The 2000 Nintendo Space World trade show GameCube unit has been found
Nintendo debuted its new console, the GameCube, at the 2000 Nintendo Space World show and collectors have been trying for years to track down the famed unit. Well, the 2000 Nintendo Space World GameCube, has finally been found by Donny Fillerup of Console variations who managed to purchase it for an undisclosed sum of money. You can check out his findings as well as lots of photos on his blog here.
Retail GameCube (Left) Space World Gamecube (Right)
Difference between the 2000 Nintendo Space World units:
Spaceworld has a window lid
The reset button is flat
The On/off button is round and actually a ‘convex button’
The names ‘power” “Reset” and “open” is written down in white and not carved in, (more details in other pictures)
The front has 2 differences,
On the Memory Card slot, the Spaceworld has ” Digi card A” and “Digi card B” written
On the Retail version, there is a “ATI” logo on the right corner
The ATI CPU did got announced, but we guess for the Spaceworld, no other logo or other sticker has toe be shown, in the end ATI had 2 very limited edition GameCube Consoles, ? Check it out here and here
Differences
The Spaceworld has 121 airvents for the cooling while the retail has 64
Below the vents, the retail has a little ‘wing’ on the side and the Spaceworld does not.
At first glance there is not much, however doing a side by side comparison, you notice the following:
Holes for the GBA player are much bigger,
It has no area where the sticker could be for serial numbers
Again, the covers their names are printed in white, while the retail it’s carved in.
Opening up the lid shows some minor design changes on the disc tray,
it has some corners instead of a round finishing and the lid goes up much wider, high likely to showcase the inside.
Very small detail, in the middle it says “push” in black, while the retail has a holographic button
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Source: My Nintendo News
