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Nintendo was the second company approached by Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI), which wanted to roll out its previously enterprise-only technology in the consumer space. They originally pitched their idea to Sega, but it's assumed that Nintendo's offer was more appealing. With the NEC VR4300 CPU clocked at 93.75 MHz, 4 MBs of RAM, and an SGI RCP GPU, Nintendo had finalized much of the hardware at least a year before launch, preventing video games from needing drastic rewrites as a result of architectural changes. A separate add-on was later released called the "[[#Hardware features and peripherals|Expansion Pak]]" that added an additional 4 MBs of RAM, totaling to 8 MBs. The development workstations were often Unix-based, which would later help reverse-engineers in some projects.­­

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! scope="col"|[[#PeripheralsHardware features and peripherals|PeripheralsHardware features<br/>and peripherals]]

|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br>[https://parallel-launcher.ca/ Parallel Launcher Fork]

|[https://ares-emu.net/compatibility/nintendo-nintendo-64 9796%<br/><small>872 867 out of 900 reported titles</small>]

|[[Project64RMG]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|[https://github.com/Rosalie241/BetterMajorasMaskInstallerRMG/releases <abbr title="This installer automatically installs and configures latest versions of Project64-nightly, GlideN64 video plugin, Azimer's Audio Plugin, Iconoclast's Static RSP Interpreter and also MM HD Texture Pack.">Rosalie241's MMHD{{RMGVer}} stable]</abbr>]<br/>[https://wwwnightly.pj64-emu.comlink/nightly-builds Nightly]<brRosalie241/>[https:RMG/workflows/www.pj64-emu.combuild/public-releases master {{Project64VerRMGVer}}]<br/>[https://github.com/Rosalie241/PJ64Launcher/releases/latest Keygen-dev]|{{~✗}}

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|[[BizHawk]]<br/><small>(Mupen64Plus)(ares)(MAME)<ref group=N>MAME core for [[#Aleck 64 arcade emulation|Aleck 64]] only.</ref></small>

|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<br>[https://parallel-launcher.ca/ Parallel Launcher Fork]

|Kaizenn64

|[https://github.com/SimoneN64Dillonb/Kaizen#pren64?tab=readme-builtov-binaries file#download git]

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|{{✗}}|{{✗}}<ref group=N name=1964GEPD>[https://github.com/Graslu/1964GEPD/releases/tag/latest 1964GEPD] is only recommended to use for Goldeneye 007 or Perfect Dark; because this emulator is primarily made for GoldenEye/Perfect Dark and modified for use with the Mouse Injector and their ROM hacks. '''It has poor ROM support outside of these games'''. Another and recommended option for Goldeneye: 007 is [https://github.com/garungorp/MouseInjectorDolphinDuck#supported-mupen64plusretroarch garungorp's MouseInjectorDolphinDuck] with mupen64plus_next_libretro.</ref>(WIP)

|RokuyonR64Emu

|[https://github.com/Hydr8gonrasky/rokuyon {{RokuyonVer}}r64emu git]

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|{{✗}}(WIP)|-|[[1964]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}|[https://github.com/Graslu/1964GEPD/releases/tag/latest 1964GEPD]<br /><abbr title="Official">[http://www.emulation64.com/files/getfile/936/ 1.1]</abbr><br /><abbr title="Unofficial SVN">[http://files.emulation64.fr/Emulateurs/EMU_1964_146.zip 1.2 r146]</abbr>|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|{{~}}|?| Low|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|{{✗}}<ref group=N name=1964GEPD>[https://github.com/Graslu/1964GEPD/releases/tag/latest 1964GEPD] is only recommended to use for Goldeneye 007 or Perfect Dark; because this emulator is primarily made for GoldenEye/Perfect Dark and modified for use with the Mouse Injector and their ROM hacks. '''It has poor ROM support outside of these games'''. Another and recommended option for Goldeneye: 007 is [https://github.com/garungorp/MouseInjectorDolphinDuck#supported-mupen64plusretroarch garungorp's MouseInjectorDolphinDuck] with mupen64plus_next_libretro.</ref>

|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|W9x}}

|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mupen64plusae.v3.fzurita 3.0.322 (beta)] [https://github.com/mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae git]

|[https://github.com/Extrems/Not64/releases/latest 20231102{{Not64Ver}}]

