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|version = {{Mupen64PlusVerVersion|Mupen64Plus}}
|active = Yes
|target = [[Nintendo 64 emulators|Nintendo 64]]
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|[[m64pRMG]]<br/><small>A GUI for mupen64plus including ParaLLEl and Angrylion plugins</small>|-|align=center|{{Icon|Win|Lin}}|[[simple64]]<br/><small>Hard fork of mupen64plus + Parallel RDP + , providing a GUIand ParaLLEl RSP</small>
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Mupen64Plus uses its own plugin spec, so it is not compatible with plugins targeting the older zilmar plugin spec used by emulators such as Project64 unless they have been specifically ported to the new spec. However, just about every plugin worth using has now been ported or simultaneously targets both.
By default, Mupen64Plus applies a ton of audio buffering, causing extremely delayed audio, more so than most other emulators. This can be mitigated by lowering the buffer settings in the mupen64plus.cfg file, though lowering it too much will cause audio crackling. For improved audio latency and sync, consider using [https://docs.libretro.com/library/mupen64plus/ Mupen64Plus-Next ] through RetroArch.
==Front-ends==
* [http://m64py.sourceforge.net/ M64Py] is highly recommended for a Mupen64Plus frontend. Not only does it come with everything set up, but it also comes with every plugin maintained by the Mupen64Plus development team plus GLideN64. This is great since it's very hard to find some of the plugins without compiling them from the source code. Sadly, it's not perfect, since the input config utility doesn't work with some gamepads.
* [https://github.com/dh4/mupen64plus-qt mupen64plus-qt]
* [https://github.com/m64psimple64/mupen64plussimple64-gui/ mupen64plussimple64-gui] is a nice Qt5 GUI newly created in Qt5 in 2017and updated to Qt6 in 2022. [[m64psimple64]] is a package created by the same author, which combines recent builds of Mupen64Plus with the ParaLLEl-RDP and RSP plugins and Mupen64plussimple64-gui. This is arguably the easiest works-out-of-the-box package for beginners, as there's nothing necessary to configure except controls, though this comes at the expense of not being able to use other plugins.* [https://github.com/Rosalie241/RMG Rosalie's Mupen GUI] is the newest up-and-coming GUI, and aims to provide both ease of use and a complete emulation package. Each release comes with a recent build of Mupen64Plus, RMG itself, and up-to-date builds of GLideN64, ParaLLEl-RDP, Angrylion Plus, Mupen64Plus HLE RSP, and ParaLLEl-RSP and CXD4 RSP, with the option of using other plugins as well. UnfortunatelyAlmost all configuration is done through the UI, with little need to dive into the exception of GLideN64, plugin configuration must still be done command line or config files. Highly recommended if you desire more options than those afforded by editing the mupen64plus.cfg filesimple64.
==Using Mupen64Plus==
* RSP: cxd4-ssse3
* z64 is a port of z64gl, a low-level emulation video plugin for N64 emulators. It comes with its own accompanying z64 RSP, but cxd4 (a port of BatCat's RSP Interpreter plugin) appears to be more accurate and very well optimized. This setup is capable of playing difficult games like Rogue Squadron with very few graphical glitches, and it is faster than on Project64 to boot.
==External links==
*[http://mupen64.emulation64.com/ Original Mupen64 site and downloads] (Obsolete but possibly of historical interest)
*[https://www.emulation64.com/spotlights/21/ Emulation64 Spotlight Interview with original Mupen64 developer Hacktarux]
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