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Dolphin Launcher - RetroBIOS

Type launcher
Source https://github.com/RobLoach/libretro-dolphin-launcher
Version 1.2.0
Profiled 2026-03-18
Cores dolphin_launcher
Systems nintendo-gamecube, nintendo-wii

No BIOS or firmware files required. This core is self-contained.

Launcher stub that passes games to standalone Dolphin (dolphin-emu-nogui, dolphin-emu, or Flatpak org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu). The core itself does no emulation - it calls system() with the game path, waits for Dolphin to exit, then signals RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SHUTDOWN.

Requires Dolphin installed separately on the host. All BIOS/firmware files (IPL.bin, DSP ROMs, fonts, Wii NAND) are managed by the standalone Dolphin install, not by RetroArch system/. See dolphin.yml for those files.

No system files, BIOS, or firmware required by this core.

Generated on 2026-03-20T19:12:20Z