On GitHub, the release notes began to reflect this shift. The developers announced a "sunset" period where 32-bit builds would still be compiled, but no new features would be backported for them. Eventually, the plug was pulled.
Maintaining two separate codebases for a volunteer project was a massive drain on resources. Finding Legacy 32-Bit Builds on GitHub
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Up until the early 2010s, many Windows installations were still 32-bit. Windows XP (32-bit) and early versions of Windows 7 (32-bit) were common on budget laptops and older desktops. The 32-bit version of Dolphin allowed users with older CPUs (like the Intel Core 2 Duo or early Pentium 4) to play GameCube games with reasonable performance.
For modern users, upgrading to a 64-bit operating system is mandatory to experience the latest features, graphical backends, and game compatibility updates that the active Dolphin GitHub community continues to produce. On GitHub, the release notes began to reflect this shift
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You can use GitHub to travel back in time. The last official version of Dolphin to support 32-bit Windows operating systems was . Maintaining two separate codebases for a volunteer project
Sure thing! This blog post covers the history of 32-bit support for Dolphin, where to find the legacy code on GitHub, and the unofficial projects currently keeping 32-bit emulations alive.