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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 115 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I NEVER EVEN NOTICED THE C

[–] Risus_Nex@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny. I never noticed the real G. The C was always close enough for me.
It really is a brilliant logo

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I never noticed the real G

Motherfuckers act like they forgot about Dre

[–] errer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It’s because real Gs move in silence like lasagna

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Mom's spaghetti

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I never noticed C or G. Just saw a funny box

[–] mutter9355@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] soloner@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Plp. Do do do do - do do do do - do do do do - da da... PLOMP!

[–] Glytch@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 year ago

I've used this as a ring tone for at least 10 years.

[–] StalfoSpork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the squeaky version

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember taking a design class in the 1990s right after GC came out, and the professor basically said "this will be used as a demo in intro design classes for the next century." I thought it was hyperbole, but people still talk about it.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the GameCube was released 2001

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the logo was teased at least a couple of years earlier, iirc.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yes I am dumb, of course there was information about a console before release...

[–] BReel@lemmy.one 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And don’t forget the ridiculously good sound design and animation to build it in. Happily burnt into the depths of my brain.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dinka-dinka-dinhuh-dinkaah-dinka-dinka-dinkadinkadinkadadedink.

Womp.

[–] babyfarmer@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Both this and the N64 logo were pretty great from a design aspect.

There's a building in Illinois that resembles the N64 logo.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: the 3D model of the N64 logo has 64 faces and 64 vertices.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I always looked at it like it had 4 N's and 6 faces but your point is way more interesting.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wanna walk up those “stairs”

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

You got 4m long legs?

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And all the while the GameCube isn't actually a cube.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s not even topologically a cube because of the ventilation holes! it’s first homology group has at least 64 copies of ℤ, it’s supposed to have none!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This thing goes all the way to the top!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

GameCuboid or GameRectangularPrism weren't as catchy.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus it makes Frank Zappa sounds

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] misophist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, half the comments on your link talk about how Vai sounds Zappa-esque.

[–] pedro@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vai worked for Zappa, didn't he?

I remember reading that he was hired to transcribe Zappa's live solos

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[–] aeronmelon@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, if you played the GameCube at all, you hear that cube walking across the screen every... single... TIME!

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

one does not simply turn on a gamecube without holding Z

[–] smort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never had a GameCube… what’s holding Z do?

[–] wazzupdog@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Changes the start up sounds sequence, if i recall correctly you could also hold L or R for other sounds as well,

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's clever but it's a pretty ugly logo.

And I say that as a person who LOVES the GameCube. Double Dash? Smash bros? The sweet handle to carry the cube around? Amazing system.

[–] shikogo@pawb.social 25 points 1 year ago

I think it really fit its aesthetic.

[–] Raz@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

For the early 2000's this is pretty tight.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What's ugly about it? Wouldn't it be better to say, "I think it's ugly" or something?

[–] Z3R0C00l@artemis.camp 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We clearly have a different definition of “brilliant”. LMFAO

[–] GunValkyrie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, with a lot of hard work you'll be able to catch up. Good luck.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

With comments like that, this guy probably works for Nasa.