gamecube component cable

i got a fully working gamecube component cable. no box though. how much is it worth?

 

It depends really , if you go to ebay they are insanely priced right now , someone on these forums is selling one for 95 though if that helps.

 

70-100 bucks

 

Wow prices got really insane on ebay lately!! I bought one local for 80$ 8 months ago.

 

If i was u, i'd keep it for me. its a really rare item.

 

Think carefully. This is a marvelous item with custom chip, no performance equal even for Wii.

 

I sold one for 60usd shipped.

 

The price has exploded on ebay in the last few months.

 

can someone explain why we haven't seen clones yet?

 

Because ^

 

That's right.

Anyway, there's an awesome guy over at gc-forever who has been working on one for the past year and is getting really close iirc.

As for the price, with the rise in prices lately I'd go for the 70-100 range as well.

 

The guy thats bought some of the chips and making an internal mod? or is there someone duplicating the chip?

 

as i do most of my gamecube gaming on wii, i won't use this cable a lot, though it would be wise to wait a few years before selling as you said. Thanks for all the responses.

 

I sold mine for like $70 or so on eBay right after the Wii came out. Kind of regret it now because I want to have a gaming setup with all of my consoles displayed and hooked up, even if they are redundant (since my Wii plays GC). I can't hook it up with the disgusting composite cables.

That having been said, they are fetching a pretty penny right now on eBay so if you are certain that you never want to use the GC again, you probably should sell right now. But you might as well sell the GameCube too if you're getting rid of its display cable...

 

Right, megalomaniac at gc-forever has made what he called the 'mega3' with that same MX chip and was selling them for $65 so members could setup an internal (or external) component mod. He's out of the MX chips currently, afaik. I haven't heard of anyone duplicating the chip though.

 

The custom board being worked on is an internal modonly. Modding/parts/etc. will cost so much you're better off paying for the cable and not worrying about it.

 

No its not.
thousands were made.

 

I guess it depends on how you define "rare." The demand is much higher than the supply, they weren't made for a very long time, and because of the custom chip, third party cables don't exist. IIRC, they were around $50-60 new when they were still being made by Nintendo, so they weren't cheap even when they were readily available.
I'm lucky. I got mine locally for around $12:congratulatory:

Another thing that surprises me is how uncommon first party s-video cables seem to be. Since third party s-video cables are a crap shoot, I've started installing s-video ports on my consoles so I can use regular cables.

 

There were enough of them that they were regularly sold at Gamestop for $4.99! Problem now is they are in high demand, and people have collectively started to irrationally thrash over them. I patiently waited probably 9 months to find a CIB cube with the wire for $70 total!

 

Why is that?

If only component inputs were more common place on TVs earlier, these would have been bought more and more accessible.