dolphin vs pcsx2

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dolphin		pcsx2
	Project
386	Mentions	435
12,118	Stars	10,303
5.2%	Growth	2.8%
9.9	Activity	9.9
5 days ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

dolphin

Posts with mentions or reviews of dolphin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-07.

Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Apr 2024

Dolphin ships with a bunch of keys in the source code[0]. So do almost every other emulators for any console from 6/7th gen consoles (ps3, xbox360, gamecube), see delroth's post on the matter here[1]. It's really not that simple - jurisdiction matters a lot, and also Nintendo's own priorities.
[0]: https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/blob/34527cadcce49a9a...
[1]: https://delroth.net/posts/emulation-crypto-keys-copyright-dm...
Nintendo Switch Emulator: Progress Report December 2023
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jan 2024
Replay old video games
8 projects | /r/nonutnovember | 3 Nov 2023

GameCube/Wii: Dolphin is the best GameCube/Wii emulator in my opinion: Download Dolphin
How to create a Qt 5 ARM/Intel universal binary for Mac
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Aug 2023

Dolphin has actually had this for their macOS builds for over a year now.
https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin
Welcome to r/OnlinePreservation!
6 projects | /r/OnlinePreservation | 17 Aug 2023

Dolphin (GameCube/Wii) Emulator: https://dolphin-emu.org/
Dolphin: Emulator for two Nintendo video game consoles – GameCube and Wii
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2023
Rokid Max Review and Many Tips
5 projects | /r/rokid_official | 21 Jul 2023

Though these consoles did not support stereoscopy originally, the Dolphin emulator can add it and output SBS. My experience was a bit mixed. Your mileage may vary.
Am I the only one tired of the remakes?
1 project | /r/residentevil | 12 Jul 2023

You install Dolphin emulator, go into settings and make a folder for your games where it says "directory", and then you just stick your game in the folder. That's pretty much all there is to it, that's why I think Dolphin is the best emulator.
[TP] Can you give me reasons to buy twilight princess?
1 project | /r/zelda | 12 Jul 2023

Dolphin
Local Co-op Action RPGs on PC
4 projects | /r/localmultiplayergames | 9 Jul 2023

Platform: Gamecube. The remaster scrapped the local co-op entirely (booo). This one is a bit tricky but works perfectly once setup properly in Dolphin.

pcsx2

Posts with mentions or reviews of pcsx2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-26.

Do the PS2 versions work on PS3?
1 project | /r/Slycooper | 10 Dec 2023

Idk what you might be doing wrong, and I'm not in the tutorial business, but I highly recommend giving the latest version of PCSX2 and a random YouTube tutorial another shot, it's gonna be a lot easier than jailbreaking your PS3. Either way good luck have fun.
PCSX2 patch: accuracy improvements for multitaps and memory cards
1 project | /r/emulation | 6 Dec 2023
PCSX2 Disables Wayland Support
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Nov 2023

[2]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/i...
Related:
- https://github.com/PCSX2/pcsx2/issues/10065
PCSX2 Vertimas pradėtas
1 project | /r/lithuania | 20 Sep 2023
Bully (PS2): Closet game to GTA IV and FREE
1 project | /r/GTAIV | 6 Sep 2023

Download PSC2X (latest nightly) this is the emulator (the console) https://pcsx2.net
Burnout 3: Takedown 4-player splitscreen via Nucleus Co-op and Burnout Online revival server
1 project | /r/nucleuscoop | 31 Aug 2023

The latest Nightly Build of pcsx2 Home | PCSX2.
Welcome to r/OnlinePreservation!
6 projects | /r/OnlinePreservation | 17 Aug 2023

PCSX2 (PlayStation 2) Emulator: https://pcsx2.net/
Is it possible to find an emulator that plays San Andreas on P.C.?
1 project | /r/GTASA | 13 Jul 2023

you can get the pcsx2 emulator here
PCSX2 is an open source PS2 Emulator
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 13 Jul 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 12 Jul 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dolphin and pcsx2 you can also consider the following projects:

yuzu - Nintendo Switch emulator

duckstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64

Ryujinx - Experimental Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C#

xemu - Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

Ishiiruka

rpcs3 - PS3 emulator/debugger

OpenEmu - 🕹 Retro video game emulation for macOS

xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

citra - A Nintendo 3DS Emulator

Silent-Hill-2-Enhancements - A project designed to enhance Silent Hill 2 (SH2) graphics and audio for the PC. It also includes scripts to build or modify SH2 audio files (SFX, BGM and Dialog).

Vita3K - Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator

swanstation - Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for PC and Android [Moved to: https://github.com/libretro/swanstation]