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|[[Wikipedia:List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Wii_(North_America)#Nintendo_64|<small>Only for selected titles (Wii)</small>]]<br/>[[Wikipedia:List_of_Virtual_Console_games_for_Wii_U_(North_America)#Nintendo_64|<small>Only for selected titles (Wii U)</small>]]

:An open-source emulator for Windows, as well as one of the oldest. Its official release builds are more up to date than Mupen64Plus', and the current stable version, 3.0.1, is roughly as [[Emulation_accuracy|accurate]] as the development versions of Mupen64Plus when both are played with recommended plugins. It has a more user-friendly interface than some of the Mupen64Plus attempts and supports features such as Transfer Pak emulation and 64DD emulation. It now comes with GLideN64 out-of-the-box, but the default audio plugin isn't even the best in the box. Annoyingly, it also nags you with a timed, unskippable message asking for donations to the project upon launch, though this can be gotten around through a [https://github.com/Rosalie241/PJ64Launcher/releases/tag/1.3.0 script]. An alternative is to download it through [https://github.com/Rosalie241/BetterMajorasMaskInstaller/releases/tag/4.0.2 Rosalie's BetterMajorasMaskInstaller], which downloads the latest nightly version of Project64 with the nagging message removed and installs several useful third-party plugins (it also offers to install HD texture packs for OoT and MM, but you can opt out of those), though take heed - Project64 is currently in the middle of a major code rewrite in preparation for the upcoming 4.0 version, and more than a few regressions and bugs have crept into the nightlies nightly builds as a result, so it might be better to just grab the latest plugins and stick to version 3.0.1. For the most part, it works well in [[Wine]], but if you're on a different platform, use Mupen64Plus instead. Note that if you do use Project64, there is an exploit allowing people to remotely access your computer (aka. arbitrary code execution). This exploit only works if you have a ROM from a random website, so watch where you get your ROMs from if you're using Project64.

:An Android-exclusive Nintendo 64 emulatorbased on Mupen64Plus by freeman_zy. It is similar to Project 64 1.6 in terms of compatibility, although it is unknown who authored it, as the . The APK for n64oid circulates on many legally-questionable APK sites. n64oid has the infamous problem in Mario Kart 64 of the screen in Wario Stadium not displaying properly, as it displays nothing but black. It upscales all games to widescreen, which works well most of time, but it will have performance issues on many some older phones. The emulator is relatively poor, but it is much easier to set up than other options. The emulator features a menu with many similarities to the mobile edition of Snes9x EX+ and the My Boy! family of Android emulators for Game Boy systems.

* An A "+18mature" version of the app is available in for titles that received a mature/adult-like age rating within their region. Japan has the "+18" branding for titles that received a CERO Z rating (e.g.: ''GoldenEye 007'' and ''Jet Force Gemini''). United States has the "Mature 17+" branding for titles that received a Mature 17+ rating from the ESRB (e.g.: ''Perfect Dark'' and ''Turok: Dinosaur Hunter''). Europe and Australia has the "Mature" branding for titles that received a PEGI 16 or PEGI 18 rating. Brazil has "ClassInd: 18 Anos" branding and Korea has "19+" branding.

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| rowspan=4 6 | Graphics

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| {{Y✓}}[https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/3649-nintendo-64-n64-widescreen-project-list-of-working-widescreen-games-and-config-files-for-mupen64plus-next-retroarch-core/ *]

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| Ray-tracing<br/><small>([https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/announcing-microsoft-directx-raytracing/ DXR], [https://www.khronos.org/blog/ray-tracing-in-vulkan VRT] and [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/metal_sample_code_library/accelerating_ray_tracing_using_metal MRT])</small>| colspan=9 | <small>Implementing ray-tracing in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.<br/>However you can try "[[Shaders_and_filters#Notable_ReShade_shaders|Screen-Space Ray Traced Global Illumination]]" shader using ReShade.[https://reshade.me/forum/general-discussion/5442-release-misc-emulators-with-depth-buffer-access#34637]</small>|-| [https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remix/wiki RTX Remix]| colspan=9 | <small>Implementing RTX Remix technology in an emulator is unfortunately quite challenging and unlikely to be feasible in the near future.<br/>Besides, some of these emulators already supports most of RTX Remix features such as texture replacement and post-processing effects etc.<br/>On top of that you can use ReShade for post-processing.</small>|-| rowspan=3 4 | Performance

