Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
The '''Nintendo 64''' is a 64-bit fifth-generation console released by Nintendo on September 29, 1996 and had for {{inflation|USD|199.99|1996}}. It has a NEC VR4300 CPU clocked at 93.75 MHz with , 4MB of RAM and with (a separate add-on was later released called the "Expansion Pack Pak" that added an additional 4MB of RAM, making a total of 8MB of RAM. It has a ), and an SGI RCP GPU.
==Emulators==
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[Project64 Netplay]]
|Windows
|[https://pj64netplay-emu.ml/download.html {{Project64NetplayVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20160828165435/http://forums.daedalusx64.com/ Daedalus]
|Windows
|[http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/599734-Daedalusx64-for-Windows-OSX-Linux-Updated-v1-1?p=2148637718 1.1] - [https://github.com/DaedalusX64/daedalus Git]
|{{✗}}
|{{✓}}
|[[Sixtyforce]]
|macOS
|[http://sixtyforce.com/download/ 1.0.34]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://github.com/Ryu64Emulator/Ryu64 Git]
|{{✓✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|Windows, Linux, macOS
|[https://github.com/rasky/r64emu Git]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|-
|Larper64
|Windows
|[https://thirdworld.dev/files/Larper64.7z 0.1]
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|[[PlayStation Portable emulators|PlayStation Portable]]
|[https://github.com/DaedalusX64/daedalus/releases 1.1.7]
|{{✗✓}}
|{{✓}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗}}
|{{✗✓}}
|-
|}
Although many Nintendo 64 emulators have been made and many games can be run between them, complete compatibility and/or accuracy still leaves a bit to be desired. For half a decade, Mupen64Plus and Project64 have vied for the most playable emulator, and which has been more compatible has depended on when and in what configuration each emulator has been tested. Both emulators default to lackluster plugins, but, as of August 2017, both emulators have roughly equal graphical accuracy when running with GLideN64.
* [[Mupen64Plus]] is an open-source, multi-platform, plugin-based emulator based on Hacktarux's Mupen64. As of [https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/pull/336 July 2017], the codebase has reached compatibility parity with Project64, when both emulators are run with GLideN64. Mupen64Plus lacks a native GUI, instead of being run either from the command line or by dragging and dropping ROMs onto the executable and editing the config with a text editor such as Notepad++. There are several third-party GUIs made for it, of which M64Py may be the most solid. The end-user experience has improved in 2017 with [https://m64p.github.io/ m64p], which combines new versions of Mupen64Plus with GLideN64 and a new Qt5 GUI. This is as compatible as N64 emulation gets as of August 2017, and the package can be played out-of-the-box without having to mess around with plugins. Mupen64Plus has also been ported to a number of different platforms. [[BizHawk]] and [[OpenEmu]] use shallow forks of Mupen64Plus and its plugins for their N64 emulation.
:* Wii64 and Not64 are both based on Mupen64, with Not64 being a fork of Wii64. Not64 claims to be better optimized as well as having higher compatibility and more frequent updates. N64 emulation on Wii is not very good, and it is recommended to stick with the Virtual Console N64 releases whenever possible.
* [[1964]], along with its various versions and forks, was once a decent, speedy open-source alternative to Project64 and Mupen64, though it usually lagged behind the two compatibilities wise. Nowadays it has completely fallen off the radar, as development has stopped, is Windows-only, and there is no longer a central code repo to speak of. There is little reason to use it nowadays outside of historical purposes, very specific edge cases, or if your device is too slow to run Mupen64Plus or Project64.
* Daedalus is an Nintendo 64 emulator for the PSP, which has been ported to Windows, but results are even more hit-and-miss than on other emulators due to being made for PSP first and foremost. On PSP, most games are unplayableplayable, but there's a [http://daedalusx64.wikia.com/wiki/DaedalusX64_Compatibility_List small amount of them that work really well] with the right settings (Quest 64, for example)some minor sound issues.
* [[Sixtyforce]] is macOS-only, closed-source, and asks you to pay for full access to its features. It was once one of the only choices for Mac users, particularly those with older Macs, since it's the only emulator with a <abbr title="Power PC">PPC</abbr> [[Dynamic recompilation|dynarec]]), but, with the switch to x86 and Mupen64Plus being ported to macOS, it has now become irrelevant.
