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What you're looking at above is a (rather bad cellphone) of my new 2-Player Cube setup. This is something I've wanted to put together for quite some time. In fact, not that long ago I even acquired a set of elusive Gamecube component cables so that I could connect the Game Boy Players (one hooked up to my computer monitor, the other to my TV) on my two Cubes from one end of the room to the other. Alas, I cannot find a GBA Link Cable long enough to pull this off.

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I did however recently come across a 5.4" LCD screen that sits atop a Gamecube. I couldn't turn it down when the gears in my head started clanking together again about the old 2-P Cube setup that I had been wanting to try out. I know it's sort of silly considering the GBA's are portable in nature so trying it on a portable screen sort of defeats the purpose. But I suppose more than anything it was a proof of concept (for my own eyes). Eventually I'd like to just get a second LCD monitor and have each Cube hooked up to its own monitor side-by-side. Combined with the pictured arcade sticks, this would make for a great setup to play ports of the Street Fighter games and things of that nature.

Also, once I come across a second Gamecube broadband adapter, it means LAN-time baby. But until then I'll be experimenting with the various games that benefit from multi-player released on the GBA. Surprisingly, a fair amount of games incorporated a single-cartridge multi-boot mode, such as Chu Chu Rocket (pictured above). On the flip-side, this will probably give me an excuse to get a second copy of Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival.

It's a sickness, I know.

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