urde VS dolphin

Metaforce for Metroid Prime is a thing that nobody ever seems to notice exists: https://axiodl.com/

Without source code, someone would have to dig through the 1s and 0s and try to piece together how the developers put together all the algorithms and such in the first place. There are some tools to make this easier, but most of the time it's like solving a completely white jigsaw puzzle with a billion pieces. Check out the "Metaforce," discord where they're decompiling/reverse engineering Metroid Prime if you're curious what this type of project looks like.

Metroid Prime isn't quite ready, but it's getting close.

Here's a link to the github where you can set it up yourself and also has links to the discord: https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce

Or go a little further with MetaForce: https://github.com/AxioDL/metaforce/

Primehack (here's the downloader/auto-updater) is pretty much the definitive way to play it at the moment (at least until Metaforce goes into beta). Keyboard/mouse controls, dual stick analog controls, original Wii controls, plenty of QOL features, full HD, it's great!

Main page: https://axiodl.com

After playing Trilogy since it came out, I recently played through the original GCN version using Metaforce (a reverse engineering of Prime to run natively on PC) and realized IMHO that the lore was soooo much better. Ignoring entries with plotholes that had later been fixed, the way the Chozo lore was written was a lot more verbose and felt like I was really reading words written by an ancient, transcendent civilization. It was sort of abstract and seemed like the author was peering back from beyond the void to leave behind a message, while the new versions feel a bit plain.

Metaforce (formerly known as URDE)

The only way I know of to get an older version of Dolphin without having to compile it is to use PrimeHack: https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/releases

If you're interested in playing it, then doing so on PC using PrimeHack with mouse controls is probably still the best experience. I replayed the trilogy around a year ago using that and it was great!

Mac version of Primehack found here, working on M1 Max 16" MBP: https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/actions/runs/3717895134

well... have you tried it? Seems like the author has made a precompiled binary to execute. https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/releases

Which for the life of me has boggled my mind and had me jumping through hoops for the past 3 hours and I gave up... So I went here to download the latest version 1.0.6a (why wouldn't you just do this to begin with anyway??) - https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/releases

Instructions are available here.

Dolphin is the Wii emulator that people use, but there's a special fork of it called PrimeHack which implements typical FPS controls (KB+M and dual stick) on top of the pointer controls. If you can't dump the game yourself, we won't be able to help you find one online but you can download PrimeHack here: https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/wiki/

Consulting the Wiki is recommended as a start. Be aware that emulation for this particular console generation is very complicated, so differences between Hardware make a substantial impact more so than older consoles or emulators. This means that achieving ideal settings becomes difficult and suggestions are the only thing that can really be offered. Ideally your CPU should be clocked at ~3GHz or higher for optimal performance so I'm not sure that Hardware is going to be ideal to use for this. We also have a Discord server we provide support in though I will not directly solicit it in this community due to the rules in place, so if you want a link you can ask me to message you one.

Clone PrimeHack repository: git clone https://github.com/shiiion/dolphin/