I have read all the stickys on here and am still frustrated as to how to make a backup of my GC games. Ideally I would go for the modchip but I would not know where to start, I doubt I could install one myself and dont know of anywhere that would do it??? So my 2nd choice was the MAX DRIVE PRO, however I believe this is no longer on sale? Bummer, so...as my mates and myself arent the best at looking after games I would really like a feasable way to back them up in case of damage to the original, anyone help please? And finally, I read the guide for playing SNES roms on GC, does this require modchip also?
Indeed, the guides are quite outdated. Updated guide for GCOS (soft mod)-> Click here I prefer chips myself. The installations for the various chips aren't too difficult, although I won't say they're easy either. If you want to make back-ups, the qoob chips and the ViperGC Extreme are your best choices. The XenoGC and DuoQ can be a bit difficult to make back-ups with, although they work well playing them. Basically, here's what you're looking at in terms of options and cost. 1. GCOS soft mod - Since you don't have a MDP, you'll have to do a bit of searching on eBay or Amazon to get one since CodeJunkies has stopped selling them. Also, you'd need a BBA to make back-ups, so by the time you get all the necessary hardware you're looking at about $60-$70 for both depending on how much you can get the MDP for. 2. Mod chips - If you don't have a BBA, get the ViperGC Extreme since it has USB ripping. If you do have a BBA, check out the qoob chips (Pro or SX) and possibly the XenoGC. 3. The SD loader method - I have no idea how this works, but it *might* be the cheapest route. I never really looked into it. A few people on this board use this method, or are at least familiar with it, so maybe they can give you more info on it. Here's a link to Nintendo's online store for the BBA. Here's the thing. If you want the ability to make your own back-ups, the GameCube is the most expensive of all the current generation game consoles to do it with. Just getting it set-up averages $70, and that's if you install and set-up everything yourself. Now, if you don't plan on making your own back-ups, then it's fairly cheap to do since you can just get a $20 XenoGC and be done with it. As for the SNES roms, you don't need a mod chip. You will, however, need a way of loading a back-up, so you need to either soft mod or hard mod it to load the disc in the first place.
