Difference between revisions of "Emulation:Nintendo 64"

Latest revision as of 12:33, 12 December 2022

This article is about the emulation of a console or deprecated PC platform on Windows, macOS (OS X), or Linux.

General information

Nintendo 64 at Emulation General Wiki

Emulator(s)

Mupen64Plus

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development

Works with Windows, OS X, and Linux.

General information

Mupen64Plus Website

Newest releases

Old Releases

Project 64 (PJ64)

Key points

Open-source and is still in active development.

Nagware; asks for donation with popup that cannot be closed for 30 seconds. Donating provides a registration key which can be used an indefinite number of times, and on future versions.

Works with Windows only, see the WineHQ page for running on Linux and OS X.

General information

Project 64 Website

Download page

RT64

Key points

Uses real-time ray tracing.

General information

GitHub page

References

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 {{Infobox console
 |title        = Nintendo 64
-|cover        = N64-Console-Set.png
+|cover        = Nintendo 64 logo.svg
 |related      =
-{{Infobox console/row/controller|cont=[[Controller:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]]}}
+{{Infobox console/row/controller| [[Controller:Nintendo 64 Controller|Nintendo 64 Controller]]}}
 |predecessor  = [[Emulation:SNES|SNES]]
 |successor    = [[Emulation:GameCube|GameCube]]
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 ==Emulator(s)==
-===Project 64 (PJ64)===
-Project 64 is one of the most common Nintendo 64 emulators available. It supports plugins for video, audio, input and RSP. The Project64 authors developed their own specification (hence "Project64 specification", or "Zilmar spec.") which has largely become the standard that other emulators have adopted.
-Project 64 can be downloaded [http://www.pj64-emu.com/ here].
 ===Mupen64Plus===
-Mupen64Plus is a fork and successor of Mupen64, a multiplatform N64 emulator released in 2001. While the aim was to create a native x64 version and fix various bugs, it expanded over time by improving plugins and offering extra features not existent in the original.
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development
+{{ii}} Works with Windows, OS X, and Linux.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://www.mupen64plus.org/ Mupen64Plus Website]
+{{mm}} [https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-core/releases Newest releases]
+{{mm}} [http://www.mupen64plus.org/old-releases/ Old Releases]
-While it has been redesigned to match with the Zilmar specification in 2009, the team behind M64+ created the "Mupen64Plus v2.0 Design Proposal"<ref>http://mupen64plus.retrouprising.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mupen64Plus_v2.0_Design_Proposal_3</ref> to modify the plugin API in a way to make it easier to create a multiplatform emulator, by removing any GUI code from the core software and the plugins and creating an interface-only module.<ref>http://mupen64plus.retrouprising.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mupen64Plus_v2.0_Core_API_v1.0</ref> These changes have first been integrated in the beta version 1.99.1, which was released in December 2009. Since then several other beta versions have been released, the latest one being 1.99.5. Version 2.0 was released on July 4, 2013, which is available [https://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/downloads/list here].
+===Project 64 (PJ64)===
+'''Key points'''
+{{ii}} Open-source and is still in active development.
+{{ii}} Nagware; asks for donation with popup that cannot be closed for 30 seconds. [https://www.pj64-emu.com/support-project64.html Donating] provides a registration key which can be used an indefinite number of times, and on future versions.
+{{--}} Works with Windows only, see the [https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1086 WineHQ page] for running on Linux and OS X.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://www.pj64-emu.com/ Project 64 Website]
+{{mm}} [https://www.pj64-emu.com/windows-downloads Download page]
-Mupen64plus can be found [https://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/ here].
+===RT64===
+'''Key points'''
-===1964===
+{{ii}} Uses real-time ray tracing.
-is often compared with Project 64 due to its similarity and overall quality. However, 1964 hasn't seen any updates since mid-2009.
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [https://github.com/DarioSamo/RT64 GitHub page]
-can be downloaded [http://1964emu.emulation64.com/download.htm here].
-===Nemu 64===
-Nemu 64 is one of the oldest Nintendo 64 emulators in existence. When it was originally released, games were almost unplayable due to the processing power it demanded. However, processors are now powerful enough that games can be played without much slowdown. It hasn't been updated since 2003, so it is recommended that one use a more up to date emulator.
-Nemu 64 can be downloaded [http://nemu.emuunlim.org/ here].
 {{References}}

Related controllers

Nintendo 64 Controller
Predecessor
SNES
Successor
GameCube