<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
emulator	O
for	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
its	O
inaugural	O
release	O
in	O
2003	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
GameCube	B-Application
emulator	O
that	O
could	O
successfully	O
run	O
commercial	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
troubled	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
years	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
became	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
and	O
subsequently	O
gained	O
support	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mobile	O
hardware	O
got	O
more	O
powerful	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
running	O
Dolphin	B-Application
on	O
Android	B-Application
became	O
a	O
viable	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
has	O
been	O
well	O
received	O
in	O
the	O
IT	O
and	O
video	O
gaming	O
media	O
for	O
its	O
high	O
compatibility	O
,	O
steady	O
development	O
progress	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
available	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
games	O
with	O
graphical	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2003	O
by	O
Henrik	O
Rydgård	O
(	O
ector	O
)	O
and	O
F|RES	O
as	O
an	O
experimental	O
GameCube	B-Application
emulator	O
that	O
could	O
boot	O
up	O
and	O
run	O
commercial	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
code	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
temporarily	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
releasing	O
version	O
1.01	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
became	O
an	O
open-source	O
project	O
on	O
13	O
May	O
2007	O
when	O
the	O
developers	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
publicly	O
on	O
a	O
SVN	B-Application
repository	O
on	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	O
had	O
basic	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
emulation	O
implemented	O
,	O
limited	O
Linux	B-Application
compatibility	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
GUI	B-Application
using	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preview	O
builds	O
and	O
unofficial	O
SVN	B-Application
builds	O
were	O
released	O
with	O
their	O
revision	O
number	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
RXXXX	O
)	O
rather	O
than	O
version	O
numbers	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
1.03	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
successfully	O
boot	O
and	O
run	O
the	O
official	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
Menu	O
v1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
almost	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
system	B-Application
software	I-Application
became	O
bootable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
most	O
commercial	O
games	O
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
alike	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
fully	O
played	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
minor	O
problems	O
and	O
errors	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
running	O
with	O
few	O
or	O
no	O
defects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
improved	O
was	O
the	O
Netplay	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
emulator	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
multiplayer	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
games	O
online	O
with	O
friends	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
's	O
GUI	B-Application
was	O
also	O
reworked	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Direct3D	B-Application
plug-in	B-Application
received	O
further	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
April	O
2010	O
Dolphin	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
notes	O
state	O
that	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
games	O
"	O
run	O
perfectly	O
or	O
with	O
minor	O
bugs.	O
”	O
The	O
release	O
featured	O
redesigned	O
configuration	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
an	O
improved	O
LLE	O
sound	O
engine	O
,	O
new	O
translations	O
,	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
speaker	O
,	O
EFB	O
format	O
change	O
emulation	O
,	O
graphics	O
debugger	O
and	O
audio	O
dumping	O
among	O
several	O
other	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3.0	O
release	O
removed	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
interface	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
“	O
allow	O
for	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
Dolphin.	O
”	O
The	O
developers	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
Direct3D	B-Application
11	I-Application
video	O
back-end	O
and	O
an	O
XAudio2	B-Device
audio	O
back-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
version	O
3.5	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
support	O
for	O
emulating	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
Broadband	O
Adapter	O
and	O
Microphone	O
accessories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
a	O
FreeBSD	O
port	O
,	O
free	O
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
firmware	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
WBFS	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
development	O
team	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
builds	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
mobile	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
devices	O
contained	O
the	O
hardware	O
to	O
support	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	O
3.0	O
,	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
officially	O
supporting	O
the	O
standard	O
in	O
software	O
since	O
July	O
2014	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
4.3	O
Jelly	O
Bean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
has	O
cited	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S4	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
phones	O
capable	O
of	O
playing	O
games	O
at	O
higher	O
speeds	O
,	O
but	O
even	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
considerable	O
performance	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
version	O
4.0	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
featuring	O
back-end	O
improvements	O
to	O
OpenGL	B-Application
rendering	O
and	O
OpenAL	O
audio	O
,	O
broader	O
controller	O
support	O
,	O
networking	O
enhancements	O
,	O
and	O
performance	O
tweaks	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
builds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
October	O
2013	O
(	O
4.0-155	O
