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The Nintendo 64 Appreciation/Collecting/Emulation Thread.
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NormalFish
Banned
...damn.
Would pay for postage to the uk.
sixteen-bit
Member
odd request tho
socksfelloff
Member
I'm still waiting for my everdrive64 that I ordered on Black Friday so you're not alone
blast processed
Member
God knows what he's doing on the other end of the phone while random people growl. Some people have weird fetishes.
IrishNinja
Member
ah, did you get a shipping confirmation though? i didn't for nearly a week, emailed them & had it within hours. mine arrived last week, and it works great! the SNES one had to be sent back, but man the ED64 loads like a champ
true, but look at those boxes! ive prolly done more for less, all things considered
socksfelloff
Member
Mine came today!
I just spent the past few hours playing with it. Works more or less how my mega everdrive does so I knew what to expect. Fantastic device.
There is a real lack of quality captured footage for some of these n64 games on Youtube. I have the stuff to capture in high quality. I'm tempted to start throwing some stuff up.
Yep, and I have a capture card that I can record them in high quality as well, starting in 2016 I'll get high quality N64 footage on my channel.
socksfelloff
Member
Same. My chain is N64 RGB>DVDO EDGE>elgato HD
My only deterant is no one ever watches the stuff lol
Elaugaufein
Member
Finally got a set of N64 emulators setup. It literally took me 2 days to collect and work out how to configure all the plugins and I have to keep an x86 build of Project64 around since only a handful of plugins have 64 bit versions. It does get a little early when you realize HatCat has approximately 40 000 usernames though. How do people deal with this ? Especially when it comes to keeping plugins up to date.
Also I can't help but be mildly amused that the best PC emulation for some games is running them as VC games through Dolphin.
Also I can't help but be mildly amused that the best PC emulation for some games is running them as VC games through Dolphin.
onken
Member
Just sharing this in case no-one else knew, but I just found out there was a modified version of 1964 released that had a hardware overclock feature. Goldeneye at 60+ fps native is now possible and damn it's so good, have been playing it all afternoon! The default plugins it come with suck but you can use Rice/Jabo/Nrage ones from PJ64 etc. and they work great! Apparently works with Perfect Dark too, going to try that next.
http://www.emulation64.com/files/info/944/1964-ultrafast.html/
http://www.emulation64.com/files/info/944/1964-ultrafast.html/
No one on GAF nearby for this?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Are there some games that don't run on ED64? Looking to grab one.
Banjo Tooie and Jet Force Gemini used to have problems on flashcarts in the past since they use the 6105 lockout chip, but I think both games have been patched to work now. I definitely remember there being some news about Banjo Tooie receiving a patch a while back. I also remember something about Donkey Kong 64 having issues with saves not working but there's a patch for that as well. Other than that there shouldn't be any issues with any other games. Actually I think I read somewhere the ED64 might even apply the patches itself, but I could be wrong about that. I have a 64drive myself.
Hey guys, there seems to be someone in the Spanish community that has figured out how to disassemble the polygons on the N64:
Goldeneye AI
Smash Bros Hit Detection
PSX and N64 comparison (RE2, MK4, etc.)
There is a lot more interesting stuff from the same user on these pages here showing off different polygons and stuff:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Conker:
Turok 2 (from the intro, and it appears to be 3000 polys):
Wave Race 64:
Don't know too much Spanish myself, but this is very interesting!
Also:
Goldeneye AI
Smash Bros Hit Detection
PSX and N64 comparison (RE2, MK4, etc.)
There is a lot more interesting stuff from the same user on these pages here showing off different polygons and stuff:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link 4
Conker:
Turok 2 (from the intro, and it appears to be 3000 polys):
Wave Race 64:
Don't know too much Spanish myself, but this is very interesting!
Also:
Happy new year everyone.
During the holiday period, I took my everdrive 64 to my friend's house and his PAL n64 is hooked up to a LED Monitor using a AV to HDMI adapter. Found it to look a bit ugly but it was still playable. One thing we noticed though was that while PAL games looked fine on it. NTSC games looked pretty bad. Blurry picture and it didn't even fit the screen proper. The left side had a black/red border while the right side - we believe - is cropped.
I'm now thinking of doing a similar setup where I can conveniently hookup my N64 to my monitor without the need of carrying the CRT around the house. I've been looking at S-Video cables and I'm thinking of picking it up but I'm curious to know if I'll have problems playing NTSC games through my everdrive 64.
Anyone experienced this?
During the holiday period, I took my everdrive 64 to my friend's house and his PAL n64 is hooked up to a LED Monitor using a AV to HDMI adapter. Found it to look a bit ugly but it was still playable. One thing we noticed though was that while PAL games looked fine on it. NTSC games looked pretty bad. Blurry picture and it didn't even fit the screen proper. The left side had a black/red border while the right side - we believe - is cropped.
