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Nintendo — GameCube

Nintendo GameCube DOL-001 Indigo Retrobriting

July 20, 20225 threads~2 min read
Yellowed shell
Retrobrite

Retrobrited this Nintendo GameCube DOL-001 indigo over a couple of sessions and brought it up to fleet standard. It had a very dark hue so it's definitely better than it was.

Parts & Tools (3)

PicoBoot

PicoBoot, an open-source IPL replacement modchip for the Nintendo GameCube built on a Raspberry Pi Pico, letting it boot homebrew and loaders straight from power-on.

GameCube SMD cap kit

Nintendo GameCube SMD cap kit, NTSC and PAL from Console5, the replacement surface-mount capacitors used for the recap.

Vapour retrobrite method

RetroRGB's write-up of the vapour retrobrite method, the hydrogen-peroxide-vapour and UV technique used to reverse the yellowing on aged plastic.

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July 20, 2022· Thread 1· 2 tweets

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Day 1 with previously used hydrogen peroxide. @A3rgan This technique is really something. I don't know how degraded the H2O2 already was but it still had quite an effect. Trying again tomorrow with the same liquid again. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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Day 2, made a difference but not as much as I was hoping for. Since most of this hydrogen peroxide has gone through 4 cycles. Maybe it's time to get some new one. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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July 24, 2022· Thread 2

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Gamecube and Saturn complete, mistakes were made but, both are definitely better than they were. #RETROGAMING #Sega #Nintendo #retrobrighting

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November 19, 2023· Thread 3· 3 tweets

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(1/5) Gamecube maintenance day. Replacing the caps on the optical drive PCBs. Started 4/5 drives dead, now 5/5 work. Huge success! Thanks @leonkiriliuk, I think it was in one of his posts that I read that the laser isn't usually the issue, it's the caps. #RETROGAMING #restoration

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(2/5) These 3 just needed the capacitors replaced and they immediately started working fine. #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #CRT

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(5/5) One big happy family. All of them now have working drives! #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #gamecube #restoration #repair

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hitmanmcc

March 29, 2025· Thread 4

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Finally the last one is done, all standard GameCubes fully recapped. Only missing the Panasonic Q now. That'll be a project for another time. Testing with Luigi's Mansion, I've if my favourite games on the system. Still looks amazing. #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #GameCube #Luigi

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July 18, 2025· Thread 5

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Making sure the downstairs matches the upstairs. #Nintendo #GameCube #GameBoy #GameBoyAdvance

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