)	O
,	O
Direct3D9	O
support	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
leaving	O
Direct3D11	O
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
as	O
the	O
two	O
remaining	O
video	O
back-ends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Team	O
explained	O
this	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
was	O
"	O
inherently	O
flawed	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
trying	O
to	O
evade	O
its	O
several	O
flaws	O
"	O
wasted	O
time	O
and	O
slowed	O
development.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Team	O
announced	O
that	O
32-bit	B-Device
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
would	O
be	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Team	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
becoming	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
32-bit	B-Device
builds	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
32-bit	B-Device
releases	O
simply	O
offered	O
an	O
inferior	O
experience	O
compared	O
to	O
their	O
64-bit	B-Device
counterparts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
their	O
users	O
were	O
already	O
using	O
64-bit	B-Device
CPUs	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
users	O
of	O
32-bit	B-Device
builds	O
were	O
64-bit	B-Device
compatible	O
yet	O
were	O
using	O
32-bit	B-Device
by	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
these	O
factors	O
made	O
32-bit	B-Device
support	O
unnecessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
32-bit	B-Device
Android	B-Application
builds	O
suffered	O
from	O
similar	O
issues	O
,	O
but	O
ARMv7	O
support	O
remained	O
for	O
another	O
year	O
until	O
the	O
AArch64	B-Architecture
JIT	O
was	O
ready	O
and	O
devices	O
were	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
2014	O
,	O
several	O
features	O
were	O
implemented	O
into	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
including	O
disc	O
loading	O
emulation	O
,	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
GameCube	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
,	O
perfect	O
audio	O
emulation	O
,	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
for	O
problems	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
present	O
since	O
the	O
emulator	O
's	O
earliest	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
MMU	O
)	O
improvements	O
allowed	O
many	O
games	O
to	O
boot	O
and	O
work	O
properly	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improvements	O
towards	O
the	O
emulator	O
also	O
allowed	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
run	O
well	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Nvidia	B-Operating_System
Tegra	I-Operating_System
processor	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
minor	O
difficulties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
coordination	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
VBA-M	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
emulator	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
linking	B-Device
GameCube	I-Device
and	I-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
games	I-Device
was	O
implemented	O
into	O
Dolphin	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
May	O
2015	O
–	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Development	O
team	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
successfully	O
re-licensed	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
from	O
"	O
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
"	O
to	O
"	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
"	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
license	O
compatibility	O
with	O
other	O
Free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
projects	O
and	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
share	O
and	O
exchange	O
code	O
with	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
developers	O
announced	O
further	O
improvements	O
with	O
audio	O
and	O
throughout	O
December	O
2015	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
project	O
fixed	O
audio	O
issues	O
on	O
TR	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
Direct3D	B-Application
12	O
back-end	O
was	O
mainlined	O
after	O
months	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
version	O
5.0	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
making	O
various	O
fixes	O
and	O
additions	O
to	O
the	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
a	O
Vulkan-based	B-Application
graphics	O
renderer	O
began	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
“	O
now	O
feature-complete	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
"	O
time	O
for	O
clean-ups/bug-fixing/performance	O
work.	O
“	O
Development	O
of	O
the	O
renderer	O
was	O
still	O
done	O
in	O
a	O
dedicated	O
branch	B-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
months	O
until	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
finally	O
merged	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
announced	O
the	O
emulator	O
was	O
now	O
able	O
to	O
boot	O
all	O
official	O
GameCube	B-Application
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
for	O
boot-up	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Clone	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
had	O
been	O
particularly	O
difficult	O
to	O
emulate	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
memory	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Triforce	B-Device
emulation	O
was	O
removed	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Shop	O
Channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
experimental	O
features	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
never	O
reached	O
maturity	O
,	O
were	O
removed	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
:	O
The	O
Direct3D	B-Application
12	O
renderer	O
–	O
which	O
found	O
a	O
suitable	O
replacement	O
in	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
back-end	O
–	O
and	O
the	O
alternative	O
CPU	O
emulator	O
JITIL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
this	O
year	O
's	O
earlier	O
work	O
on	O
graphics	O
performance-related	O
matters	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
developers	O
implemented	O
a	O
solution	O
for	O
the	O
long-standing	O
problem	O
known	O
as	O
shader	O
compilation	O
stuttering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
solution	O
that	O
the	O
Ubershaders	O
–	O
in	O
development	O
since	O
2015	O
–	O
present	O
to	O
the	O
problem	O
was	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
's	O
rendering	O
pipeline	O
by	O
way	O
