GameCube Service Disc v1.0/03

GameCube Service Disc v1.0/03 was once used by Nintendo World Class Service to test and diagnose problems with the console, memory cards, controllers, and can even check the currently inserted Game Boy Advance game through the GameCube-Game Boy Advance Cable. Nintendo 64 controllers can also be detected, suggesting this is from earlier in the console's development.

As with all Nintendo testing software, the Service Disc contains a plethora of Nintendo-themed content, both used and unused. Bizarrely, there are also respectable logos from the automotive industry, such as Tamiya and Goodyear.

Console revisions post-2003 will boot the Service Disc to an indefinitely-hung black screen, likely done to prevent further servicing after the demise of the Nintendo World Class Service. Remaining copies were taken back by Nintendo and presumably destroyed; as such, few copies saw the light of day.

Unused Music
Loads of unused music is present on the Service Disc.

audiosys
Two unused songs are present in this folder. They appear to be the same track played at different speeds.

Car3230.adp - Could have been intended for the car demo intro.

Car4830.adp - Also could have been intended for the car demo intro.

CarDemo
Duplicate files of "Car3230.adp" and "Car4830.adp" are present in this folder.

cardemoA.adp - Also could have been intended for the car demo intro.

nintendo
For some reason, there's some classic Nintendo songs in this folder.

Epona 04.adp - This stream is Track 4, Lon Lon Ranch, from the Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged album.

Spmario.adp - This stream is Track 6, Super Mario Bros., from the Super Mario World jazz album.

Unused Bitmaps
The images folder contains several bitmap images that don't seem to be used anywhere.



A picture of good ol' Mario. You can see a smaller version of this picture in the game's banner.



A picture of good ol'...inverted Mario.



A small picture of...dogs? It's a little hard to tell. The texture was made to tile seamlessly, so it may have been used as a background image.



Colorless bricks.



The logo for "Art X", who developed the graphics chip for the GameCube.



A crudely drawn smiley face with stars and text saying "Dolphin", the original codename of the GameCube.

Stereoscopic 3D
According to Nintendo, the GameCube was meant to support stereoscopic 3D output, but cost and lack of consumer interest led to the feature being shelved. However, the Service Disc still contains some remnants of this planned support in the form of stereoscopic test images.



Bizarrely, there's also a few images from Quake.



Unused Textures
Textures for a car model can be found in gxDemos/CarTex.tpl. It has an associated .gpl model. Hidden within the GameCube's SDK is an image of this object.

Textures for some kind of mecha found in gxDemos/MechaTex.tpl. It also has an associated .gpl model, and like the car above, an image of the model exists within the GameCube's SDK.

gamecube.tpl has the background to the menu, but it also has textures for a GameCube.