RetroAchievements is proud to announce support for its 52nd console, the GameCube!

In order to earn achievements on the GameCube, you must use the standalone Dolphin emulator which is available at https://dolphin-emu.org/.
NOTE: Please update to the 2407-68 Development build of Dolphin before playing!

Note: The RetroArch Dolphin core is NOT supported.

The Nintendo GameCube launched in Fall 2001 as a successor to the Nintendo 64. It features a handle so you can whack people with the Gamecube and yell "that's my purse, I don't know you!". The system used mini discs which actually spin backward as an attempt at anti piracy. This primarily worked until the end of the system's lifestyle. Unfortunately the mini disc format was hard to develop for by third-party developers. Although the GameCube was not the lowest powered system of the generation (that honor went to the PlayStation 2), it did often receive buggier versions of ports. Still, the system was not short on power or exclusives and boasts some of the most memorable exclusives in the generation.

With this launch, RetroAchievements is proud to announce this was our **Biggest Launch** of all time with over 100 games here at release. That means GameCube will launch with over 25% of the system's library already available!

This project was spearheaded by LillyJade at the coding helm, and the entire project at this point was a good 2 years of work. We also have to thank our partners at the Dolphin Team for working with us to get this product out the door.

We also need to thank the Writing Team led by Nepiki who have made sure these sets are up to a high standard for English readability. We also can't forget to thank the Dolphin Testers for taking the sets and beating them with a hammer to find lingering bugs and errors. Finally, thanks go out to the Rollout Team who have helped over the past two years including Snow, StingX2, TheMysticalOne, AuburnRDM, pinguupinguu, televandalist, and Sutarion.

Without further ado.. the starting lineup for the Nintendo GameCube!



An event for the GameCube launch is now ongoing as well. Check out https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=27246 for all the details regarding this event!

And per tradition, a tease of our upcoming systems planned for the coming two years...
2024-2025 Launch Pipeline
Commodore 64
DOS
TI-83
Nintendo Wii
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If you're not sure what to play first, spin this wheel:

https://wheelofnames.com/n38-vsn

(Updated 7/23)

(I'll keep this updated as more games launch)

Enjoy everyone! Thanks for all the hard work.

DOS?!

Feels like reliving the original release back in the day. Going to have a great time playing all these games. Thank you so much for all the hard work!

Ps DOS achievements sounds awesome…

Good luck and have fun everyone!! Thank you to everyone working on RA :)

Let's do this! I'm aiming for at least the Silver Badge!

Neat! Will Emudeck be supported, or is this the wrong place to ask?

Are there any popups for these achievements?

lets go thanks everyone
steam deck flatpak also got updated

A huge thanks to everyone who made this happen. This is the closest we've come to mimicking the hype of midnight console launches (maybe even surpassing it!)

Cannot wait to get stuck in, and so many classics to choose from.

Woop, the site is back up!

3DS, WiiU, Switch and Xbox classic?

When someone decides to add support to emulators for them.

This is awesome! Thanks to everyone involved and looking forward to playing more classics!