For longtime Nintendo fans and video game historians, there are few public events quite as memorable as Space World 2000, the show that first unveiled the GameCube – and its library of games, and a divisive one zelda Demo – for the world.
Space World, which ran from 1989 to 2001, was basically a cross between E3 and Nintendo Directs. As an annual live event held in Japan, all kinds of big reveals and announcements took place and 2000 was one of the biggest since Nintendo first introduced the Game Boy Advance And the game cube.
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Not only did Nintendo unveil the console itself, but it also showed off a number of games and concepts for the GameCube, some of which later emerged as games, and others –like the notorious zelda Demo that enraged some corners of the fan community-would not.
For Nintendo fans, this show was a big deal, and in terms of its impact and legacy, it could be one of the company’s most important events always, so you can understand that people have a certain attachment to everything related to it. That’s why some people got excited this week at the news that one of the GameCubes present at the show was secured by a collector.
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Donny Fillerup by Consolevariations—who you might remember from The Queen’s Golden Wii– was recently alerted to the sale of a very strange GameCube prototype, an item that collectors had been searching for Years Get hold of something. It was one of the consoles seen at Space World 2000, a machine so ahead of its time it wasn’t really a console at all.
Since Space World 2000 was held in August and the console didn’t go on sale until late 2001, the GameCubes present at the event were just shells. As is often the case with events like this one, the ongoing demos were powered by development hardware.
The shells were there though, and whether they actually worked or not didn’t matter, they were still the first glimpse the world got of one of their weirdest and most beloved little consoles, and as such they understandably hold a high place for collectors their hearts, even if they can’t actually play games.
Donny grabbed the console and took one ton from photos, showing that it only contains a few electronic parts, mainly to power the LED lights that lit up as part of the presentation. But it’s still an interesting GameCube because its exterior is fully realized, giving us the chance to see the console during its development, before everything was nailed down and set in stone.
While it looks identical to a retail unit at first glance, this Space World console actually has a lot of minor differences, the sort of things you’d expect when engineers go through the process of turning a sketch and prototype into something , which is mass produced and sold . For example, the inside of the lid has a different design, the bottom of the console has everything in slightly different dimensions, and the vents on the side have a different design.
So nothing earth-shattering, but that’s not the appeal here. Sometimes it’s just nice to know that an important piece of video game history is in good hands and that we can all benefit from it real Look closely for small (but still interesting!) observations like these. IIf you’d like to see more photos, including a ton of comparisons between the Space World shell and a retail unit, You should check out Consolevariation’s gallery.
