GameCube Game Disc

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The GameCube Game Disc is a proprietary 8 cm optical disc format developed by Nintendo for distributing games on the Nintendo GameCube console.

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Nintendo GameCube Game Disc 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf optical disc format
alsoKnownAs GCN disc
GameCube disc
associatedPlatform Nintendo GameCube hardware ecosystem
associatedWith Nintendo optical disc technology NERFINISHED
belongsToSeries Nintendo optical disc formats
category video game distribution format
compatibleWith Nintendo GameCube optical disc drive NERFINISHED
copyProtection proprietary
dataEncoding proprietary Nintendo format
designedBy Nintendo optical media engineering team NERFINISHED
designedToDiscourage unauthorized copying
use of standard DVD media
developer Nintendo NERFINISHED
diameter 8 cm
generation sixth-generation video game console media
introducedFor Nintendo GameCube console NERFINISHED
marketedBy Nintendo NERFINISHED
mediaType read-only optical disc
medium GameCube game software
notCompatibleWith standard CD players
standard DVD players
physicalCharacteristic smaller than standard 12 cm DVDs
physicalMediumFor GameCube game titles
platformExclusiveTo Nintendo GameCube NERFINISHED
predecessorFormat Nintendo 64 Game Pak NERFINISHED
primaryRegion home video game consoles
readMethod laser
regionCoding region-locked
shape circular
storageType optical
successorFormat Wii Optical Disc NERFINISHED
targetUse retail distribution of console games
usedFor distributing Nintendo GameCube games
usedFrom early 2000s
usedIn Nintendo GameCube NERFINISHED
usedOn GameCube-compatible Wii consoles

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Dolphin mediaFormat GameCube Game Disc
Wii optical disc predecessorFormat GameCube Game Disc
this entity surface form: Nintendo GameCube Game Disc