The connector plugs into the Digital AV port rather than the Analog AV port used by other cables and contains a Macronix CMPV-DOL video chip (a digital-to-analog converter). PAL released games lack progressive 480p output.

The Japan-only D-Terminal cable also has this feature. It enables progressive scan ( 480p/60 Hz) in supported games which is not possible with most other cables.

The Component Video Cable provides video quality superior to that of the RF modulator, composite video cable and s-video cable and is equal in quality to RGB Scart (at 576i/50 Hz or 480i/60 Hz). It was included with the game MC Groovz Dance Craze and sold separately. The Beat Pad was made by Mad Catz and officially licensed by Nintendo. The Action Pad was included with Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix. They are commonly used in challenge runs as a non-standard control method, such as being used in 2020 to beat Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Several indie games were also designed around them, such as Beat Nebula (2016), Squatbot (2018), and Beat Bull (2022). They are compatible with the 2018 Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! via the Gamecube Controller Adapter for Nintendo Switch. The controller has an analog sound-sensor module between the two drums to detect clapping.ĭue to the uniqueness of the peripheral, the bongos were utilized by various games long after their release. Players hit the controller like a pair of bongo drums. A racing game, DK Bongo Blast, was also set to use the peripheral, but the GameCube version was canceled, and the game eventually released on the Wii without Bongo support as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. This controller also features a white 3 m/10 ft long cable, rather than the standard 2 m/6.5 ft black cable.ĭK Bongos ( Japanese: タルコンガ, Hepburn: Tarukonga) were designed for use with the music games Donkey Konga, Donkey Konga 2, and Donkey Konga 3, and the platformer Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, all of which were packaged with DK Bongos. The controller can also be used to play certain games on the Wii system and as a result in 2008 Nintendo issued a white GameCube controller (Japan only). There are also specially colored controllers bundled with systems, such as the Mobile Suit Gundam Edition (Red), Symphonic Green Edition (Turquoise Green) and the Final Fantasy Crystal White Edition. There are also limited edition controllers available such as a split blue and red, with the Mario 'M' logo replacing the regular GameCube logo seen on standard controllers (there have also been green and blue Luigi 'L' controllers and similarly yellow and pale blue Wario 'W' controller). Standard colors include Indigo, Black, Spice (orange), Emerald Blue (green, only available in Japan), Platinum, Indigo-clear, and Pearl White (only available in Europe). The GameCube controller was released alongside the console and comes bundled with every unit.

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