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*Automatically configured to be able to connect to Dreamcast Live fan servers for the games supported
*Auto-configured connecting to Dreamcast Live servers for games that are supported
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{{Infobox emulator
|title = flycastFlycast
|logo = Flycast.png
|logowidth = 130|version = 09c439b1.2
|active = Yes
|platform = [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]]<br/>Linux<br/>[[Emulators on macOS|macOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Android emulators|Android]], Linux, Windows, Mac OSX<br/>[[Emulators on iOS|iOS]]<br/>[[Emulators on Switch|Nintendo Switch]]<br/>[[Emulators on Xbox One|Xbox One]]|target = [[Sega Dreamcast emulators|Dreamcast]], SEGA <br/>NAOMI, <br/>Atomiswave, <br/>Windows CE
|developer = flyinghead
|compatibility = Almost all Dreamcast, Windows CE, NAOMI and Atomisware games
|website = [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast Site]
|source = [https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast GitHub]
|license = GNU GPLv2
}}
'''flycastFlycast''' is an open-source [[Sega Dreamcast emulators|Dreamcast emulator]] produced currently available for [[Emulators on Windows|Windows]], Linux, [[Emulators on macOS|macOS]], [[Emulators on Android emulators|Android]], Linux, Mac OSX [[Emulators on iOS|iOS]] and Windows[[Emulators on Switch|Nintendo Switch]]. It is an a fork based off of [[reicast]], existing - another Dreamcast emulator for Windows, Linux and Android. It has a work-in-progress wiki available [https://github.com/TheArcadeStriker/flycast-wiki/wiki here], respectivelycomplete with guides and information about various features.
==Downloads==
{| cellpadding="4"
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|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin|Mac|APK|iOS|Switch}} {{Icon|XB1}}|'''[https://flyinghead.github.io/flycast-buildsCI Builds]'''<br>|-|colspan="2"|<hr/ Dev builds]>|-|align=center|{{Icon|Linux-big}}|'''[https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.flycast.Flycast Flatpak nightly binary]<br/><small>via [https://flathub.org Flathub]</small>'''
|}
==Overview==
Flycast requires an a GPU that supports at least OpenGL 3.0 or Open GL OpenGL ES 2.0. A Dreamcast BIOS file is optional , but NAOMI and Atomiswave BIOS files are required. It has support for almost all Dreamcast games, including compatibility with Windows CE games, as well as almost all NAOMI and Atomiswave games; using the latest MAME ROMs, or using .DAT/BIN and .LST files (which were needed for reicast/NullDC NAOMI; but it is not recommended to use over the MAME ROMs, specially because of no EEPROM support if using .LST), or ; using the MAME ROM. On top of that, it It also has support for the following features:
*Emulating standard Dreamcast controllers, Keyboard, Mouse, Light-Gun (with your mouse), Twin Sticks, and even the ASCII Mission Stick
*Dump textures and load custom textures
*Support for HLE BIOS (note that it's recommended to use a real BIOS)
*High compatibility and high performance
*Widescreen Game Hack (Auto-applying codes/patches to certain games to do Widescreen instead of using the hack)
*Compatible with NAOMI games that use analog sticks (Monkey Ball, Gun Survivor 2) and trackball (Outtrigger)
*VMU Support for compatible NAOMI games (Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper, Virtual-On, etc)
*[https://github.com/libretro/flycast/issues/136 flycast Compatibility list]
==Netplay==
* Networked Dreamcast & NAOMI games are supported natively with [https://dreamcastlive.net/ Dreamcast Live] configured by default for supported games.
* Local multiplayer netplay support available in the netplay fork, '''[https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo/ Flycast Dojo]'''. Peer-to-peer, delay-based netcode with spectating available. 2 Players only. Featured as a part of [[FightCade]].
* For '''Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon & DX''', a custom fork of Flycast and private game server is maintained [https://github.com/inada-s/gdxsv here].
==Libretro core==
===Availability of versions===
*Windows and Linux ([https://www.patreon.com/posts/reicast64-libretrobit and 32-20673851 32bit] and 64bitbit)*Mobile devices ([https://www.patreon.com/posts/reicast-libretro-20753597 Android OS and ARM hardware]. NAOMI arcade hardware also supported.)*Nintendo Switch.
===Supported GPU features===
*[[Shaders_and_Filters#Smoothing_shaders|xBRZ]] texture upscaling
*[https://www.libretro.com/index.php/reicast-libretro-updates-26-7-2018/ Render to texture upscaling] (Lets you set the upscaling factor to output whole screen at multiples of native resolution. Only affects games which render the screen to a texture, e.g. ''Dead or Alive 2'' or ''Crazy Taxi''. Results look amazing, ala what the xBRZ filter does to emulators for 2D-graphics consoles, e.g. SNES, GBA and etc.)
==Forks==
* [https://github.com/blueminder/flycast-dojo flycast-dojo]: A fork of Flycast, with a focus on netplay features and replay.
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