of	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
running	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
system	O
's	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
itself	O
until	O
a	O
specialized	O
shader	O
has	O
been	O
compiled	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
future	O
frames	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
cost	O
to	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
18	O
August	O
2017	O
marks	O
the	O
culmination	O
of	O
work	O
started	O
in	O
late	O
2016	O
when	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
MMORPG	B-Protocol
Dragon	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
X	I-Protocol
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
playable	O
games	O
just	O
two	O
months	O
before	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
online	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
addition	O
relied	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
previously	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
emulator	O
simply	O
for	O
the	O
sake	O
of	O
accuracy	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Shop	O
Channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
File	B-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
an	O
encrypted	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
added	O
after	O
a	O
rigorous	O
amount	O
of	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2018	O
Dolphin	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
deprecated	O
the	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
GUI	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
and	O
replaced	O
it	O
with	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
Qt	B-Language
because	O
the	O
original	O
GUI	B-Library
toolkit	I-Library
's	O
limitations	O
stood	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
of	O
implementing	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
other	O
newly	O
introduced	O
features	O
were	O
Asynchronous	O
Shader	O
Compilation	O
similar	O
to	O
Ishiiruka	O
,	O
an	O
auto-update	O
feature	O
,	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
Discord	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2018	O
Dolphin	B-Application
's	O
Vulkan	B-Application
renderer	O
was	O
brought	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
via	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
brought	O
back	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
with	O
monthly	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
added	O
3	O
new	O
features	O
;	O
unification	O
of	O
common	O
video	O
backends	O
,	O
a	O
NetPlay	O
Server	O
browser	O
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
MotionPlus	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Direct3D	B-Application
12	O
renderer	O
was	O
also	O
brought	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
time-frame	O
between	O
November	O
2019	O
and	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
on	O
ARM	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
,	O
“[i]t	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
quite	O
easy	O
”	O
because	O
support	O
for	O
AArch64	B-Architecture
hardware	O
has	O
already	O
been	O
present	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
May	O
and	O
June	O
Progress	O
Report	O
for	O
2020	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
team	O
unveiled	O
a	O
new	O
compression	O
format	O
,	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
WIA	O
format	O
,	O
called	O
RVZ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
December	O
2020	O
and	O
January	O
2021	O
Progress	O
Report	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
team	O
reported	O
that	O
support	O
had	O
been	O
added	O
for	O
emulating	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
Connectivity	O
with	O
various	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
stated	O
that	O
this	O
development	O
would	O
not	O
lead	O
to	O
Dolphin	B-Application
and	O
DS	B-Device
interoperability	O
,	O
either	O
with	O
physical	O
hardware	O
or	O
with	O
another	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
emulation	O
fixed	O
a	O
crash	O
present	O
in	O
Driver	B-Application
:	I-Application
San	I-Application
Francisco	I-Application
and	O
other	O
games	O
that	O
attempt	O
to	O
initiate	O
DS	B-Device
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
added	O
support	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
on	O
ARM64	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
heavily	O
requested	O
feature	O
following	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
transition	I-Device
to	I-Device
Apple	I-Device
Silicon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
team	O
announced	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
mGBA	O
emulator	O
into	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
emulator	O
to	O
run	O
within	O
Dolphin	B-Application
simultaneously	O
to	O
simulate	O
GameCube-GBA	B-Device
connectivity	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
supporting	O
transfer	O
of	O
data	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
emulated	O
GBA	B-Device
titles	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
instances	O
can	O
be	O
simultaneously	O
active	O
in	O
Dolphin	B-Application
at	O
once	O
,	O
making	O
multiplayer	O
in	O
games	O
that	O
require	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
such	O
as	O
The	B-Device
Legend	I-Device
of	I-Device
Zelda	I-Device
:	I-Device
Four	I-Device
Swords	I-Device
Adventures	I-Device
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Crystal	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
viable	O
within	O
Dolphin	B-Application
locally	O
and	O
via	O
netplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
developers	O
announced	O
that	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
would	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
reasons	O
cited	O
for	O
dropping	O
support	O
for	O
these	O
operating	O
systems	O
were	O
that	O
less	O
than	O
2%	O
of	O
users	O
and	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
developers	O
still	O
used	O
them	O
,	O
making	O
developing	O
and	O
testing	O
on	O
them	O
difficult	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
emulator	O
's	O
dependencies	O
such	O
as	O
Qt	B-Language
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
developers	O
released	O
a	O
graphics	O
mod	O
infrastructure	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
graphical	O
changes	O
while	O
a	O
game	O
's	O
images	O
are	O
being	O
rendered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
