September 14, 2001 · Computer or hardware
Nintendo GameCube (Japan) (2001)
The Japanese launch of Nintendo's compact, disc-based console.
Nintendo's first optical-disc console debuted in Japan on 14 September 2001. It used proprietary 8 cm mini-DVDs and a handled box. Sales totalled about 21 million units.
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Facts
- Date
- September 14, 2001
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Nintendo
- CPU
- IBM Gekko 485 MHz
- Graphics
- ATI Flipper
- Media
- Mini-DVD
- Units sold
- 21.7 million
- Generation
- 6th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Notable games
- Luigi's Mansion; Wave Race: Blue Storm; Super Monkey Ball; Super Smash Bros. Melee
Source: Wikipedia
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