2001 - The Nintendo GameCube was released.

2001年的今天，任天堂发销家用电视游戏主机GameCube（NGC）。

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The Nintendo GameCube (ニンテンドーゲームキューブ, Nintendō Gēmu Kyūbu^?) (GCN) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation–era. The GameCube itself is the most compact and least expensive of the sixth generation era consoles, excluding the discontinued Dreamcast. The GameCube was released on September 14, 2001 in Japan; November 18, 2001 in North America; May 3, 2002 in Europe; and May 17, 2002 in Australia.

GameCube（日语：ゲームキューブ；美洲及欧洲地区正式缩写为GCN，日本及其他亚洲地区缩写为GC或NGC ）是日本任天堂公司所推出的一部次时代家用电视游戏机。与此主机同世代的还有，索尼公司的PlayStation 2、世嘉公司的Dreamcast以及微软公司的Xbox。