added	O
a	O
native	O
Metal	B-Library
graphics	O
backend	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
improved	O
performance	O
over	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
backend	O
running	O
via	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
start	O
games	O
regardless	O
of	O
region	O
,	O
record	O
tool-assisted	O
speedruns	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
cheat	O
codes	O
with	O
Action	B-Device
Replay	I-Device
and	O
Gecko	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functions	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
GameCube	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
and	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
can	O
be	O
mapped	O
to	O
PC	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
real	O
GameCube	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
USB	O
adapter	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
Remotes	I-Device
through	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controller	O
expansions	O
are	O
also	O
supported	O
,	O
including	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
MotionPlus	O
adapter	O
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
Nunchuk	O
,	O
Classic	O
controller	O
,	O
Guitar	O
,	O
Drums	O
,	O
and	O
Turntable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
kinds	O
of	O
network	O
play	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
Dolphin	B-Application
:	O
Emulated	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
only	O
works	O
among	O
Dolphin	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
kind	O
is	O
for	O
online	O
gameplay	O
for	O
WFC	B-Device
supported	I-Device
Wii	I-Device
games	I-Device
with	O
other	O
Dolphin	B-Application
users	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
real	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
progress	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
on	O
virtual	O
GameCube	B-Application
Memory	O
Cards	O
,	O
emulated	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
flash	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
save	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
features	O
a	O
Memory	O
Card	O
Manager	O
which	O
allows	O
transfer	O
of	O
save	O
files	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
virtual	O
GameCube	B-Application
memory	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
conjunction	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
emulator	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
supports	O
linking	B-Device
GameCube	I-Device
and	I-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
titles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
or	O
Nunchuk	O
for	O
all	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
New	B-Application
Super	I-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Wii	I-Application
requires	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
,	O
or	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
+	O
Nunchuk	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
console	O
,	O
but	O
any	O
controller	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Dolphin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
other	O
console	O
emulators	O
on	O
PC	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
supports	O
arbitrary	O
resolutions	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
only	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
480p	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
can	O
load	O
customized	O
texture	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
can	O
output	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
graphics	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
Dolphin	B-Application
runs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Special	O
hardware	O
such	O
as	O
Nvidia	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
Vision	I-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
games	O
in	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
feature	O
the	O
original	O
consoles	O
never	O
had	O
,	O
although	O
Nintendo	O
did	O
originally	O
plan	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
3D	I-Algorithm
add-on	O
screen	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
supports	O
spatial	B-Algorithm
anti-aliasing	I-Algorithm
,	O
anisotropic	O
filtering	O
,	O
post-processing	O
pixel	O
shaders	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
widescreen	O
hack	O
for	O
forcing	O
widescreen	O
output	O
on	O
games	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
it	O
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dolphin	B-Application
emulator	I-Application
has	O
been	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
gaming	O
community	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
games	O
at	O
a	O
higher	O
resolution	O
than	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
's	O
native	O
480p	O
resolution	O
receiving	O
particular	O
praise	O
from	O
the	O
gaming	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
some	O
people	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
mitigate	O
certain	O
shortcomings	O
for	O
gamers	O
;	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
business	O
owner	O
and	O
father	O
Mike	O
Hoye	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
playing	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wind	I-Application
Waker	I-Application
with	O
his	O
daughter	O
and	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
as	O
a	O
male	O
individual	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
inputted	O
name	O
,	O
changed	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
cutscene	O
dialogue	O
text	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
girl	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
boy	O
by	O
editing	O
it	O
through	O
a	O
hex	O
editor	O
,	O
testing	O
out	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
ISO	O
using	O
Dolphin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
's	O
Netplay	O
feature	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
by	O
ArsTechnica	O
to	O
be	O
serving	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
discontinued	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
has	O
approximately	O
daily	O
active	O
users	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Dolphin	B-Application
's	O
opt-in	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
made	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
Triforce	B-Device
arcade	I-Device
system	I-Device
