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So, a friend of mine had this in his basement, mixed in with a bunch of junk. He said that he lost the receiver for it years ago, and has no idea where it is. And just gave me the gamepad for free. I have never owned a Nintendo GameCube or Wii (with GameCube ports). I had to look up the wavebird, and it sadly doesn't connect via bluetooth. So it seems like I can't use it as a PC gamepad. Looking up receivers, they seem expansive. What can I do with this? Sell it on Ebay as a loose gamepad?

>> No.8319371
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8319371

>>8319359
Is that even a genuine Wavebird? How come it doesn't say Nintendo GameCube on the top?

>> No.8319376

>>8319371
>Is that even a genuine Wavebird? How come it doesn't say Nintendo GameCube on the top?

Yes, it looks genuine. It does have the Nintendo GameCube logo at the top. It is kind of a bad photo and doesn't show up well. But it is there.

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>>8319376
>It is kind of a bad photo and doesn't show up well. But it is there.

Here's a close up photo.

>> No.8319397

>>8319359
>>8319393
damn that wavebird is becoming a man he's getting pubes on his power switch

>> No.8319498

>>8319397
Kek

>> No.8319516

>>8319359
>and it sadly doesn't connect via bluetooth
That's because it uses radio frequencies to talk to the receiver. You can mod it for cable use without taking away its wireless capabilities, you know.

>> No.8319987

>>8319359
>Sell it on Ebay as a loose gamepad?
You could get $30 for it now. If you wait awhile it might be $100

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>>8319359
>and it sadly doesn't connect via bluetooth

>> No.8320093

>>8320064
>tfw the Gamecube is old enough that there are now legal age posters who view it as some relic from before their time

>> No.8320278

you can probably sell it for $30-50 and people will buy
I honestly never got the appeal of thing, it's even jankier to hold comfortably and it's in soulless silver, not indigo

>> No.8320306

>>8320278
>I honestly never got the appeal of thing

back in the day a first party quality wireless controller that actually worked perfectly was like the holy grail of controllers, I want to say it was practically the first of its kind, third party wireless controllers were always total trash in my experience.

>> No.8320310

>>8320306
I mean considering CRT sizes being around 30' at most for any sets people were likely to have wouldn't sitting further away be a bit pointless? seems to make the point of wireless controllers be moot

>> No.8320382

>>8320093
>>tfw the Gamecube is old enough that there are now legal age posters who view it as some relic from before their time

OP here, and I am close to 40.

>>8320278
>you can probably sell it for $30-50 and people will buy
>I honestly never got the appeal of thing, it's even jankier to hold comfortably and it's in soulless silver, not indigo

I was thinking about doing that. Cool looking gamepad, and could be refurbished/ cleaned up a little. But again, useless to me as it really does require a receiver. Not sure if I want to risk modding it with a USB cable.

>> No.8320405

>>8319359
give it back Jamal

>> No.8320991

>>8319516
>You can mod it for cable use
that sounds retarded why would anyone want that

>> No.8321186

>>8320310
>he didn’t grow up with a 13” crt in his bedroom all the way across the room from the bed
I had an extension cable for my ps1 controller and this is how I played through anything back then.
I’m sure that has something to do my my dogshit eyes today.

>> No.8321965

>>8320991
>I have a Nintendo GameCube WaveBird but no receiver
What's it like to not ever know where you are?

>> No.8322025

>>8321965
>let me just gut a perfectly good gamecube controller to harvest the cable so I can now have a non working gamecube controller and a wired wavebird instead of just looking for a a wavebird receiver
yeah still sounds retarded

>> No.8322108

>>8319359
Throw it away.

>> No.8322114

>>8322025
>perfectly good gamecube controller
>no receiver
Is there some context missing here, or are you brain damaged?

>> No.8322202

>>8322114
He's saying where would a cable come from but from an already working wired gamecube controller.

>> No.8322282 [DELETED] 

>>8322202
There could be any number of things wrong with a pad that have nothing to do with the cable. Some irreparable. Shut your stupid cock hole until you know what you're talking about. The mod is cheaper than sourcing new parts, and it's cheaper than buying a new pad. And if you own a Wavebird, then it's a dead cert that you already own at least two pads in great working order. You're dumb. Stop posting here.

>> No.8322292

>>8322025
There could be any number of things wrong with a pad that have nothing to do with the cable. Some irreparable. Shut your stupid cock hole until you know what you're talking about. The mod is cheaper than sourcing new parts, and it's cheaper than buying a new pad. Also, receivers aren't cheap, nor are they in abundance. And if you own a Wavebird, then it's a dead cert that you already own at least two pads in great working order. You're dumb. Stop posting here.

>> No.8322492

>>8322292
imagine being this presumptuous about shit that doesn't matter to literally anyone

>> No.8323612

>>8322492
Oh, it's entirely based on what I actually did; you see, I was faced with the same conundrum as OP, so I used my initiative. You're dumb. PLEASE stop posting here.