Nintendo GameCube Services

A retro console's standard composite or RF output looks soft, smeared and noisy on a modern TV. An HDMI upgrade builds a digital video output into the console itself.

It plugs straight into any modern TV with a standard HDMI lead, with no upscaler or adaptors, for a sharp, lag-free picture, typically with options for scaling and display style.

A reshell moves your console's original board and internals into a new shell. It's the easiest way to replace a cracked, yellowed or worn case, or to give the console a completely new look.

You choose and supply the shell, so you get exactly the one you want. We transfer everything across and test the console before it comes back.

We replace the console's standard power LED with a new one in the colour you choose. Options vary a little by console, and include an RGB colour-changing LED.

It's a small change that makes a console your own, and it pairs well with a reshell.

Decades of dust and grime build up inside a console, trapping heat against the board and dulling the shell. A Deep Clean is a full strip-down, with the board and shell cleaned inside and out.

The plastics are then treated with a UV protectant to freshen them up and help guard against further yellowing. It's the right pick for a console that works well but looks tired.

Retro consoles rely on electrolytic capacitors, and after 25 to 40 years they dry out, lose capacity and can leak. That shows up as picture and sound problems, instability or a console that won't power on, and leaking capacitors can permanently damage the board around them.

A recap replaces them all with fresh, quality parts, restoring reliability and heading off that damage before it starts.

On top of the Deep Clean and System Recap, we resolder the mechanical solder joints: the power and controller connectors.

Those joints take physical stress every time something is plugged in or removed, and over the years they can crack and cause intermittent faults. It's the one-visit option for a console you want at its very best.

The GameCube keeps its clock running on a small internal battery, and replacing it normally means soldering.

The battery mod converts it to a socketed battery, so when it eventually runs flat, a new one is a simple swap.

Disc consoles rely on an optical drive that is now decades old: lasers wear out, motors and belts fail, and replacement drives are getting harder to find. An optical drive emulator replaces the drive with modern storage such as an SD card.

No more worn-out drive, faster and quieter loading, and your whole library in one place, loaded from a menu instead of swapping discs.

GameCube discs are region-locked, so a console from one region won't load games from another.

The Xeno chip adds multi-region disc loading, so imported games run on your console.

The kit replaces the console's controller port board with one that has Bluetooth built in.

You can pair modern Bluetooth controllers wirelessly, while your original controllers still plug in and work as normal.

A Japanese GameCube's system menus and settings are in Japanese. This mod switches the system to English.

It needs no extra parts, and it pairs well with the Xeno chip if you also want to play games from other regions.

The original internal power supplies in these consoles are decades old. Ageing capacitors, heat and mains-side wear are among the most common reasons a console stops powering on, or turns unreliable once it warms up.

We remove the original supply and fit a USB-C Power Delivery board in its place. A modern USB-C PD charger is smaller, cooler and far better regulated, and easy to replace off the shelf.

Original controllers take more wear than the console itself: buttons stick or stop registering, d-pads go mushy and analogue sticks loosen with age.

Each controller is stripped down and deep cleaned, with the contacts, buttons, d-pad and any analogue sticks serviced so it responds like new. Send as many as you like in the same parcel as your console.