mentioned the difference in size again, I noticed too that the thing I saw under the Q yesterday couldn't be the original GameBoy Player as it also had a gray tone to it instead of a black one.
Nevertheless a nice device that looks really good too.
Nothing I'd pick up anymore especially since those GC Digital AV cables are super expensive but still something unique one can definitely consider a collector's piece these days.
ayyy, good to see you're alive
Excellent video nowadays, i didn't know about it. thank you for doing video like this!
These videos are so well produced.
it's great to finally know more about this thing
Another great video Norm.
Oh man, that Chibi Robo music.
I remember hearing about this as a kid, the idea of a Gamecube with DVD capabilities was really cool!
I've been trying to get my hands on a working model of this for a while now Can't wait to finally get it, whenever that is
Always wanted one of these, thanks for the vids! Gonna review the PSX in the future?
It’s cool to see how consoles are still getting more and more towards multimedia devices with the blue ray player in the Xbox one and apps like CZcams and Netflix being standard on most consoles.
Kyle Desrochers yeah the switch has CZcams and Hulu on it now and with Netflix canceling or losing most their shows it hardly feels like anything is missing
This version of the GC is very interesting and at one point i considered buying one. I have an original purple GC and am happy with it. I noticed the picture quality of DVD playback with the PS2 slim is okay. Very informative video. Keep up the good work.
this thing is sick! i wouldn't have ever needed this, but it's super rad and looks beautiful.
Love the demonstration of handles
God damn I love this channel. Always learning something new.