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[[File:Dolphin_Swiss.gif|200px|thumb|right|Instructional animation on how to use Swiss with Dolphin. Click to view.]]
 
[[File:Dolphin_Swiss.gif|200px|thumb|right|Instructional animation on how to use Swiss with Dolphin. Click to view.]]
 
Built into Dolphin is a native widescreen feature, to enable 16:9 output in games. However, this rarely works without issues. To get widescreen fully natively, try [[Emulator_Files#GameCube.2FWii|Swiss]]. This can even be run on a real GameCube/Wii if desired.
 
Built into Dolphin is a native widescreen feature, to enable 16:9 output in games. However, this rarely works without issues. To get widescreen fully natively, try [[Emulator_Files#GameCube.2FWii|Swiss]]. This can even be run on a real GameCube/Wii if desired.
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== Linux issue ==
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Dolphin's perfomances on Linux are notably weak. Games ares unplayable on a good i5 and even a i7 cores have difficult to emulates.
  
 
==Guides and Info==
 
==Guides and Info==

Revision as of 15:30, 13 March 2016

Dolphin-4.0.png
Current version: 4.0.2
Active: Yes
OS: Windows, Linux, OS X, Android
Authors: Dolphin Team
Official website: Dolphin-emu.org
Source code: GitHub

Dolphin is an open source GameCube, Wii and Triforce (the arcade machine based on the GameCube) emulator which supports many extra features and abilities not present on the original consoles.

The official website with up to date builds is the dolphin-emu.org site. The .com site is not officially connected to the project and often hosts out of date versions.

Downloads

Recommended Setup

PC Specs

  • 3 GHz+ dual core CPU
  • DX11 GPU
  • 2 GB+ RAM

Controllers

Netplay

Main article: How To Play Dolphin Online

Widescreen

Instructional animation on how to use Swiss with Dolphin. Click to view.

Built into Dolphin is a native widescreen feature, to enable 16:9 output in games. However, this rarely works without issues. To get widescreen fully natively, try Swiss. This can even be run on a real GameCube/Wii if desired.

Linux issue

Dolphin's perfomances on Linux are notably weak. Games ares unplayable on a good i5 and even a i7 cores have difficult to emulates.

Guides and Info