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| Rendering latency reduction technologies<br/><small>([https://github.com/ishitatsuyuki/LatencyFleX LatencyFleX], [https://developer.nvidia.com/performance-rendering-tools/reflex Reflex] and [https://www.amd.com/en/products/software/adrenalin/radeon-software-anti-lag.html Anti-Lag'''+'''])| colspan=9 | <small>While most emulators offer frame pacing or framebuffer latency control options, implementing rendering latency reduction technologies isn't currently feasible. This is '''likely''' doesn't offer enough benefit to justify the development effort.</small>|-| rowspan=4 6 | Post-Processing

| {{Y✓}}[https://docs.libretro.com/shader/antialiasing/ *]

| [[Wikipedia:Comparison_gallery_of_image_scaling_algorithms|Post-rendering scaling]]<br/><small>(Sharp bilinear, Lanczos and [[Wikipedia:GPUOpen#FidelityFX_Super_Resolution|FSR 1]])</small>| {{Y✓}}

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| [[Shaders_and_filters|Filters]]| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-|[[Shaders_and_filters#AI-powered filters|AI-powered filter compatible]]<br/><small>([[Shaders_and_filters#NTSC_Filters|NTSC filters]https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/gfecnt/nvidia-freestyle-ansel-enhancements-geforce-experience-article/ Freestyle], [[Shaders_and_filters#Tonemapping|HDR tonemapping]] etc.)</small>| {{Y?}}| {{N?}}| {{Y?}}| {{N?}}| {{Y?}}| {{Y?}}

| {{Y✓}}| {{N✗}}| {{N✓}}[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/pull/1397 *]| {{N✗}}| {{Y✓}}| {{N✗}}|-|[[High_dynamic_range#Inverse_tone_mapping|Inverse tone mapping compatible]]| {{✓}}[https://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/hdr/ *]| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}| {{?}}

| {{N✗}}[https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/8209 *]

| {{Y✓}}[https://docs.mamedev.org/plugins/inputmacro.html *]| {{Y✓}}

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| rowspan=7 8 | Quality of life

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| {{Y✓}}[https://github.com/garungorp/MouseInjectorDolphinDuck *]| {{N✗}}| {{N✗}}| {{Y✓}}[https://github.com/garungorp/MouseInjectorDolphinDuck *]| {{N✗}}| {{N✗}}

| rowspan=4 6 | Misc

| {{Y✓}}| {{N✗}}| [https://old.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/1djp8ro/ares_v139_release/l9ckjp2/ roadmap]| {{N✗}}| {{N✗}}| {{N✓}}| {{Y}}-| [[Virtual_reality#VR_game_room_simulations|EmuVR support]]| colspan=6 | Exclusive to [https://www.emuvr.net/wiki/Installation_Guide#Downloads libretro cores] at the moment.|-| AI Service<br/><small>With the help of <abbr title="optical character recognition">OCR</abbr> and other techniques, the AI service can provide a live translation of a game, or text-to-speech capabilities for the visually impaired among other things, either on demand or automatically.</small>| colspan=11 | Exclusive to [https://docs.libretro.com/guides/ai-service/ libretro cores] at the moment.

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| {{N✗}}[https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk/issues/2450#issuecomment-707492502 *]

| {{N✗}}[https://forums.libretro.com/t/debugging-features/137 *]

==PeripheralsHardware features and peripherals==

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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch@ModernVintageGamer/search?vquery=gRslfM-MOOw n64 MVG: Why was the videos about Nintendo 64 so hard to develop games for?]

[[Category:Very early emulation (MAME)Driver Status: Preliminary|!Nintendo 64]][[Category:MIPS-based|Nintendo 64]]