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The 64DD (an abbreviation for "64 Disk Drive") was a peripheral which allowed a proprietary disk format to be used with the N64. These disks had more space at a cheaper manufacturing cost. The peripheral was a commercial failure and was never released outside of Japan. Internal evidence suggests that, much like the GBA e-Reader, it wasn't even intended for a European release.
 
The 64DD (an abbreviation for "64 Disk Drive") was a peripheral which allowed a proprietary disk format to be used with the N64. These disks had more space at a cheaper manufacturing cost. The peripheral was a commercial failure and was never released outside of Japan. Internal evidence suggests that, much like the GBA e-Reader, it wasn't even intended for a European release.
  
Expansion disks are region-coded to either Japan or the US (obviously unused) and won't work with N64 games from the wrong region.  Only F-Zero X has an official disk, but Ocarina of Time, Mario Party, and Pokémon Stadium (JP) have fully implemented but unused disk support.
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Expansion disks are region-coded to either Japan or the US (obviously unused) and won't work with N64 games from the wrong region.  Only F-Zero X has an official disk, but Ocarina of Time, Mario Party, and Pokemon Stadium (JP) have fully implemented but unused disk support.
  
 
The special AV-In cartridge (NUS-028) that ''Mario Artist: Talent Studio'' can use doesn't work because it requires an RCA cable signal.
 
The special AV-In cartridge (NUS-028) that ''Mario Artist: Talent Studio'' can use doesn't work because it requires an RCA cable signal.
  
Recently, there has been an effort to emulate the 64DD, and now, [[Project64]] and [[MAME]] can run several commercial 64DD games as part of its N64 emulator. This is being ported to [[CEN64]] with the help of [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood LuigiBlood]. Mupen64Plus supports 64DD as well, which is the base of other emulators such as [[simple64]] and [[RMG]]. The latest newcomer is [[Ares]] with the (again) help of [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood LuigiBlood].
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Recently, there has been an effort to emulate the 64DD, and now, [[Project64]] and [[MAME]] can run several commercial 64DD games as part of its N64 emulator. This is being ported to [[CEN64]] with the help of [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood LuigiBlood]. Mupen64Plus supports 64DD aswell which is the base of other emulators such as [[simple64]] and [[RMG]]. The latest newcomer is [[Ares]] with the (again) help of [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood LuigiBlood].
  
 
* Project64's latest versions emulate the N64 mouse and can load Zoinkity's hacked 64DD cartridge conversions at playable speeds. You'll need to set every game to have 8MB of Memory by default manually. Games do not save, some need "32-bit engine" to be unchecked (like Talent Studio), and some (like Polygon Studio to fix models and Paint Studio to fix stamps) need the Angrylion GFX plugin rather than GlideN64, which does the job for the rest. [https://64dd.org/tutorial_pj64.html 64DD.org has step-by-step tutorials for Project64]
 
* Project64's latest versions emulate the N64 mouse and can load Zoinkity's hacked 64DD cartridge conversions at playable speeds. You'll need to set every game to have 8MB of Memory by default manually. Games do not save, some need "32-bit engine" to be unchecked (like Talent Studio), and some (like Polygon Studio to fix models and Paint Studio to fix stamps) need the Angrylion GFX plugin rather than GlideN64, which does the job for the rest. [https://64dd.org/tutorial_pj64.html 64DD.org has step-by-step tutorials for Project64]
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* RetroArch's Mupen64Plus-Next and ParaLLEl cores support the 64DD. For Mupen64Plus-Next: the bios must be placed in <code>[RetroArch directory]\system\Mupen64plus\IPL.n64</code>. To launch 64DD games: Load the Mupen64Plus-Next core, select the new menu item "Subsystems" in the Main Menu, then click "Load N64 Disk Drive" three times to load the disk, cartridge, and start emulation; Both expansion disks and stand-alone disks can be launched this way. <br />For ParaLLEl: the bios must be placed in the "system" directory and named <code>64DD_IPL.bin</code>. In ParaLLEl's core options: 64DD ''must'' be enabled and GFX plugin and RSP must both be set to <code>parallel</code>; stand-alone disks cannot be launched using the Subsystem, they must be launched through either "Load Content" or a playlist.
 
* RetroArch's Mupen64Plus-Next and ParaLLEl cores support the 64DD. For Mupen64Plus-Next: the bios must be placed in <code>[RetroArch directory]\system\Mupen64plus\IPL.n64</code>. To launch 64DD games: Load the Mupen64Plus-Next core, select the new menu item "Subsystems" in the Main Menu, then click "Load N64 Disk Drive" three times to load the disk, cartridge, and start emulation; Both expansion disks and stand-alone disks can be launched this way. <br />For ParaLLEl: the bios must be placed in the "system" directory and named <code>64DD_IPL.bin</code>. In ParaLLEl's core options: 64DD ''must'' be enabled and GFX plugin and RSP must both be set to <code>parallel</code>; stand-alone disks cannot be launched using the Subsystem, they must be launched through either "Load Content" or a playlist.
  
* Ares supports 64DD as well, [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood/status/1568694009496756225 developer LuigiBlood said]: "This is the most accurate 64DD emulation attempt I've ever done, honestly. A lot of the stuff I programmed are sometimes genuinely useless. A lot also involves timings of the drive itself and more", also supports disc-swapping with v134 version.
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* Ares supports 64DD aswell, [https://twitter.com/LuigiBlood/status/1568694009496756225 developer LuigiBlood said]: "This is the most accurate 64DD emulation attempt I've ever done, honestly. A lot of the stuff I programmed are sometimes genuinely useless. A lot also involves timings of the drive itself and more", also supports disc-swapping with v134 version.
  
 
===N64 Mouse===
 
===N64 Mouse===

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