Dolphin (emulator) Dolphin is a video game console emulator for the GameCube and Wii that runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. It had its inaugural release in 2003 as freeware for Windows. Dolphin was the first GameCube emulator to successfully run commercial games. After troubled development in the first years, Dolphin became free and open-source software and subsequently gained support for Wii emulation. Soon after, the emulator was ported to Linux and macOS. As mobile hardware got more powerful over the