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).