GameCube

The Nintendo GameCube (ニンテンドーゲームキューブ Nintendō GēmuKyūbu?) also called simply the GameCube and abbreviated as GCN in America and NGC in Japan, is the fifth discontinued home console made by Nintendo. It was the successor to the Nintendo 64 and the predecessor to the Wii.

Its main feature was its central processor based on an IBM PowerPC (previous technology used in personal computers and laptops), and its graphics processor developed by ATI Technologies. Nintendo, for the first time, dispensed with the cartridge (ROM) as a storage format, and adopted its own optical format, the Nintendo Optical Disc. The name "GameCube" was due to the fact that the system was shaped like a cube. It was also the first Nintendo console that did not have a Mario game, the company's official mascot, on its launch date.

The console was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 10, 2002 in Australia. It was discontinued on November 4, 2007 in Japan, on May 24, 2008 in Europe and on June 22, 2008 in North America and the last video game was Madden NFL 08.5 6 According to official figures, the GameCube managed to sell 21,740 000 units worldwide.