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New GameCube Network Loader Runs Homebrew Games
An anonymous reader submits: "Cube Hacker is reporting that a new network loader has been released which allows you to execute retail code by exploiting a known bug in Sega's online game, Phantasy Star Online. Obviously piracy is not condoned but this certainly opens the door for future home-brew development! Linux on GameCube anyone?" Update: 10/13 23:33 GMT by S : Previous update removed, due to it only referencing retail titles.
From what I have read, the hack consists in exploiting a weakness in the sega video game PHANTASY STAR ONLINE using the same method than with the xbox memory card exploit: a modified saved game that will cause a buffer overflow. Exploiting the overflow allows the user to gain control of the ethernet adaptor, enabling him to transfer the 'loader' bootstrap, causing the reboot of the Nintendo Gamecube, and from there, the loader will open a connection to the user's computer, and using the server software included in this pirate release, will allow the user to upload game files in the gamecube 'generous' 48mb of ram. Nintendo will send their death squads at these guys.
Gamecube: $99 X-Box: $149
See my point?
Not really, no. I have both an XBOX and GameCube and they are both great gaming machines, but the XBOX is for obvious reasons the XBOX is a much better PC-replacement for running alternate OSes like Linux. The GameCube may be cheaper, but because of its design (the memory system, CPU, etc) it would make a crappy general purpose Linux box.
as pc replacement they're both crap(no, really, they are).
currently as 'stream content and run some stuff from pc world' modded xbox takes the crown though.
now, xbox's value as a general pc replacement has been dropping steadily since it got introduced. as for games.. well, i guess everyone to their own(yes, i'd like to play kotor but thats just about it). but gc is starting to look like a healthy addition to my dreamcast now, though it'll probably take another few years before i can afford it the way i want(but eventually i want to play sunshine, and at the moment thats just about the only game i think might be worth the money on gc, apart from party games like smb)..
well, i'd still like a ps2 also, if only for gt3.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Just in case... water spins differently based on the container it's in, NOT the hemisphere! The force from the coriolas (sic) effect on small amounts of water is almost nothing.