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PicoBoot
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webhdx / PicoBoot

PicoBoot

Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) based IPL replacement modchip for GameCube

3Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.7KGitHub stars
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What it is

Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040) based IPL replacement modchip for GameCube

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2022-07-20 05:27:10 UTC to 2026-01-21 20:20:18 UTC.

0122022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Here you go. There might be more but these are all I can think of off the top of my head. Nintendo Switch modchip - PicoFly: https://github.com/rehius/usk. That is the OG source of the firmware behind the already mentioned https://github.com/Ansem-SoD/Picofly OG XBox Modchip - Modxo: https://github.com/shalxmva/modxo (see initial impressions from ModzvilleUSA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUsov3i6jL0) XBox360 NAND reader / writer - Picoflasher: https://github.com/X360Tools/PicoFlasher (used in the RGH3 hack for some versions of the console as described at https://consolemods.org/wiki/Xbox_360:RGH/RGH3) Gamecube Modchip - Picoboot: https://github.com/webhdx/PicoBoot Gamecube Optical Drive Emulator - Flippydrive: https://github.com/OffBroadway/flippydrive as described at https://teamoffbroadway.com/
In I like the RP2040

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