why is dolphin the best emulator?

[djneo]

Which one is better?

[AnyOldName3]

Higan beats Dolphin in a lot of ways as it's supposed to provide perfect accuracy and even goes as far as emulating details of the console that potentially never affect a game or could be emulated at a higher level with less programming effort. If you wanted to make hardware that functioned exactly like one of the consoles Higan emulates, then its source code would be a lot more useful to you than Dolphin's is for some hypothetical nutjob who wants to build a Wii from scratch.

[Shonumi]

(02-01-2018, 04:39 AM)Helios Wrote: Also, I can think of a few other emulators that are "better" but we're the only ones with writers that parade our work every month so users are always talking about us.

Honestly though, some of things Dolphin devs do, and some of the lengths they go to (ubershaders recently) is above and beyond what a majority of other emulators try to. That's probably why a lot of people point to Dolphin as being one of the best examples for emulation projects. Some of Dolphin's development in the past 4 years falls under what I'd call "insane" from a normal user's perspective.

I could also say the same about PPSSPP, Citra, and RPCS3, but Dolphin was first in this arena of "superstar" emulators (well, maybe higan/bsnes depending on your timeline). We set the example with a lot of stuff (especially organization and media), so that's where all the attention likely comes from even if there is a lot of talent on other emulators.