Quote: I don't understand why my 2 year old laptop can't run a 14 year old game from 2001.Haha , Does Dolphin look like a PC game to you ?
A PC game is designed to run directly on your PC . Emulator is totally different . You PC try to imitate the Wii/GC via emulator , it's like you create a virtual machine (VMware . For example , you run a windows 10 inside a windows 8 ) and run game inside it . You should be glad that you only need a PC that 300 times more powerful than the console
https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/faq/#why-do-i-need-such-powerful-computer-emulate-old-c
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