OK First off im not sure if any of you know about this so if this isnt new ignore me.
But my 11 year old cousin from Singapore has come over to spend the summer with my brother, he brought over his Gamecube and his games and when he took out his games i noticed that some were JAP some NTSC and some PAL. He didnt have a freeloader or anything and when i plugged it into out TV for him i noticed a small switch sticking out the right hand side panel bit.(you know the bit that gets all dusty) When id plugged it in for them he took one of his JAP games first (Super Smash Bros Melee) and when he put it in he moved the switch up, put the JAP game in and it loaded. When he put in Zelda The Wind Waker NTSC he put the switch to the middle and it loaded! He deintely didnt use a freeloader and ill post some pics if i can get hold of a camera. But it looks like the Gamecube has been hacked already!

(although he didnt have any backup games

to test it with )
LOL i dont mean to sound so 'proper' with all the full wrds n stuff but i havnt typed 'proper' in a while..
Crash