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Triforce

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Overview

Introduced in 2003 by Namco, Sega, Nintendo, the Triforce was a arcade system. Its platform tag is triforce, arcade for proper filtering.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: IBM PowerPC Gekko core at 485 MHz (GameCube-based) with a 256-bit SIMD unit.
  • Memory: 24 MB of 1T-SRAM plus 16 MB of auxiliary texture RAM and 4 MB of embedded framebuffer memory.
  • Display: ATI “Flipper”-derived GPU capable of 480p/720p tiled 3D polygons with hardware lighting and texture mapping.
  • Sound: Custom Dolby Pro Logic II-capable audio pipeline with 24-bit PCM mixing derived from the GameCube architecture.

Supported ROM extensions

gcm, iso, gcz, ciso, wbfs, elf, dol, m3u

Emulators

  • dolphin_triforce (dolphin_triforce) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_DOLPHIN_TRIFORCE

Notes

Triforce is an arcade machine based on the GameCube's hardware. This build only supports certain games. Playable - Mario Kart GP 1, Mario Kart GP 2 (after loading save state). Intro - F-Zero AX, Virtua Striker 2002. Nothing - All other Triforce games.

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml