Why is XLink supporting the GameCube?
I thought Xbox fanboys hate Nintendo!!11!!1 A: That’s something which a few people have asked about. Our decision to support it came about after the recent price drop in the UK. A nice new Cube is only £79 here now – which means it’s almost rude not to buy one. I mean, yeah, we’re mainly Xbox fanboys here – but reduced price gadgetry is something that we’ll never overlook – and it’s a damn fine piece of kit for the money, with something that at times the XBox has lacked – games written specifically for the hardware. So, a few people in our forums started asking about the upcoming broadband adapter, and its support for a “system link” style setup. At first, I must admit, I had absolutely no idea how the syslink worked on the GCN, but a couple of guys told me that it was just a normal Ethernet lead! This being the case, XLink basically supported it already – although by default XLink only listens to “MAC” addresses (each console has a unique one) which begin with “0050F2” – ie XBoxes. Su
