PPC/OSX Version

[n64emufan]

How difficult would it be to create a Gamecube emulator or port Dolphin to the Mac OSX/PPC platform. After all, the GC uses a PPC processor......


Any comments? Has anyone considered starting such a project?

 

[Gladiac0190]

Hmmm, as far as I know won't there be a port of dolphin for other OSs than Windush.

 

[Vegetable]

DO NOT
Request the source code / Porting Dolphin (to linux or mac)

You're treadin pretty close, but seeing as you didn't request it be ported, you'll be alright. As for the question, if the emu authors were going to port it to a different os, then they would definitely tell us.

 

[posty_2k3]

Yes he is treading very close to the rules. I would suggest not even mentioning a port of Dolphin to OSX/PPC. It will NEVER happen. Besides, Mac's suck, who would want to play on one anyways :teehee: :teehee:

 

[n64emufan]

I'm sorry, I did read the rules but I thought this would be filed under "technical disscussion". Can someone who understands the complexities of emulation explain to me if a PPC based computer would have an easier time emulating the GC? And if so, why did the developers opt to start the project on the x86/windows platform?

Did you expect each platform would require equal effort, or was it simply a case of a larger user base? Again it just seems natural to me that a PPC would have an eaiser time emulating another PPC based computer than x86 would.

Again, sorry if I violated the rules, but I am not requesting a port.

 

[Durandle]

Ok, I agree that asking about porting is silly at this stage, even if their CPUs are very simiar. But can't people just quit with the 'Macs Suck' / 'PC Suck' thing? Really, its very imature - it seems that some people think its ok to insult others based on their computer, very sad really.

 

[Enforcer]

I actually heaqrd from a friend who uses a mac that PSX emulation is a hell of a lot faster on it. Don't know about any other type of emulation, though.

 

[Durandle]

SixtyForce [n64 emu] is one of the fastest N64 emus about, runs Perfect dark at good speeds on a 800mhz G4 [mac only then]. Flarestorm is the PSX emu, very fast, getting better all the time [still being worked on] - its true that Dolphin would more than likely run much faster sooner on a mac, but there is no point complaining/asking about it too much, its upto the devs what they do.

 

[Enforcer]

Also, I think creating an emulator for the most-used OS has priority over creating one for a n OS that you could get it running the smoothest on in a short time.