# Nintendo GameCube Emulator ![PNG](https://github.com/ogamespec/dolwin-docs/blob/master/ScreenShots/Ikaruga_0130.png) Dolwin is work-in-progress emulator of Nintendo GameCube console. The goal of the emulator is to research the hardware features of GameCube and reverse engineer technologies used to develop games for this platform. GameCube is the hardware masterpiece of Nintendo/ArtX engineers and it's a pleasure to explore this device and discover something new for yourself. This project is revived from 2004 in 2020. ## Build ### Windows version Build using Visual Studio 2015/2019. To build, open Dolwin_VS2015.sln/Dolwin_VS2019.sln and click Build. ### Windows Playground version Build using Visual Studio 2015/2019. To build, open DolwinPlayground_VS2015.sln/DolwinPlayground_VS2019.sln and click Build. ### Generic Linux (Ubuntu) version ``` cd ~ git clone https://github.com/ogamespec/dolwin.git cd dolwin cmake ./ cmake --build ./ ``` Requirements: CMake, pthread. Currently only Playground build supported (no UI, Null backends). ## Third-party code Try not to use third-party libraries without special need. (This does not apply to UI and backends.) ## Why "Dolwin"? Dolwin was originally stands for "Nintendo *Dol*phin Emulator for *Win*dows" (Dolphin is GameCube codename). Later `Dolphin` was changed to `GameCube`, so that there is no confusion with another emulator - Dolphin-emu. Later public is interested in the possibility of launching and porting Dolwin in other OSes. Therefore, a small rebranding was made, now Dolwin stands for "Nintendo GameCube Emulator not only for Windows". Lol. Now it's easier to count Dolwin as a common noun that doesn't mean anything. ## Docs All documentation is now stored in a separate repository: https://github.com/ogamespec/dolwin-docs ## Greets We would like to say Thanks to people, who helped us to make Dolwin: - Costis: gcdev.com and some valuable information - Titanik: made GC development possible - tmbinc: details of GC bootrom and first working GX demos - DesktopMan: nice GC demos - groepaz: YAGCD and many other - FiRES and ector for Dolphin-emulator, nice chats and information - Masken: some ideas from WhineCube - monk: some ideas from gcube - Alex Raider: basic Windows Console code - segher: Bootrom descrambler - Duddie: For DSP reversing and docs And also to people, we have forgot or who wanted to stay anonymous :) Many thanks to our Beta-testers, for bug and compatibility reports. Dolwin Beta-team: Chrono, darkreign, Jeil, Knuckles, MasterPhW and Posty. Thanks to Martin for web-hosting on Emulation64.com ## Contacts - Official Discord channel: https://discord.gg/Ehz8PYA Dolwin 0.10 Team: - hotquik (http://www.hotsoft.com.ve/about/), responsible for memory cards emulation, Bootrom fonts and UI. - org (ogamespec), responsible for the rest;