So, I had a day off. Yay. I've been wanting to organize my entertainment center. It's messy. It still is, but it was pretty bad. In addition to the mess that it was the last time I really dove into this task, I've added to GameCubes, a Wii a fancy switch box and an 8-port ethernet hub.
Well, anywhoo, I got it up and running. In the process, I apparently killed my five-disc DVD/surround sound receiver. Makes me sad. I'm not sure what happened... it was working fine when I started tearing everything apart, wasn't working when I hooked it all back together... acts like it's not getting any power.
The small TV in the center is a loaner, as is the second copy of Smash Bros. Brawl. Great thing though - no lag! In most cases, controls are done by using one WaveBird with four receivers (I need to get a fifth receiver!). This makes for interesting fun in Mario Kart: Double Dash. Whenever I'm testing anything out with the LAN mode, I always go into Baby Park. That's a crazy level. An odd note, if I have a Wii wired in via ethernet, the GameCubes won't connect to each other in LAN mode. They find each other, but they always error out. I have to physically disconnect the Wiis' ethernet cables to get them to connect. I could probably turn the Wiis off (as opposed to stand-by)... might try that.
So, this set up consists of
37" Flat Panel TV
One 15" Flat Panel (on loan)
On the right half
One 13" TV (coax only)
NES Top Loader (goes to 37" TV and/or 13" TV via VCR)
VCR (combo VCR/RF Modulator for one of the 13" TVs that only has a coax port). Goes to the 37" TV and/or the right 13" TV.
Intellivision (goes to 37" TV and/or 13" TV via VCR)
NES Top Loader (goes to 37" TV and/or 13" TV via VCR)
NES (goes to 37" TV via small 4-port switch)
SNES (goes to 37" TV via small 4-port switch)
SNES-mini (goes to 37" TV via small 4-port switch)
N64 (goes to 37" TV via small 4-port switch)
PC/DVD player (goes to 37" TV via HDMI)
Small 4-Port switch box
DSL modem
On the Left Half
One 13" TV
Dual Tuner Satt/DVR box (Tuner 1 goes to 37" TV and the left 13" TV. Tuner 2 goes to the 37" TV, the right 13" TV and the TV in the other room).
Large, 8-Port switch box
Black GCN with GBP (goes to right 13" TV and/or 37" TV)
Indigo GCN with GBP (goes to middle 15" TV and/or 37" TV)
Indigo GCN with GBP (goes to 37" TV)
Panasonic Q with GBP (goes to left 13" TV and/or 37" TV)
Indigo GCN with GBP and Mobile Monitor (goes to Mobile Monitor and/or 37" TV)
White Wii (goes to 37" TV)
Black Wii (goes to 37" TV and/or middle 15" TV)
8-port ethernet hub
Small, round, 4-port switch
All five GameCubes and both Wiis are wired into the hub via ethernet port (although, apparently, I have to disconnect the Wiis for GCN LAN mode).
All Five Game Cubes run to the 37" TV (via the large switch box) with Component Cables. The White Wii is connected to the large switch box/37" TV with Component Cables as well.
The three smaller TVs are connected to the small, round 4-port switch via Video only. On the first setting, the switch transmits the feed from the satellite receiver to the left and right TVs and the feed from the black Wii to the middle TV. On the second setting, the switch sends the various GameCube feeds to the various small TVs. When I return the 15" TV, the black Wii will be swapped out to play on the left 13" TV via switch option #3.
So, things I can do for fun...
16 player Mario Kart: Double Dash. Oddly, because of the weird way the LAN mode was programmed, if I want all 16 players, I either have to use four or eight GCNs... nothing else will do. Using all five GCNs turns split-screen mode off, limiting you to either 5 or 10 players (5 Karts). I really want, at some point, the Japanese version of Double Dash to see if it works in LAN mode with the US version... Two notes: for anyone wondering, no, you can't use Wiis to play Double Dash in LAN mode, even if the Wiis are wired in. I wonder if that's even something Nintendo could tweak the Wii's firmware to do. Second, I have some of the old GCN Kiosk demo discs... One of them has a Mario Kart: Double Dash demo on it. While it won't let you select it, the main menu shows the LAN mode option, but only if you have the LAN adapter in the GCN. Neat.
2-player Kirby's Air Ride or Avalanche 1080º via LAN. In addition to the multiple copies of Mario Kart: Double Dash, I've also managed to pick up cheap second copies of the other two LAN titles. My second copy of Kirby's Air Ride was disc-only (Hollywood Video close out - whoo!), so it shares an extra two disc case with my original.
2-4 player Game Boy/Game Boy Advance titles. Including Four Swords and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. I *assume* I could also do five-player Pokémon stuff with GBA Wireless adapters - however, I can't test this as I only have one GBA Pokémon title... and honestly, I don't have the drive to test it.
GCN Connectivity Titles. Four Swords Adventures, Four Swords Plus, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, Pac-Man vs... got 'em. Even Wind Waker with the Tingle Tuner. That actually sounds neat... I haven't tried that yet. Now, of course, I can use the Wiis as GameCubes, if I wanted to. Until I got the Q and the four GameCubes, though, I was unable to play four player with Four Swords Plus, as the Wii wouldn't load it with the Free Loader. However, I wonder if Gecko will load import GCN games as easily as it does import Wii titles...
Connect my Super Game Boy 2 in an SNES to a Game Boy Player in a GameCube for 2-player Game Boy titles. Yeah.
And, of course, WiFi Connect titles on the Wii. Lag-free Brawl matches. Of course, that's nothing special, since both screens see the same thing anyway. I borrowed a friend's copy of Brawl to try it out though. Need a second copy of Mario Kart Wii.
Anywhoo, enjoy this video of my entertainment center. It's not very exciting, as I'm trying to control everything with one hand/one controller.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BgiZY6B8Bo 
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