Nintendo 64 - Revision history

DogToon64 at 03:43, 7 April 2023

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Tenry at 21:52, 16 November 2021

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Tenry: /* Suggested Emulators */

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Superjustinbros: /* Dolphin */

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Superjustinbros: /* mupen64Plus */

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Kosheh at 17:36, 6 February 2019

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Kosheh: Trimmed down the first paragraph.

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Superjustinbros at 20:19, 25 July 2018

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The '''Nintendo 64''' is a console made by Nintendo in 1996/1997. While it wasn't as successful as their earlier consoles and did not sell well in Japan due to lack of games to their tastes, it did pave away for many well received games by Nintendo and Rare that influenced the gaming industry.

There is also an addon called 64DD that is a disk drive for the console, there are only a few games for it and mostly Japan only with some non functional US machines that were made.

==Suggested Emulators==

In terms of overall emulation of the N64, it is quite bad but not as bad as it was in the past. The main problem with N64 emulation is the use of plugins and that most emulators tend to use by default outdated and inaccurate ones. Some games are still problematic whether its sound such as Top Gear Rally or games such as Donkey Kong 64, Body Harvest, Pokemon Snap and Rogue Squadron. The ones that don't use plugins such as Cen64 and MAME are not at a stage of being useable due to the difficulties and the high requirements needed for accurate emulation.

There are two recommended plugins in the mean time. They are Angrylion RDP and GlideN64 (not to be confused with the old Glide64). The former is close to accurate graphically and even works on problematic games but requires a powerful computer to run the games and may not even run them at full speed on any computer in a couple of cases. The latter is not as accurate and still requires a fairly powerful computer but does run faster and some problematic games can be played using this. GlideN64 might not work if your computer has integrated Intel graphics though.

===Project 64===

Project 64 is the most known N64 emulator that also has some 64DD emulation as well. It can also be used to sprite/texture rip via a plug in.

===mupen64Plus===

mupen64Plus is the other well known N64 emulator and also runs on Linux too. While the emulator is commandline, there is a package available called m64p where it has the emulator, a GUI and the settings for GlideN64 all set up making it as close to plug and play as it can.

===Dolphin===

Dolphin is a Gamecube/Wii emulator that can emulate the N64 emulation used on the Virtual Console. An emulator for an emulator basically. If you do not want to mess with plugins and want to play on some of the more well known Nintendo games, it is an option.

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−	The '''Nintendo 64''' ~~was~~ a console made by Nintendo in 1996/1997. An add-on for the console known as the 64DD was released in 1999 - however, it was a commercial failure and its release was limited solely to the Japanese market.	+	The '''Nintendo 64''' is a console made by Nintendo and was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 26, 1996 in North America, and March 1, 1997 in Europe and Australasia. An add-on for the console known as the '''64DD''' was released on December 13, 1999 - however, it was a commercial failure and its release was limited solely to the Japanese market.

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 ==Suggested Emulators==
-In terms of overall emulation of the N64, the quality is subpar, but improved compared to earliest years of emulating the Nintendo 64. The main problem with N64 emulation is the use of plugins and that most emulators tend to use, by default, outdated and inaccurate ones. Some games are still problematic whether its sound issues such as ''Top Gear Rally'' or games such as ''Donkey Kong 64'', ''Body Harvest'', ''Pokemon Snap'' and ''Rogue Squadron''. The ones that don't use plugins such as Cen64 and MAME are not at a stage of being useable due to the difficulties and the high requirements needed for accurate emulation.
+In terms of overall emulation of the N64, the quality is subpar, but improved compared to earliest years of emulating the Nintendo 64. The main problem with N64 emulation is the use of plugins and that most emulators tend to use, by default, outdated and inaccurate ones. For example, ''Top Gear Rally'' was having sound issues until recently. Other games are still problematic such as ''Donkey Kong 64'', ''Body Harvest'', ''Pokemon Snap'' and ''Rogue Squadron''. The ones that don't use plugins such as Cen64 and MAME are not at a stage of being useable due to the difficulties and the high requirements needed for accurate emulation.
 There are two recommended plugins in the mean time: Angrylion RDP and GlideN64 (not to be confused with the old Glide64). The former is close to accurate graphically and even works on problematic games but requires a powerful computer to run the games and may not even run them at full speed on any computer in a couple of cases. The latter is not as accurate and still requires a fairly powerful computer but does run faster and some problematic games can be played using this. GlideN64 might not work if your computer has integrated Intel graphics, however.
 ===Project 64===

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−	An add-on for the console known as the 64DD was released in 1999 - however, it was a commercial failure and its release was limited solely to the Japanese market.

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 How to rip models and textures from N64 games is described in [[Ripping Models]] and [[Ripping Textures]].
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 ===Dolphin===
-Dolphin is a Gamecube/Wii emulator that can emulate the N64 emulation used on the Virtual Console. If you do not want to mess with plugins and want to play on some of the more well known Nintendo games, it is an option.
+Dolphin is a Gamecube/Wii emulator that can emulate the N64 emulation used on the Virtual Console. If you do not want to mess with plugins and want to play some of the more well known Nintendo games, it is an option.
 {{Consoles}}
 [[Category:Consoles]]

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 ===mupen64Plus===
-mupen64Plus is the other well known N64 emulator and also runs on Linux too. While the emulator is commandline, there is a package available called m64p where it has the emulator, a GUI and the settings for GlideN64 all set up making it as close to plug and play as it can.
+mupen64Plus is a well known N64 emulator with compatibility for Linux. While the emulator is commandline, there is a package available called m64p which has the emulator, a GUI, and the settings for GlideN64 all set up- making it as close to plug and play as it can.
 ===Dolphin===

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-The '''Nintendo 64''' is a console made by Nintendo in 1996/1997. While it wasn't as successful as their earlier consoles and did not sell well in Japan due to lack of games to their tastes, it did pave away for many well received games by Nintendo and Rare that influenced the gaming industry.
+The '''Nintendo 64''' is a console made by Nintendo in 1996/1997.
-Similar to the Famcom's Disk Drive add-on, the Nintendo 64 received it's own in the form of the 64DD. It was a commercial failure and regulated to sale in Japan only, with a very limited software library due to countless delays and being released late into the N64's lifespan
+An add-on for the console known as the 64DD was released in 1999 - however, it was a commercial failure and its release was limited solely to the Japanese market.
 ==Suggested Emulators==