I'm now thinking of doing a similar setup where I can conveniently hookup my N64 to my monitor without the need of carrying the CRT around the house. I've been looking at S-Video cables and I'm thinking of picking it up but I'm curious to know if I'll have problems playing NTSC games through my everdrive 64.
Anyone experienced this?
Coreda
Member
Excellent find! Bookmarked to read it through later with a translator.
Also:
Games these days could learn a thing or two from Rare's contextual animations.
Wave Race 64:
I never stop getting turned on by Wave Race 64.
soxinthebox
Member
I've played NTSC roms on my PAL n64 with no issues that I can recall. I've also used it with s-video on a Sony LCD TV which worked fine but s-video ports are much rarer on TVs now.
I did need to buy a PAL specific everdrive but IIRC that was just an option I selected at checkout.
IrishNinja
Member
yeah, they're running fine on mine! i think animal crossing or stuff that used the clock was supposed to give you trouble? again, even 64DD games are being dumped recently too
Shadow Hog
Member
Incidentally, these showed up this past weekend. Never did get a tracking #, though.
IrishNinja
Member
i think he said you don't really get one, cause of ukraine post? but i did get something tha ti used through a link from his site, and really didn't tell me much of anything, honestly.
currently waiting to hear when he receives my return, communication seems pretty good for what seems like a small crew.
Thanks for the response buddy
I discovered it was the TV that was the issue. Case closed.Yeah, if you got a V1 Everdrive 64 then you need to patch Banjo Tooie, JFG and DK64 in order to get them to work. Well, JFG will work without the patch but the controls are all messed up for anti piracy reasons. Everdrive V2 and V3 don't need the patches as the roms are patched automatically by the Everdrive when they're loaded I believe. Only games that are incompatible with V1 and V2 are Pokemon Stadium 2 and Animal Crossing. I've heard that Pokemon Stadium does load but it crashes when you try to save or enter the mini games section. Haven't tried that myself. V3 plays all games.
PayOffWizard
Member
I found all my old games over Christmas as well as my watermelon console.
cant wait to get back into some classics.
Some of my faves and in surprisingly good condition.
cant wait to get back into some classics.
Some of my faves and in surprisingly good condition.
ResidentDante
Member
Being a huge WipEout and Ridge Racer fan, I recently went back and played two entries I'd missed back in the 90's on the N64. You can check out my experience on my blog entry!
http://residentdante.blogspot.no/2016/01/64-is-new-sequel.html
(Not an experienced writer or anything, but I enjoy jotting down a bit of thoughts on titles I play through)
http://residentdante.blogspot.no/2016/01/64-is-new-sequel.html
(Not an experienced writer or anything, but I enjoy jotting down a bit of thoughts on titles I play through)
D.Lo
Member
Nice write up!
Totally agree too. RR64 is very much an alternate universe Ridge Racer 3, and damn fun because of it. It and Rage Racer are my go-to RR games for classic arcade racing fun.
Not really. You need a converter, and I'm not sure they made many that can handle that direction (most made for PAL to play NTSC).
ResidentDante
Member
Thanks! Yeah RR64 works surprisingly well with it's own sort of continuation of RR1 and RRR. Nice to hear there are other Rage Racer fans here too, that game has just stood out as one of my favourite arcade racers through the years! I did a write up on the RR series and especially Rage and R4 on my blog too, if you're interested!
D.Lo
Member
R4 was the like 'oh crap we have to do Gran Turrismo now' and was also the weird period where Namco put stories in all their games. It has the fancy motion blur and more tracks though.
Whereas Rage (and 64) are in the original spirit of Ridge Racer - Sega Rally rip-offs. Solid, fun, simple arcade racers. One GOOD track is better than 20 boring ones. No goddamn car tweaking.
Whereas Rage (and 64) are in the original spirit of Ridge Racer - Sega Rally rip-offs. Solid, fun, simple arcade racers. One GOOD track is better than 20 boring ones. No goddamn car tweaking.
ResidentDante
Member
I really missed the car upgrade system from Rage in R4. It was this really simple three-step upgrade system, I loved how the cars just looked even more bad ass for each upgrade too.
sixteen-bit
Member
how did you do that
blast processed
Member
Nah eff that, I hate the GameCube controller. I'll stick with the winged dildo any day.
What Lucky said.
What the? I love the Gamecube controller. I prefer it over the N64 pad when it comes to shooters...which I will get more of on N64.
Shadow Hog
Member
I like the N64 pad, but the analog stick becoming unusable over time is a huge flaw.
Mine was definitely loose before, but I thought it might be fine for use; however, actually trying it out on some games (like Tonic Trouble and Super Mario 64) last night, it seems to have serious issues maxing out the axes and generally feels all wrong (better in SM64, admittedly, but still not 100%). Bleh.
