The Dolphin team is unbelievably talented. How talented? They've moved GC emulation to approximately where PSX emulation is today. Compare this to Dreamcast emulation, which barely works if you're lucky, or Xbox emulation, which is nonexistant.<p>But those projects aren't heavily worked on, so let's compare it to PCSX2. Dolphin is faster, and has better game support, and is actually emulating more powerful hardware.<p>OTOH, Dolphin doesn't have to deal with the PS2's... interesting design, and the horrors of the Emotion Engine.
Dolphin is one of the most impressive open source projects I've ever come across. It works flawlessly, especially compared to other emulation efforts.<p>The thing that absolutely blew my mind though is that I can play Zelda: Windwaker in <i></i>VIRTUAL REALITY<i></i> using Dolphin.
It's not just some sort of tech demo, it's fully playable and actually quite fun.