Tri-force arcade hardware emulation.

pubjoe · October 18th, 2009

Any chance this might be added in the near future?

This Nintendo/Namco/Sega branded hardware is pretty much a gamecube with double the ram iirc.

I did a search and found the same question asked in 2008 and it was met with hostile replies tbh. Now though, GC/Wii/ppc emulation has progressed amazingly. (I actually only just discovered how far it had come along the other day ...It's been a few years since I last tried it ...and Wow! I never expected such speed! WW almost perfect on my nothing-special computer? Incredible!).

Anyway, surely triforce support would be a relatively simple addition?

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Jack Frost · October 18th, 2009

tmbinc used (a very early) Dolphin as base for Tri-force testing, and he even blogged about it (here and here).

I'm not exactly sure how hard/easy it is to buy the hardware or whatever is needed to get the games, so I guess the hostility is mainly because you'd need to pirate it or the likes.

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pubjoe · October 18th, 2009

Thanks for the info. Very interesting. :-)

The hostility was more about the fact that at the time GC emulation had a long way to go so why bother adding a more powerful system.

The piracy issue. Well, I collect arcade hardware and I'd much rather play cps2/naomi/MVS (etc) games than PS3, so I personally don't see the difference, other than the fact that there are no home (or even commercial) sales to lose from triforce emulation. The piracy affect of wii emulation is infinitely greater.

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shuffle2 · October 19th, 2009

yes

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Gareth1977 · October 19th, 2009

There's been some work on this in the latest revision

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pubjoe · October 19th, 2009

Hey, that's good to know. Exciting stuff. Thanks.

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pubjoe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 25	Tri-force arcade hardware emulation. Any chance this might be added in the near future? This Nintendo/Namco/Sega branded hardware is pretty much a gamecube with double the ram iirc. I did a search and found the same question asked in 2008 and it was met with hostile replies tbh. Now though, GC/Wii/ppc emulation has progressed amazingly. (I actually only just discovered how far it had come along the other day ...It's been a few years since I last tried it ...and Wow! I never expected such speed! WW almost perfect on my nothing-special computer? Incredible!). Anyway, surely triforce support would be a relatively simple addition? Last edited by pubjoe; October 18th, 2009 at 01:55..

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October 18th, 2009	#2 (permalink)
Jack Frost aka BhaaL Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Austria Posts: 166	tmbinc used (a very early) Dolphin as base for Tri-force testing, and he even blogged about it (here and here). I'm not exactly sure how hard/easy it is to buy the hardware or whatever is needed to get the games, so I guess the hostility is mainly because you'd need to pirate it or the likes. __________________ Dolphin Rev 4605 Download: Dolphin 32-bit \| Dolphin 64-bit \| Older Revs Both Jit and JitIL in one Archive. Copy over your own "User"-Folder to keep your settings. Taking requests for special revisions/compiles aswell.

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pubjoe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 25	Thanks for the info. Very interesting. :-) The hostility was more about the fact that at the time GC emulation had a long way to go so why bother adding a more powerful system. The piracy issue. Well, I collect arcade hardware and I'd much rather play cps2/naomi/MVS (etc) games than PS3, so I personally don't see the difference, other than the fact that there are no home (or even commercial) sales to lose from triforce emulation. The piracy affect of wii emulation is infinitely greater. Last edited by pubjoe; October 18th, 2009 at 14:21..

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Gareth1977 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 738	There's been some work on this in the latest revision __________________ VISTA ULTIMATE x64 AMD PHENOM II 940 X4 @3.8GHz 4 GB DDR2 GTX 260 core 216

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pubjoe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 25	Hey, that's good to know. Exciting stuff. Thanks.