titled	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Triforce	B-Device
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
Dolphin	B-Application
team	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
eventually	O
disabled	O
after	O
development	O
priorities	O
shifted	O
and	O
the	O
feature	O
became	O
unmaintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Downloads	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
Triforce	B-Device
are	O
still	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
in	O
a	O
dedicated	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dolphin	B-Application
VR	O
is	O
a	O
third-party	B-General_Concept
project	I-General_Concept
aimed	O
to	O
extend	O
Dolphin	B-Application
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
games	O
“	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
with	O
accurate	O
life-size	O
scale	O
,	O
full	O
FOV	O
[	O
field	O
of	O
view ]	O
,	O
a	O
3D	O
HUD	O
,	O
independent	O
aiming	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
look	O
around.	O
”	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
and	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
are	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
tested	O
a	O
few	O
games	O
with	O
Dolphin	B-Application
VR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
and	O
F-Zero	B-Application
GX	I-Application
received	O
especially	O
high	O
praise	O
with	O
one	O
editor	O
feeling	O
“	O
childlike	O
wonder	O
when	O
playing	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
in	O
VR	O
”	O
and	O
another	O
stating	O
that	O
“	O
F-Zero	O
 [ is ] 	O
the	O
thing	O
that	O
sold	O
me	O
on	O
Dolphin	B-Application
VR	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
release	O
is	O
5.0	O
and	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
maintains	O
the	O
position	O
that	O
GPL	B-License
software	O
cannot	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
Oculus	O
SDK	O
's	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DolphiniOS	O
is	O
a	O
third-party	B-General_Concept
fork	B-Application
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
for	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iOS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
instead	O
being	O
distributed	O
through	O
a	O
Cydia	B-Device
repository	O
for	O
jailbroken	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
an	O
AltStore	O
repository	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
IPA	B-General_Concept
package	O
for	O
sideloading	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
20	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
Notable	O
new	O
features	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
your	O
games	O
in	O
a	O
grid	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
update	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
System	O
Menu	O
like	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	O
version	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
install	O
WAD	O
files	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
NAND	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
change	O
disc	O
while	O
the	O
emulator	O
is	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rumble	O
and	O
motion	O
control	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
DualShock	O
4s	O
and	O
DolphiniOS	O
now	O
functions	O
properly	O
for	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Odyssey	O
jailbreak	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
writer	O
from	O
Wololo.net	O
wrote	O
regarding	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
DolphiniOS	O
:	O
“	O
On	O
my	O
iPad	O
Pro	O
10.5-inch	O
(	O
A10X	O
)	O
,	O
Mario	O
Kart	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
works	O
pretty	O
well	O
and	O
playing	O
through	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
tracks	O
of	O
the	O
Mushroom	O
Cup	O
provided	O
excellent	O
results	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
removal	O
of	O
Direct3D	B-Application
9	O
support	O
,	O
Dolphin	B-Application
developer	O
Tino	O
created	O
an	O
unofficial	O
fork	B-Application
called	O
Ishiiruka	O
on	O
18	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
focus	O
is	O
Windows	B-Application
with	O
Direct3D	B-Application
9	O
and	O
11	O
support	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
also	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fork	B-Application
attempts	O
to	O
remedy	O
performance	O
problems	O
present	O
in	O
Dolphin	B-Application
such	O
as	O
microstuttering	O
due	O
to	O
shader	O
compilation	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
relies	O
on	O
asynchronous	O
shader	O
compilation	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
full	O
solution	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
results	O
in	O
pop	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ishiiruka	O
serves	O
as	O
base	O
for	O
the	O
canonical	O
client	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Melee	I-Application
netplay	O
communities	O
Faster	O
Melee	O
and	O
SmashLadder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Linneman	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
talks	O
in	O
the	O
October	O
2016	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
episode	O
of	O
their	O
Digital	O
Foundry	O
Retro	O
video	O
series	O
about	O
Ishiiruka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
compares	O
playing	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
via	O
Ishiiruka	O
to	O
playing	O
it	O
on	O
original	O
hardware	O
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
upstream	B-General_Concept
Dolphin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
continues	O
to	O
point	O
out	O
features	O
of	O
Ishiiruka	O
that	O
“	O
allow	O
you	O
to	O
push	O
the	O
visuals	O
beyond	O
what	O
you	O
can	O
achieve	O
using	O
standard	O
Dolphin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Dolphin	B-Application
,	O
development	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrimeHack	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Dolphin	B-Application
created	O
by	O
shiiion	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
modified	O
to	O
play	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
:	I-Device
Trilogy	I-Device
on	O
PC	O
with	O
keyboard	O
and	O
mouse	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
variants	O
exist	O
of	O
PrimeHack	O
–	O
one	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Ishiiruka	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
on	O
Dolphin	B-Application
proper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
