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|sixth = [https://code.google.com/p/ultrahle/source/browse/ UltraHLE Source Google Code 1.0.0]

*[http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/n64/ultrahle.html Download page for UltraHLE, along with some background info on the emu]

The Nintendo 64 was just only about three years old at the time of UltraHLE's release, and while . While there were earlier projects aiming to emulate the console's inner workings, UltraHLE was the first to run games at playable speed on a typical Pentium II/III system with a decent GPU. While emulators for earlier systems concentrated on simulating operations at a lower level (although they too, like NESticle and ZSNES, resort to game-specific hacks and other shortcuts for games to be playable on modest hardware), co-authors Epsilon and RealityMan took a different approach through intercepting C calls and using libraries to respond to them. This also led to a strange situation, especially with later NES/SNES emulators, where in that wherein emulating the Nintendo 64 would at the very least call for the same, similar if not lower-end hardware, compared to emulating an early console in an accurate fashion.

As it was released at the time when the console was still profitable, Nintendo took offence offense and threatened the authors with legal action. This, along with pressure from users, has led to Epsilon and RealityMan discontinuing the emulator.