Homebrew Would a Nintendo 64 Emulator be possible?

[Halvorsen]

You can get almost full speed on the PSX emulator on new 3DS at least. FF7 runs at 50fps.
Since I imagine the N64 uses similar processing to the 3DS more so than PS1, and how PS1 handles more data at once, I'd expect a full speed N64 in the next two years.

 

[Giodude]

Take a look at the state of the PS1 emulator.. you done? Alright
Now what if I told you that the N64 is more powerful and its architecture a lot more complex than the PS1's, are you still hopeful? It's only use would be as a proof of concept (just like the PS1 emulator, only slower), it'll probably happen some day, but don't expect anything to be near a playable level without having to heavily compromise.

Well not64 wii was a thing that ran all those fine. The psx emulator was barely funcional on the wii. In my opinion, if somebody dedicated their time, about a few years, to making a complex n64 emulator, we could get something running mario 64 fine.

 

[SLiV3R]

Well not64 wii was a thing that ran all those fine. The psx emulator was barely funcional on the wii. In my opinion, if somebody dedicated their time, about a few years, to making a complex n64 emulator, we could get something running mario 64 fine.

I'm looking for the person who wants to work a few years, for free, to make a N64 emulator on the n3ds

Hello, where art thou?

 

[Giodude]

I'm looking for the person who wants to work a few years, for free, to make a N64 emulator on the n3ds

Hello, where art thou?

Jeeze someone's a rude goldberg machine. This is all concept. You coud argue the same thing about our lord and savior smea.

 

[TheCasketMan]

I know the PSP is MIPS and not ARM, but if it was able to run Mario 64 at full speed and Zelda at around 15fps (20fps is full speed), then why not a N3DS. ARM11 is way more efficient than MIPS R4000, the resolution is lower = slightly more performance, the CPU clock speed is 3 times faster, and the GPU and RAM is also faster/larger. C'mon guys, be a little more optimistic!

 

[Classicgamer]

You can get almost full speed on the PSX emulator on new 3DS at least. FF7 runs at 50fps.
Since I imagine the N64 uses similar processing to the 3DS more so than PS1, and how PS1 handles more data at once, I'd expect a full speed N64 in the next two years.

But that's not really playable to be. I can't stand the slow motion feel. Some can tolerate it but not I. For now I'll use my pc or PSP.

Hopefully retro arch will become so refined you can run ff7 full speed.

 

[Juiss]

I know the PSP is MIPS and not ARM, but if it was able to run Mario 64 at full speed and Zelda at around 15fps (20fps is full speed), then why not a N3DS. ARM11 is way more efficient than MIPS R4000, the resolution is lower = slightly more performance, the CPU clock speed is 3 times faster, and the GPU and RAM is also faster/larger. C'mon guys, be a little more optimistic!

I'd attribute it to similar architectures, the N64 also had MIPS CPU

 

[KaduPSE]

N64 is very inaccurate even on PC, but there's a working N64 emulator for the Raspberry Pi (Working as in playable), the Pi's got an ARM CPU and relatively similar hardware to what you would expect on the N3DS. But for the Pi you can write native code and run it directly, on the 3DS we use userland homebrew or CIAs built with community-created libs.

 

[bendevnull]

Last commit was almost 4 months ago. Looks like it's dead to me.

As of 12/30/16, the last commit was 17 days ago. There might still be hope for this project

 

[smileyhead]

As of 12/30/16, the last commit was 17 days ago. There might still be hope for this project

NECROBUMP

 

[erictalvarez]

I know it's not about hardware. Hell, I have a gaming computer with 8GBs of RAM, and I can't even launch Wii games on it. GameCube games also lag if there's too much shit loaded at once.

bro not to revive a dead thread but a pc with 4gb of ram could run a wii game if it had a half decent processor and graphics card.

 

[darklordrs]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/is-a-n64-emulator-possible.379639/


https://gbatemp.net/threads/discuss-n64-emulator-think-the-n3ds-could-handle-it.401494/


It's been asked 20 times already.

>Lists two, claims 20

sir i think you might be bullshitting, i'm going to require the other 18 before you continue

 

[smileyhead]

bro not to revive a dead thread but a pc with 4gb of ram could run a wii game if it had a half decent processor and graphics card.

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Did you literally register just to tell me this?

 

[Yami_Industries]

Yeah...and a lot of people (not necessarily saying you, OP) think it's all about hardware, like "OMG THE N64 HED A 93 MHZ PRECESSOR SO WE SHOLD BE ABEL TO FUL SPED EMULEAMATE IT" - completely oblivious to all the software that goes into it, not realizing that an emulator is still reverse engineering.

did you just misspell and place the quoted sentence in caps so it makes people who aren't educated on what goes into a project seem like idiots?? not every person who asks these kind of questions are ignorant trolls... some people are just curious about what the 3ds/n3ds is capable of emulating... we shouldn't spit on peoples curiosities....

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can someone tell me how to start a thread? please?

go back into the list of threads and look and you should see a button that says make a new thread...

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Did you literally register just to tell me this?

lol

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That nowhere near constitutes a gaming computer by today's standards.

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Or get an NVIDIA Shield or a Bluetooth capable controller.

don't you need both the shield and the controller to even use it??

 

[Knucklesfan]

I know it's not about hardware. Hell, I have a gaming computer with 8GBs of RAM, and I can't even launch Wii games on it. GameCube games also lag if there's too much shit loaded at once.

(A BIT OFF TOPIC!) Are you using dolphin 5? My PC has 4 gigs of ram and I can run Newer at 60FPS

 

[smileyhead]

Are you using dolphin 5?

Yes.

 

[Knucklesfan]

Yes.

hmm. weird.

 

[izy]

You can get almost full speed on the PSX emulator on new 3DS at least. FF7 runs at 50fps.
Since I imagine the N64 uses similar processing to the 3DS more so than PS1, and how PS1 handles more data at once, I'd expect a full speed N64 in the next two years.

actualy the N64 gpu pushes up to 1million polygons (PS1 does up to 180k) and has a 3X more powerful Cpu than the PS1

the only reason the PS1 could push better games is because it had a dedicated video decoder and sound chip

 

[Halvorsen]

actualy the N64 gpu pushes up to 1million polygons (PS1 does up to 180k) and has a 3X more powerful Cpu than the PS1

the only reason the PS1 could push better games is because it had a dedicated video decoder and sound chip

In addition to how the N64's custom MIPS core was never easily emulated.
Keep in mind that was an old post, haha.

 

[izy]

In addition to how the N64's custom MIPS core was never easily emulated.
Keep in mind that was an old post, haha.

yeah i saw the date lul took the chance since i didnt necro thread