Always compress your own legal backups. Emulation is about preservation, not theft. Now go enjoy F-Zero GX at 60 FPS across 200MB of tiny, beautiful compression.

Users should be cautious of "highly compressed" files (e.g., 10 MB downloads for 1 GB games) found on untrusted sites: Lossy Compression:

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finally reached 100%, Leo felt a rush of satisfaction. He had managed to fit an entire childhood library into a folder no larger than a single modern "Day One" patch. He launched the emulator, the familiar orange "G" cube tumbled across the screen, and for a moment, the world was small enough to fit into a few billion bits.

You can leave the compression settings at their defaults (Zstandard is recommended for the best balance of speed and size).

You do not need to hunt for sketchy, pre-compressed files on the internet. You can easily convert your standard GameCube .ISO files into highly compressed .RVZ files using the Dolphin Emulator.

"High compression" in this context usually refers to two specific techniques: advanced file containers Scrubbing:

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