Playing GameCube classics, but in 4K on a Mac with PlayStation controllers, just as Nintendo intended.

The dolphin team is unironically a group of some of the best software engineers I can think of, solving problems outside the scope of basically any standard industry practice for free and getting results

Switch games look and run better on PC too.

They Nintend to do what Nintendon't.

I don’t agree. Graphics on older consoles was designed to look good on CRT displays and can look really bad on newer ones. At best this is negligence.

Haha not really. He actually switched to Mario party. He’s also really into Paper Mario TTYD.

It just looks clean. Lowpoly games benefit from running at high resolutions to a surprising degree. The better the art, the more it benefits from being shown with as little obfuscation as possible. There are texture packs and shaders available for popular old games, but even without them, it's often worth it to ramp up the resolution, even far beyond 4K. I've played some old games at ridiculous resolutions like 5k or more, eliminating even a hint of jagged edges. You can then add a touch of retro flair through scanline and bloom shaders.

If you play these old games in fullhd etc, it actually feels like the game you remember. If you play it in original resolution it's nothing like that.

As others have mentioned, there are two schools of thought.

Crisp 4K rendering, no jagged lines, higher details added in textures, etc

Or emulating the look of a CRT by using high density displays to create the same look.

https://youtu.be/-B5ebucZ69s?si=0lDLAWdMlN77VQen goes into it a bit. This shows off a device for actual consoles. But the same principal applies when doing it in software for emulators.

The textures themselves remain at their original resolution. But anything that was 3d rendered in the original console (like the karts and characters in Mario kart) will now have crisp lines. Additionally many emulators will support some form of texture scaling to make the original low texture stuff look marginally better. On a system like N64 it’s a toss up on looking significantly better. But on a PS3 emulator for example, since many environments are rendered in 3d, it’s a considerable improvement

Yea. There are Hd textures made by fans. And the 3D is generated in 4K. No pixels in sight!!!

Yeah there’s usually hidef textures you can download or even just decent up scaling options

More info here for Mario Kart Double Dash. Including a demo video.

Yeah "4k" monitor maybe but it looks worse than my old CRT

It was. I added a book under.

There’s a 4K tv right above. We actually connected the computer to it not long after the photo.

Things still look better at 4k displayed on a 1440p screen than they do at native 1440p. If you have the power excess, why not?

It’s amazing! GameCube with Hd textures looks like next gen I love it!

Yep. And actually the DualShock 4 controller can send motion data so you could use it as a very wonky looking Wii controller. I tried it briefly on MarioKart Wii.

An then there’s my Apple iDSphone

I’m at Peach Beach!

Another castle.

The TV had some major delay that makes the game les fun somehow. Besides, TVs were much smaller back then. That laptop is bigger than the TV I had back then.

Delay. I have a 4K TV right above but somehow there is significant delay on it.

It’s actually 4x resolution on this screen. I have a 4K 55” on the wall in front but there was some lag and we unplugged it.

why e-waste? I’m re-using things. Nothing is wasted. We are re-using controllers to play new games. The waste would be to buy each console. Instead I’m using my work computer to play. I gave my son my old computer and he’s using it now. Nothing is wasted.