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! scope="col"|[[#Hardware_features_and_peripherals|Hardware features<br/>and peripherals]]
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==Hardware variants=====Triforce===
The [[wikipedia:List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards#Triforce|Triforce]] is an [[:Category:Arcade|arcade system board]] developed jointly by [[wikipedia:Namco|Namco]], [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]], and Nintendo, with the first games appearing in 2002. The system hardware consists of a retail GameCube motherboard, with custom devices interfacing with the EXI, SI and DI, and a custom IPL.
Triforce games can also be run on a Wii using [https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont Nintendont]. Patches and gecko codes are not required. Triforce support is essentially unmaintained and lacks features such as LAN connectivity, internal saving (for things such as high scores or F-Zero AX time attack ghosts), and GameCube memory card reading. Mario Cards and F-Zero License Cards can be emulated for the Mario Kart Arcade GP games and F-Zero AX respectively, but linking F-Zero AX to an F-Zero GX save is not possible. Note that this method cannot be used within Dolphin, as Nintendont utilizes the Wii's ARM "Starlet" processor which Dolphin does not emulate (Starlet only exists to run IOS, which Dolphin reimplements anyway).
====Recommended builds for Triforce====
Thanks to these builds most games work correctly with minimal amount of patches needed, so these builds are the most recommended right now for Triforce emulation;
*Another suggestion is to use the latest builds by Crediar, found [https://crediar.dev/crediar/tools/-/tree/main/dolphin/ here]. '''Additional Gecko codes that provide further fixes (performance fix etc.) for this build can be found [https://ia601606.us.archive.org/7/items/dolphin_tri_x64/Gecko%20Codes.txt here]'''.
====Dolphin Pull Requests for Triforce====
There are 2 pull requests by Zopolis4 to add preliminary support for Triforce back into upstream Dolphin, but the work is very old and unsupported.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/10084 |title = Implement preliminary Triforce support}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/10207 |title = Implement preliminary Triforce support Pt.2}}</ref>
===Panasonic Q===
[[File:Panasonic Q.png|210px|thumb|left|The Panasonic Q GameCube console.]]
The Panasonic Q (sometimes referred to as GameQ by Gamecube fans) is a hybrid version of the GameCube with a DVD player manufactured by Panasonic in cooperation with Nintendo. The system was officially released only in Japan. A feature of its main competitors, the Xbox and the PlayStation 2, the GameCube lacked commercial DVD movie playback functionality due to the use of the Nintendo optical discs format for games and the correspondingly small disc tray.
The Q system was licensed by Nintendo, released on December 13, 2001, and was discontinued on December 18, 2003, due to low sales.
 
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