Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode. Would it be possible to make a gamecube emulator for Wii mode? It would have to translate the MIOS commands appropriately, and also limit it's use of the CPU to get the right clocking. Features this could have that Starlet doesn't: Wiimote support(mostly classic controller, but playing Megaman anniversary collection with a mapped wiimote?) Virtual Memory Cards(manage virtual memory cards on your SD card!) Built in AR/Ocarina. Run different region games on 3.4 where you can't use the menu loaders. Overclock it for fun. So the question is, is it possible to translate the MIOS commands quickly enough to a)run gamecube games at fullspeed? b)add features listed above?http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4580#msg-4580Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:14:14 +0100 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,9408#msg-9408 Re: Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,9408#msg-9408 agoaj SoftwareTue, 03 Feb 2009 19:37:29 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8628#msg-8628 Re: Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8628#msg-8628 bushing SoftwareFri, 23 Jan 2009 23:51:44 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8624#msg-8624 Re: Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8624#msg-8624So, it has no sense to try to emulate the Wii (or GC, is the same thing but just a bit slower) with a Wii.]]> blacknight SoftwareFri, 23 Jan 2009 23:27:30 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8016#msg-8016 Re: Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,8016#msg-8016
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Well, the hooks in gecko OS don't work with either 3.3 or 3.4.

I don't know about 3.4, but I used Menu Loader once with 3.3, and it worked perfectly...]]> DanielHueho SoftwareThu, 15 Jan 2009 21:12:55 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5596#msg-5596 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5596#msg-5596 bushing SoftwareMon, 22 Dec 2008 04:19:21 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5493#msg-5493 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5493#msg-5493
My concern is that software would be slow enough that it would be worse than MIOS.]]> agoaj SoftwareSun, 21 Dec 2008 22:20:49 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5390#msg-5390 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5390#msg-5390 strongfan SoftwareSat, 20 Dec 2008 18:44:45 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5365#msg-5365 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5365#msg-5365 whodares SoftwareSat, 20 Dec 2008 09:54:33 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5359#msg-5359 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5359#msg-5359 Painguy SoftwareSat, 20 Dec 2008 06:52:30 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5292#msg-5292 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5292#msg-5292
As for MIOS, you could probably patch it to create interfaces that Gamecube games can use to access Wii functionality, without breaking Gamecube compatibility. However, the games would have to be coded/hacked to use those interfaces. In some cases I imagine MIOS is already responsible for managing these things (e.g. preventing access to the extra RAM), so they could probably be transparently adapted, but other things (e.g. accessing memory cards and controllers) are done (AFAIK) by the CPU accessing hardware registers directly, so you'd need to either trap access to those registers or hook the code that does it, and hack in something to redirect to SD/Wiimote/etc.

Without a lot of work to make existing games work with the new features, I think the only real benefit you'd get is being able to write Gamecube homebrew that can detect and use extra Wii features without having to be modified to work in Wii mode, like with Game Boy games being able to detect and use Game Boy Color features without dropping compatibility with older Game Boys.]]> HyperHacker SoftwareFri, 19 Dec 2008 12:02:49 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5288#msg-5288 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5288#msg-5288[forum.wiibrew.org]

From my understanding MIOS does two things, 1. preps the console for running Gamecube stuff, and 2. locks down Wii specific stuff.

I reckon it'd be possible to patch it to prevent locking out the Wiimotes (maybe even find a way of making the WiFi look like a GC LAN adapter?). Not saying it would be easy tho]]> whodares SoftwareFri, 19 Dec 2008 08:31:11 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5279#msg-5279 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5279#msg-5279 DrLucky SoftwareFri, 19 Dec 2008 03:06:17 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5277#msg-5277 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5277#msg-5277A GC emulator for Wii may sound redundant, but what about some kind of customized MIOS? I mean, patching the MIOS with these features, or something like that... Yeah, a pretty dumb thought, but there's already a patched version for use with the GC Homebrew Launcher, so, is this close to possible?]]> DanielHueho SoftwareFri, 19 Dec 2008 02:30:05 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5210#msg-5210 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5210#msg-5210
You can overwrite the normal handler for these requests with your own code. In order not to break anything, the new hook code gets installed as the IRQ handler, however, the original IRQ handler's memory address is stored. That way, once your hook has run, you can then send the data on to the original hook, allowing everything to continue functioning as normal.]]> whodares SoftwareWed, 17 Dec 2008 21:37:31 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5208#msg-5208 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,5208#msg-5208 strongfan SoftwareWed, 17 Dec 2008 21:25:40 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4753#msg-4753 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4753#msg-4753 agoaj SoftwareWed, 10 Dec 2008 03:52:34 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4584#msg-4584 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4584#msg-4584 agoaj SoftwareSat, 06 Dec 2008 22:07:19 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4581#msg-4581 Re: Idea: Gamecube Emulator for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4581#msg-4581 strongfan SoftwareSat, 06 Dec 2008 22:01:09 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4580#msg-4580 Idea: Enhanced Gamecube functionality for Wii mode.http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?27,4580,4580#msg-4580Features this could have that Starlet doesn't:
Wiimote support(mostly classic controller, but playing Megaman anniversary collection with a mapped wiimote?)
Virtual Memory Cards(manage virtual memory cards on your SD card!)
Built in AR/Ocarina.
Run different region games on 3.4 where you can't use the menu loaders.
Overclock it for fun.

So the question is, is it possible to translate the MIOS commands quickly enough to
a)run gamecube games at fullspeed?
b)add features listed above?]]> agoaj SoftwareSat, 06 Dec 2008 20:35:39 +0100