Nintendo GameCube

Release: November 18, 2001
aka: Nintendo Dolphin
Developed under the codename
Dolphin, the Nintendo GameCube is Nintendo's
128-bit system. The system was first announced at the 1999
Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3). The processor for the
system was developed by IBM and the graphics by Canada-based
ATI. The small 1.5GB optical
discs were designed by Matsushita (Panasonic). In 2000, the
system was announced as the Nintendo GameCube, and video
demos of a Mario and Legend of Zelda game were shown. (The
Legend of Zelda video featured 3D models of characters Link
and Ganon fighting, which mis-led many gamers about what to
expect from the later-released Wind Waker game).
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