I did get those gears from Kitsch-Bent, I should see about installing them already. (I should probably just buy another controller, too, since I only have the one.)
Mine was definitely loose before, but I thought it might be fine for use; however, actually trying it out on some games (like Tonic Trouble and Super Mario 64) last night, it seems to have serious issues maxing out the axes and generally feels all wrong (better in SM64, admittedly, but still not 100%). Bleh.
I did get those gears from Kitsch-Bent, I should see about installing them already. (I should probably just buy another controller, too, since I only have the one.)
blast processed
Member
Just to be clear, I'm not trolling, or trying to be funny, I just think it's one of the worst designed controllers. I hate the position of the Z-trigger, I don't like the shape and feel of the x & y buttons. I hate how the A button is much larger than the B button and can'tt stand that c-stick. And I think the position of the d-pad is much lower than it should be. N64 controller isn't perfect by any means, but I like the size and feel and enjoy FPS games on it.
D.Lo
Member
Gamecube controller is the total boss. Best build quality of the era by far. Especially the vastly superior sticks. Confortable as hell.
Apart from Z button (it's not a trigger just because it's called Z), but it's basically just a 'select' button. Also the dpad is too small and not positioned well enough to use as a main input, but it's fine as a secondary (eg in Metroid Prime).
It has a central action button, with three surrounding buttons. The B button in smaller because it was originally a directional 'bean' shape like the other two, but since the thumb comes in from the bottom it is made smaller so you don't bump it. It's the only controller ever where a relatively new user can follow an on-screen visual command to hit a certain button without looking down (since X/Y/B are effectively directional action buttons). Much better than Sony's retarded shapes which take people months to learn. And Dreamcast and Xbox changing the letter positions of the SNES layout, freaking stupid.
C-stick is great. Works perfectly as a camera controller. It wasn't built for FPS originally but I kicked everyone's ass at timeslitters with it so never had any issues.
It was visionary for 3rd person 3D games, with a few bad choices.
It's not as versatile as, say, the Dual Shock, but that's because that's an SNES pad with N64 features cheaply grafted on by Sony's copycat hacks. It's a Frankensten.
Anyway, I use a Hori Mini pad, which is sort of Gamecube-like but with the N64 layout, which is perfect for N64 games which were built for the original layout.
Apart from Z button (it's not a trigger just because it's called Z), but it's basically just a 'select' button. Also the dpad is too small and not positioned well enough to use as a main input, but it's fine as a secondary (eg in Metroid Prime).
It has a central action button, with three surrounding buttons. The B button in smaller because it was originally a directional 'bean' shape like the other two, but since the thumb comes in from the bottom it is made smaller so you don't bump it. It's the only controller ever where a relatively new user can follow an on-screen visual command to hit a certain button without looking down (since X/Y/B are effectively directional action buttons). Much better than Sony's retarded shapes which take people months to learn. And Dreamcast and Xbox changing the letter positions of the SNES layout, freaking stupid.
C-stick is great. Works perfectly as a camera controller. It wasn't built for FPS originally but I kicked everyone's ass at timeslitters with it so never had any issues.
It was visionary for 3rd person 3D games, with a few bad choices.
It's not as versatile as, say, the Dual Shock, but that's because that's an SNES pad with N64 features cheaply grafted on by Sony's copycat hacks. It's a Frankensten.
Anyway, I use a Hori Mini pad, which is sort of Gamecube-like but with the N64 layout, which is perfect for N64 games which were built for the original layout.
I couldn't resist jumping on the HDMI upgrade. I got my console back from Bad Ass Consoles just after new year, and I finally got around to taking some screenshots. All shots are with sharp pixels and deblur on:
Overall the video quality is fantastic and setup was a breeze. Highly recommended if you want to play the N64 with the vaseline filter turned off.
Conker's Bad Fur Day:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time:
Pokemon Puzzle League:
Super Mario 64
Overall the video quality is fantastic and setup was a breeze. Highly recommended if you want to play the N64 with the vaseline filter turned off.
I also bought this gamecube to n64 adapter and have been playing using my wavebird. The adapter works flawlessly out of the box.
I'm also trying to resurrect 3 N64 controllers I have, but it's very frustrating. The analog design Nintendo chose is ridiculous and every controller is destined to fail miserably. I bought the replacement gears and am going to see how that goes.
Edit: Here's some shots "retro" mode on:
I'm also trying to resurrect 3 N64 controllers I have, but it's very frustrating. The analog design Nintendo chose is ridiculous and every controller is destined to fail miserably. I bought the replacement gears and am going to see how that goes.
Edit: Here's some shots "retro" mode on:
That's part of the retro effect. When cheaper CRTs overdrive the phosphurs the scanlines appear to vanish. You'll see that effect anytime you have fields of highly saturated colors.
IrishNinja
Member
as expected, those HDMI board shots look sharp enough to cut my fingers on - congrats man!