thesimpsons69 Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 It has happened to me 4 times. 3 times when I was playing Gauntlet Dark Legacy. It has also happened to my PS2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted May 11, 2002 Share Posted May 11, 2002 not fro me yet,but when i was playing gtaIII it froze once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Master Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 You'd better bring it back. The fans might not be working inside the system. Or the games are dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 We had the same problem with our Gamecube, after 45 mins. of playing Wham! the stupid thing failed, we had to let it cool for a while, we got sick of it and took it back to WM. You should claim your warranty before it expires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 My buddy Kelly got his GC about 3 weeks ago, but we played it tonight for a good 4 hours at least and didn't have any problems. I know the warranty thing is kinda crappy that he got (only 30 days) and yea, it's new! something to do with EB I guess, dunno. He had to pay 40 extra if he wanted a full year warranty. But, the system seems flawless! Never really had a problem with the PS2 freezing up either. NFL BLITZ 2001 on the Dreamcast however, man, I played that damn game for a good hour and was 1 touchdown away from winning! Well, right when I made that touchdown, the damn thing froze oh well, I'll live Clint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Once during Rogue Leader and once during loading for Soccer Slam for some bizarre reason. Also Burnout has juddered a couple of times during play (stopped for a split second). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 me too while rogue leader, but i am not sure...if it was'nt while booting up gamecube, not the game... strange... but reset should work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Rogue Leader is known for causing the GameCube to freeze, so I'm not surprised to hear anyone say that. I doubt this has anything to do with the GC hardware, just sounds like a buggy game. Probably rushed out the door to make it in time for the GC launch. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitfallaimee Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Once during Rogue Leader, and once during Monkey Ball--but I think that was just a bug in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Depends on when you bought it. If you got it right around the release time then you may have a buggy system (as are many when they are first released, not everything can be caught in playtesting). Just return it and get a new one. This happened to a friend of mine with the Dreamcast and Gamecube and PS2. He's really big about getting things on release day and usually ends up paying for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesimpsons69 Posted May 13, 2002 Author Share Posted May 13, 2002 My Gamecube never froze on me during game play for Rouge Leader YET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 wow neither has mine YET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 yeah, I froze my GC once in Rogue Leader - on the Hoth level. Oddly enough, my brother did the same with a UK Gamecube, so the (admittedly tiny) bug wan't corrected for the PAL release. I think you have to accept that with a launch game. Incidentally, I was talking to a mate who works in a Games store today, both he and I have crashed Xbox playposts, and it's because of the big light on the playpost top, apparently it interferes with the system! wierd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 Should we blame the Gamecube freezing problems to cheap Hardware or buggy software then? or both? overheating perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 Sinead O'Connor would blame the pope. Rik Mayall would blame Thatcher. Arabs would be pointing fingers at each other. An undead Richard Nixon would claim that he's got a solution, but it's secret. [ 05-16-2002: Message edited by: Nukey Shay ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted May 16, 2002 Share Posted May 16, 2002 Out of probably about 500 hours of playing Rogue Leader, it froze on me once. Haven't had it freeze on any other game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 i have got a wavrace copy and it freezes EVERY time you play it...it does not matter which course, game mode, training whatever... this makes me angry and nervous... because NOW i don't k´now if it is my gamecube or WaveRace... right now it is complety useless...and it is a Nintendo Game!!! hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdstuff64 Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 tha's bad,EVERY TIME!?!?! you should call nintendo about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoPimp69 Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 It hasn't froze on me yet, but my PS2 has while playing GTA3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 good grief, take that copy of waverace back! the disc is obviously wasted. Also, everyone else, a minor point, just make sure that the GC has enough room to 'breathe' around its fan intake - if it hasn't the fan won't do much good and it WILL crash, same with PS2 and Xbox as well. The hardware doesn't feel cheap at all, apart from the one lock-up in a LOT of hours played in RL (which is the game,not the system) it looks a stocky, tightly put together little unit - the R2-D2 of the console world, really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted May 19, 2002 Share Posted May 19, 2002 but mine has a lot of to breath and it crashes even when switched on directly and booted waverace... after E3 i will call nintendo customer support... hve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted May 20, 2002 Share Posted May 20, 2002 If waverace is the only game that locks like that, its the game (which I suspect is the problem). You have NOTHING to lose by returning it for another copy just to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgehog Posted May 20, 2002 Share Posted May 20, 2002 My Gamecube hasn't froze up yet, I even played for 10 hours straigt before. I completed a whole franchise mode in Madden 2002, and it didn't freeze, the only thing that happened was the system got a little warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted May 20, 2002 Share Posted May 20, 2002 My copy of Wave Race has never crashed (or slowed down) yet, which is more than I can say for my Jetski - man! that game is HARD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 I have not had it happen to my PS2 but I do remember one time with one of my consoles where a game froze up. I think it was with my Genesis and a Double Dragon type game ( I don't remember which one it was but the game had a similar play style to Double Dragon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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