GameCube Emulator released

**vampireuk** · 01-25-04, 07:06 PM

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Yes that's right,

We've finally released what we've been working on in our spare time the last seven months. Dolphin is an experimental GameCube emulator that so far runs quite a few games somewhat, but most are pretty slow. Keep in mind that this release is just a preview, if it works good for you, if it doesn't please don't cry too much in the forum!

Have fun!

Recommended games to try (of course your own ripped GCMs of your legally bought discs):
Bust-a-Move 3000 (fully playable)
Crazy Taxi (slow, gfx glitches)
Zelda (slow, gfx glitches)
Mario (slow, gfx glitches)
18 Wheeler (slow, gfx glitches)
Ikaruga (slow, gfx glitches, crashes after four waves, but still cool)
and more..

01-25-04, 07:23 PM

How in the world do you rip GameCube discs?

Ninja Prime · 01-25-04, 07:26 PM

Ummm I'd rather play them on my Gamecube than at 3fps and full of bugs and crap. I mean, its only $99.

**vampireuk** · 01-25-04, 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by Ninja Prime
Ummm I'd rather play them on my Gamecube than at 3fps and full of bugs and crap. I mean, its only $99.

It's not about playing the games for free, its about the coders testing theirselves to make it work. Of course to some people its about playing games for free, but we ban those buggers on site

Ninja Prime · 01-25-04, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by vampireuk
It's not about playing the games for free, its about the coders testing theirselves to make it work. Of course to some people its about playing games for free, but we ban those buggers on site

Yeah I suppose. I doubt they will be able to get it running fast and playable until around 2005(when hardware might be fast enough), as emulating PowerPC CPU on a x86 is sllloooowww and difficult. Not to mention all the custom crap Nintendo put in it. A lot of Gamecube games are designed to use Gamecubes SRAM's ultra-low latency in certain ways so that those games would be hard to re-do effectively on a PC design, so I'm told.

**vampireuk** · 01-25-04, 07:57 PM

Well I have no idea how the damn things work, I just host the files

Edge · 01-26-04, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by StealthHawk
How in the world do you rip GameCube discs?

The same way you rip Dreamcast discs: you let someone else do it for you

jimbob0i0 · 01-26-04, 04:28 AM

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Originally posted by vampireuk
It's not about playing the games for free, its about the coders testing theirselves to make it work. Of course to some people its about playing games for free, but we ban those buggers on site

Well ripping the discs and having a emu makes it a LOT easier to produce Action Replay hacks/codes

(It's how I've been doing it on GB/GBA for years)..

Damn glad I bought PSO and the BB adaptor now.... it was enjoyable AND it gets 'replay' use

**vampireuk** · 01-26-04, 07:26 AM

The teaser has been updated to a new build, so its faster and more stable.

fivefeet8 · 01-26-04, 02:53 PM

It's not quite as slow on some systems.

http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...5&postcount=31
http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...9&postcount=35
http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...50&postcount=9

Bust a Move 3000 needs frame limiting.

Nutty · 01-26-04, 04:44 PM

3fps in Super Smash Brothers Melee in game.. Amazing..

Only 20 times slower than the real thing then

**vampireuk** · 01-27-04, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by Nutty
3fps in Super Smash Brothers Melee in game.. Amazing..
Only 20 times slower than the real thing then

You were expecting full speed on its first ever release?

01-25-04, 07:57 PM	#6
vampireuk **** Holster Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The armoury Posts: 2,813	Well I have no idea how the damn things work, I just host the files __________________ I put children in microwaves.

01-26-04, 07:26 AM	#9
vampireuk **** Holster Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The armoury Posts: 2,813	The teaser has been updated to a new build, so its faster and more stable. __________________ I put children in microwaves.

01-26-04, 02:53 PM	#10
fivefeet8 Ngemu Mod Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fresno, CA Posts: 1,886	It's not quite as slow on some systems. http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...5&postcount=31 http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...9&postcount=35 http://www2.ngemu.com/forums/showpos...50&postcount=9 Bust a Move 3000 needs frame limiting. __________________ [i7 2600k @4.4ghertz][2x4 GB DDR3 1600][EVGA GTX570 1.280GB SC][EVGA GTX460 physx][Asrock Extreme7 Gen3 Z68][2xSeagate 160 Gb SATA HD raid0][Seagate 250 GB SATA2 HD][Sony Bravia 40' 1080p LCD HDTV][NEC 3520a DVD+-DLw][Windows 7 Ultimate x64][Rosewill 1000w]

01-25-04, 07:23 PM	#2
StealthHawk Guest Posts: n/a	How in the world do you rip GameCube discs?

01-25-04, 07:26 PM	#3
Ninja Prime Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 2,263	Ummm I'd rather play them on my Gamecube than at 3fps and full of bugs and crap. I mean, its only $99.

01-26-04, 04:44 PM	#11
Nutty Sittin in the Sun Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,835	3fps in Super Smash Brothers Melee in game.. Amazing.. Only 20 times slower than the real thing then