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Dolphin Emulator Progress Release 2606
- roboyoshi 3mo agoAlways a joy to read those and the fact that the emulator keeps on improving. You can run it on SteamDeck nicely and play Gamecube games better than Switch 2. It's a shame nintendo has only released about 5 games thus far.. Great work Dolphin Devs! I still need to give RetroAchievements a try.
- spwa4 3mo agoIt runs on android phones! And on any snapdragon: very well (some are <200 second hand now). Steam decks are what now, 750 for the worst version?
- dormento 3mo ago> It runs on android phones! Whats even more interesting IMHO is that according to TFA the most popular platform in terms of usage is Android. This is probably related to the large amount of dedicated Android gaming devices like the Ayn Thor and similar.
- spwa4 3mo ago... and the fact that (at least so far) android devices haven't 3x'ed in price due to AI bubbling. And to add insult to injury: take a galaxy s23 ultra. Start a gamecube title. Connect USB-C to a monitor, display, TV, project: you get an image (and with a bluetooth gamepad it works from a distance). USB-C to HDMI converter? Also works! Going to a friend's house? Use a display at work? Just works! Take either of Nintendo's 2 most recent hardware platforms: it doesn't effin work! Despite this being a major complaint on the previous hardware ...
- zimpenfish 3mo ago> Take either of Nintendo's 2 most recent hardware platforms: it doesn't effin work! Assuming this is the Switch and Switch 2 here, are you specifically talking about Gamecube titles? Because I've recorded video from my Switch over a USB-C->HDMI->USB-C dongle chain (Zelda:TOTK)
- spwa4 3mo agoWhich dongle are you using? Is there a nintendo one that works?
- zimpenfish 3mo agoMy mistake, it was the Switch 2. Using JINGDU "Switch HDMI cable"[0] feeding into a UGREEN capture dongle[1] which then fed into my MacBook for capture. (Super handy when you want a bigger screen on the train or wherever.) [0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVZDJ8MD https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BVZDJ8MD [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BGMYPBF4 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BGMYPBF4
- ls612 3mo agoThis is true for all Nintendo emulators afaik. I’m semi-involved in the Eden discord (the community successor fork of yuzu) and over half their users are on Android. I for one don’t get the appeal of emulating games on a phone but maybe I’m just old fashioned.
- Krutonium 3mo agoHonest Answer: You can play it on the Bus.
- toxicunderGroov 3mo agoMost of my emulation game time is outside the house, 90% (got a miyoo mini plus for when I'm in a que) is done on Android and none of it is on a phone :) Just the idea of touchscreen gaming is giving me RSI pain.
- dormento 3mo agoI can't imagine playing those in anything other than a big panel (maybe with an NTSC filter), on the couch, dim lights. Maybe I'm just getting old.
- wombat-man 3mo agohopefully someone makes a phone mount for the steam controller.
- simjnd 3mo agoGot my Steam Deck for a little above 300 a few years ago. Still use it, sad to see how much the price has gone up.
- matsemann 3mo agoI've never even used it and still I read every changelog posted here. So interesting and good writeups.
- InsideOutSanta 3mo agoDolphin is one of my absolutely favorite software projects. The kind of polish they put into absolutely everything, including these announcements, is incredible. And as somebody who spent many a relaxing day playing Super Monkey Ball against my fellow comp sci students in the early 2000s, this holds a special place in my heart.
- sedawkgrep 3mo ago> The kind of polish they put into absolutely everything, including these announcements, is incredible. 100%. They're easily the gold standard for emulation and open-source gaming...and possibly open-source projects in general. The effort they put into the announcements is frankly amazing and shows what a labor of love this project is.
- stavros 3mo agoHmm wasn't Dolphin taken down by Nintendo or something? I seem to remember being sad at the loss.
- poly2it 3mo agoI think that was Citra emulator. Protect Dolphin at all costs! Nintendo (among other creative corporations) do not seem to realise that invite to play creates an attachment to the product that is deeper than a license agreement, which is our shared cultural filament.
- bspammer 3mo agoYou're likely thinking of Yuzu which was a switch emulator. Nintendo probably targeted them because they were about to launch the switch 2 and wanted to send a message.
- hecifato 3mo agoIt being a Switch emulator certainly didn't help. However, the primary reason Nintendo went after Yuzu was that Yuzu devs were openly accepting payment for special updates to run Tears of the Kingdom. TOTK was, at the time, only available because of a leak and had not officially released.
- ls612 3mo agoThis is misinformation spread by the lawsuit. It was a 3rd party fork that added the code to make TOTK work before release (GPL software and all that). And the payments were orthogonal to Nintendo’s claims that the emulator was illegal, only a part of them saying how much damages they were owed.
- KHRZ 3mo agoThey also shut down Ryujinx at the same time by simply pressurimg the creator. So it was just an excuse they used.
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- frankzero 3mo agoIt is a Good thing "He who shall not be named" doesn't care about Gamecube games as much as the Switch or Switch 2 games.
- thisisauserid 3mo agoStill doesn't emulate dolphins.
- nickpeterson 3mo agoIt’s ridiculous get your money back
- throwatdem12311 3mo agoFalse. You can play Endless Ocean which has dolphins in it. Hence, dolphins are being emulated. QED
- ihuman 3mo agoThis update does! It adds support for the Game Boy Player, so it can play Ecco the Dolphin from the Sega Smash Pack for the GBA
- x______________ 3mo agoVery cool update overall, great work! > It was clear that something had to change. Bunny When this issue was brought up in one of our chats, a former Dolphin developer suggested that we should give Bunny a try. Another mention of bunny [0] gives them good exposure, and not just because they're an European company! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657030
- xbar 3mo ago"We imagine that Nintendo chose to use actual Game Boy hardware because of the difficulty of making a general-purpose software emulator. " Dolphin Team, you are amazing and hilarious.
- zamadatix 3mo ago[dead]