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Dolphin Progress Report: February 2017

100 points by dEnigma 10y ago

gallerdude 10y ago
As a Nintendo fan, I'm proud of Dolphin for existing and being as wonderful as it is.
- unificador 10y ago
  Same here, I've always been a fan of Nintendo and it's incredible for me to be able to play again to Super Mario 64 from my PC
  - madez 10y ago
    What controller are you using? I've found it hard to find a good controller.
    - dEnigma 10y ago
      I don't know about Super Mario 64, but when I played Super Smash Brothers Brawl using Dolphin on my PC I used an XBox 360 controller and it worked like a charm. There are adapters that allow you to use the original Gamecube controller on the PC too; and I think there are some Gamecube-like unlicensed controllers too. edit: Same goes for Nintendo 64 controllers, AFAIK
metaphor 10y ago
Seems like the Dolphin dev team is making quite the habit of releasing regular progress updates...color me impressed.
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- jmrockson 10y ago
  I'm pretty impressed myself, I'm a layman when it comes to emulators, but I've been following along with the Dolphin Progress reports since JMC47 started posting them in May 2014! They really strike a nice balance between getting all the tech stuff out there, but also being extremely engaging for laypeople. And they been super consistent, I don't know if they've missed a single month in almost four years. And it's starting to spread to other projects as well: RPCS3: https://rpcs3.net/blog/ https://rpcs3.net/blog/ has started doing a monthly one since they started their Pateron and exploded their development progress. PCSX2: http://pcsx2.net/281-q4-2016-progress-report.html http://pcsx2.net/281-q4-2016-progress-report.html They are doing a pretty nice quarterly blog. It's really an amazing time for these kinds of open source projects! I kinda wish all the major projects I used/followed would do something like this!
- Rebelgecko 10y ago
  I haven't looked at one of their updates for a while, but was surprised that they use lots of videos now too. You can tell they spend a lot of time figuring out how to make their progress reports informative and entertaining.
anotheryou 10y ago
Hehe, as low-powered as the switch is, it might be quicker to run smooth on an emulator, right?

100 points by dEnigma 10y ago

gallerdude 10y ago

As a Nintendo fan, I'm proud of Dolphin for existing and being as wonderful as it is.

unificador 10y ago
Same here, I've always been a fan of Nintendo and it's incredible for me to be able to play again to Super Mario 64 from my PC
- madez 10y ago
  What controller are you using? I've found it hard to find a good controller.
  - dEnigma 10y ago
    I don't know about Super Mario 64, but when I played Super Smash Brothers Brawl using Dolphin on my PC I used an XBox 360 controller and it worked like a charm. There are adapters that allow you to use the original Gamecube controller on the PC too; and I think there are some Gamecube-like unlicensed controllers too. edit: Same goes for Nintendo 64 controllers, AFAIK

metaphor 10y ago

Seems like the Dolphin dev team is making quite the habit of releasing regular progress updates...color me impressed.

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jmrockson 10y ago
I'm pretty impressed myself, I'm a layman when it comes to emulators, but I've been following along with the Dolphin Progress reports since JMC47 started posting them in May 2014! They really strike a nice balance between getting all the tech stuff out there, but also being extremely engaging for laypeople. And they been super consistent, I don't know if they've missed a single month in almost four years. And it's starting to spread to other projects as well: RPCS3: https://rpcs3.net/blog/ https://rpcs3.net/blog/ has started doing a monthly one since they started their Pateron and exploded their development progress. PCSX2: http://pcsx2.net/281-q4-2016-progress-report.html http://pcsx2.net/281-q4-2016-progress-report.html They are doing a pretty nice quarterly blog. It's really an amazing time for these kinds of open source projects! I kinda wish all the major projects I used/followed would do something like this!
Rebelgecko 10y ago
I haven't looked at one of their updates for a while, but was surprised that they use lots of videos now too. You can tell they spend a lot of time figuring out how to make their progress reports informative and entertaining.

anotheryou 10y ago

Hehe, as low-powered as the switch is, it might be quicker to run smooth on an emulator, right?