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For when original low-res sprites or ugly muddy pixellated textures don't cut it anymore, there are some emulators which allow for texture replacement - so that you can play your old games with shiny HD/4K textures to go with HD rendering. It's nice to play more of the retro games in the style of Super Mario All-Stars, the Ducktales remaster, or the N64 Zelda remakes.

Currently, 2D sprite replacements are not as popular, so much of what's available among replacement packs are quite bland in the same fashion as Final Fantasy 6's iOS "remake" or RPG Maker stuff, but they're meant to be a proof-of-concept, no more. As of 2018, 2D sprite replacements have improved in quality with the release of several excellent 8-bit to 16-bit packs for NES.

===Nintendo 3DS (Citra)===

*WIP

====Notable HD texture packs====

*Henriko Magnifico (multiple games) [https://www.henrikomagnifico.com/texture-packs Link]

===Nintendo 64===

* [[Project64]] - You will need a plugin such as Glide64, Rice, or GLideN64 to replace textures. GLideN64 is the only plugin that can do [[Widescreen_Hack|widescreen hacks]] and custom textures at the same time, though it has a high system requirement.

* [[Mupen64Plus]] (standalone PC version) - Both Glide64 (and GLideN64) and Rice plugins support texture replacements, though not enabled by default. To enable the custom textures, change "LoadHiResTextures" to true and "ghq_hirs" to 1 in your mupen64plus.cfg. Note that the custom texture related features are removed from RetroArch port of Mupen64Plus. Custom Texture folder location:

====Notable texture packs====

===GameCube/Wii===

[[File:WW_HD_HUD_Kilt.png|thumb|352px|Example of WW HD UI]]

* [[Dolphin]] has a game-specific directory somewhere under "Documents\Dolphin Emulator\Load\Textures" with your game's ID (check the ISO properties to what it is) where you can put your custom sprites. Under "Graphics", go to the "Advanced" tab and enable "Load Custom Texture", then set "Texture Cache Accuracy" to "Safe". While running, it will replace that texture when the game loads it with the image files under that directory. Texture packs for Dolphin come as tons of image files to put in that directory.

====Notable texture packs====

* Xenoblade HD

* Tales of Graces Wii

* Resident Evil 4 Wii HD [https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-resident-evil-4-wii-edition-high-res-textures?page=7 Textures] Notice is Pg7, the original OP's links are not available, but a kind soul reuploaded them in 1 single pack, also, if you know a texture pack exists, don't just write the name of the game to send a lurker into a confusing search, especially for a game like RE4 which seems to have like 3 texture packs, 1 for PC, 1 for Wii except the links where dead and the other I don't remember. Feel free to edit this rant but don't ignore its content.

===Nintendo Switch===

====Notable HD texture packs====

* [https://www.hdpacks.com/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom]

* [https://www.hdpacks.com/ Pokémon Scarlet & Violet]

===Dreamcast===

===PlayStation===

===PlayStation 2===

* [[PPSSPP]] has a game-specific directory under "user\Documents\PPSSPP\PSP\TEXTURES" with your game's ID (check the ISO properties to what it is) where you can install texture packs. Under "Tools", go to the "Developer Tools" and enable "Replace Textures". PPSSPP Texture packs consist of textures in .png format, and a textures.ini file.

====Notable HD texture packs====

* [https://github.com/Ullr8/I.Q-Mania-Revived/releases I.Q Mania]

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