Dolphin, the popular emulator for playing Nintendo GameCube and Wii games, will be available on Steam in the second quarter of this year. This means that the emulator can also be used on PC and Steam Deck.

on Steam one Dolphin Emulator page Available, although there is nothing to download yet and the exact release date is not mentioned yet. The emulator will be released via early access. Developers deliberately choose this, because some features are not yet complete. Manufacturers also say they’d like to get feedback on which features Steam users are most interested in before a full release.

Dolphin Emulator is an open source software and it will be completely free to download. makers To call This release on Steam is an “amazing experience” and they say several months of work went into it. Once the release is near, the developers will publish an article discussing all the features of the Steam release.

With an emulator, old and classic Nintendo games can be played on modern hardware, such as 4K displays and modern consoles. Through Dolphin you can play at a higher resolution and there High resolution texture packs Available, as well as “hacks” for widescreen implementations and patches to increase the native frame rate. There are also features like Saves fastAnd slow motion Current turbo modes and online multiplayer are also possible. Dolphin does not include games; It is a tool for running legally obtained copies.