Emulation Dolphin Releases Announcement

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Over eight years and nearly 22,000 commits since the release of Dolphin 5.0 in June of 2016, Dolphin has evolved to become a stable and accurate emulator of both the Nintendo Wii and GameCube. It currently boasts impressive title support and a range of enhancements and features that elevate the emulation experience. In a big change forward, Dolphin is now moving to a rolling release model starting with version 2407 (for July 2024).

This new approach includes frequent updates with changelogs, hotfixes, and date-based versioning, eliminating the need for the previous stable release scheme. The new release strategy aims to provide continuous improvement without long development pauses, that should enhance both infrastructure and user experience.

Here are the details of the new rolling release scheme:

• The first two digits are the year, and the second two are the month. 2407 codifies a release from July 2024.
• All subsequent dev builds after a release will be numbers added on to it. For example, 144 commits after 2409 would result in dev build 2409-144.
• Our next release will be 240X. Yes, it will be in just a few months from now!
• Hotfix releases will have the addition of a suffix. For example, a single hotfix to Dolphin 2409 would be "Dolphin 2409a".
• Beta builds are being replaced by releases. All users in the beta update track will be moved to the new release track.

If you are already using the latest beta or dev releases, not much should change, however if you are still using the previous 5.0 stable release you should head over to the site now and upgrade to the latest version to take advantage of the incredible work done by the team. This 2407 release is available for download immediately for Windows x86-64, Windows ARM64, macOS, and Android.

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