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GameCube
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GameCube Overview
GameCube

The GameCube is a home video game console released by Nintendo in September 2001, abbreviated as "GC". It was released as the successor to the Nintendo 64, and is not backward compatible with the Nintendo 64.

Nintendo's first use of optical discs greatly improved the maximum data capacity of game software to 1.5 GB.

The GameCube's competitor was the PlayStation 2, but as with the NINTENDO 64, it fell far short in terms of both units sold and number of titles.

  • Website:Wikipedia
  • CPU/GPU:PowerPC Gekko 485MHz/ATI Flipper 162MHz
  • Resolution:720x480/16 million colors
  • Price:US$199
  • Units sold::21.74 million
  • Number of titles:650
GameCube Emulator Overview

In the 2000s, several emulators were developed, but as of 2023, Dolphin is the only one in the market.

It has been continuously improved over the past 20 years since its initial development and is very good in both functionality and accuracy. It can be played comfortably even on a integrated graphics.


GameCube Emulator list
Feature Dolphin Dolwin GCEmu WhineCube
Save State x x x x
Gamepad x x
Video Filter x x
Fast forward x x
Netplay x x
Screenshot x
Audio Recording x
Video Recording x
BIOS required no no no no
Platform WindowsLinuxMac Windows Windows Windows
Recommended ranking 1st place 2nd place 4th place 3rd place
Dolphin icon Dolphin 1st place
Dolphin screen

As of 2023, approximately 97% of games are playable.

It has many useful features such as improved image quality, gamepad assignment of hotkeys, launcher function, etc.

In particular, image quality can be greatly improved by changing rendering resolution, anti-aliasing, and anisotropic filtering.

Dolwin icon Dolwin 2nd place
Dolwin screen

Open source GC emulator, no longer updated in 2005.

  • Updated:2005/01/11
  • Version:0.10
  • Platform:Windows
  • Website:No official website
  • Download:emulation64
  • Compatibility List:none
GCEmu icon GCEmu 4th place
GCEmu screen

Developed as open source; updates stopped in 2006. Games rarely work.

  • Updated:2006/01/25
  • Version:20051211
  • Platform:Windows
  • Website:No official website
  • Download:SourceForge
  • Compatibility List:none
WhineCube icon WhineCube 3rd place
WhineCube screen

Some games seem to work; updates stopped in 2005.