GameCube Boot Process

From Rare Gaming Dump

Load BS1 Code this is the first boot stage this init the hardware then goes into BS2

Descramble and Load the BS2 Code the second boot stage, this is the IPL System Menu on the GameCube it stores a archive for textures, messages and sound data, etc.

A Japan and English compressed grayscale fonts are stored at the bottom of the ROM chip it will display the japan font is the ipl mode region is set to japan but if English is set then English font is displayed also the rom fonts can be used in games using the API from SDK.