Super Mario 64 gets a brand new port on the Nintendo DS, brings support for full local multiplayer

DuoForce · Tuesday at 6:32 PM

SDA said:
She's probably still thinking of a way to steal it back from you.

Hopefully not this was nearly 20 years ago now hahaha

CobaltMN · Tuesday at 6:57 PM

Finally! a way to play mario 64 on the DS!
Like a lot of the other people here, i would like to see it get ported to the 3ds with analog support. (and 3d if it can be managed) I thought that there was a hack to get m64DS working with analog controls on the 3ds, or am i just imagining things? It looks like Mario 64 is becoming one of those games that gets ported to absolutely everything.

PatrickD85 · Tuesday at 6:58 PM

Waitt what?
Ok cool I guess, but RAM is a real bottleneck on the DS so ... unsure how good this will work out.

RedBlueGreen · Tuesday at 8:34 PM

SDA said:
She's probably still thinking of a way to steal it back from you.

What is this, a romantic comedy?

capsulej · Tuesday at 8:52 PM

Cant wait to try this one. Me and a friend had a blast with the 2 player n64 mod

Fyrus · Tuesday at 9:18 PM

RedBlueGreen said:
What is this, a romantic comedy?

A ROMantic comedy

Eddypikachu · Tuesday at 9:49 PM

codezer0 said:
Why not a 3DS binary? Then it could have analog support.

There's already a 3ds port out there, there's even an sm64 star road port on the 3ds :yay3ds:

NitroShell · Wednesday at 3:23 AM

Scarlet said:
Since being decompiled Super Mario 64 has seen a considerable amount of interest. We've had multiple PC ports, but the efforts beyond that are really astounding. It's on the PS2, it's on the Vita, it's on the Xbox, PS3, Nintendo Switch, Wii U. Before this there was actually another version available for the DS too. So what makes this project so cool?

Based on the DSi port created by Hydr8gon, this new version runs fully on the original Nintendo DS system. This includes working audio, as well as analogue controls via the touch screen, with the game being playable in its entirety. From what I can tell all of this, though impressive, has already been done before. What hasn't been done before? Full local multiplayer on the Nintendo DS. With two systems, you're able to connect wirelessly and play through the game with a friend, complete with support for kicking your companion. It is something of a shame that DS Download Play isn't currently supported, but in time this may be tackled.

Those wanting to try the port will need to compile the game for themselves, requiring a dump of the original Super Mario 64 game, as well as Docker on your system. From there the instructions on the GitHub page are pretty easy to follow.

GitHub Page

I’ve been watching is videos for a while and honestly how fast he releases videos on new ports is surprising by just one guy it screams AI

Moon164 · Wednesday at 4:21 AM

It's so cool that someone finally ported it to the original Nintendo DS and not just the DSi, that's amazing.

And they even adapted the multiplayer to work with two DS systems, these guys are simply magical.

Charli · Wednesday at 1:47 PM

CobaltMN said:
Finally! a way to play mario 64 on the DS!
Like a lot of the other people here, i would like to see it get ported to the 3ds with analog support. (and 3d if it can be managed) I thought that there was a hack to get m64DS working with analog controls on the 3ds, or am i just imagining things? It looks like Mario 64 is becoming one of those games that gets ported to absolutely everything.

We already have a great Hombrew Port of Super Mario 64 with 3D

I don't have link to the project at hand, but here's a little video showcase: (starts at 2:42)

FanNintendo · Wednesday at 2:15 PM

Charli said:
We already have a great Hombrew Port of Super Mario 64 with 3D
I don't have link to the project at hand, but here's a little video showcase: (starts at 2:42)

Super Mario 32 Virtual Boy

kuro0628neko · Wednesday at 10:30 PM

Wild to me how people find a way to complain about free projects. Also wild people are bragging about stealing

RedBlueGreen · Wednesday at 10:47 PM

Charli said:
We already have a great Hombrew Port of Super Mario 64 with 3D
I don't have link to the project at hand, but here's a little video showcase: (starts at 2:42)

I think what people want is the multiplayer.

aoimatsuri · Wednesday at 11:57 PM

*rubs eyes* what ?

They ported the ds game to the ds ?

kuro0628neko said:
Wild to me how people find a way to complain about free projects. Also wild people are bragging about stealing

Most ppl are just super unhappy I suppose.

Comes with not listening to music, ~~drawing fanart~~, daydreaming and walking in forests

Moon164 · 2026-06-18T01:31:38+0100

CobaltMN said:
Finally! a way to play mario 64 on the DS!
Like a lot of the other people here, i would like to see it get ported to the 3ds with analog support. (and 3d if it can be managed) I thought that there was a hack to get m64DS working with analog controls on the 3ds, or am i just imagining things? It looks like Mario 64 is becoming one of those games that gets ported to absolutely everything.

I still dream of the day someone will port it to Zeebo.

fst312 · 2026-06-18T04:16:49+0100

Moon164 said:
I still dream of the day someone will port it to Zeebo.

I didn’t know what a zeebo was till I searched. Everything on this was digital download if I read correctly. I think this system got some type of homebrew, so Mario 64 should work if someone wanted to port it.

Reecey · 2026-06-18T17:47:36+0100

Cool I’ve got to give this ago I luv anything Mario64 it always reminds me playing this game for the first time and how fantastic it was brings back great childhood memories or Mario Kart 64 with your best mates

laink1994 · 2026-06-18T18:26:33+0100

Unfortunately, it's already far too late for that.

raxadian · 2026-06-18T18:49:50+0100

This is amazing.

Hoping for Mario Kart 64 on the DS next.

Moon164 · 2026-06-19T01:17:35+0100

fst312 said:
I didn’t know what a zeebo was till I searched. Everything on this was digital download if I read correctly. I think this system got some type of homebrew, so Mario 64 should work if someone wanted to port it.

The Zeebo was a console released by TecToy in Brazil in 2008. Its production lasted only until 2011, being released only in Brazil, Mexico, China, and India. It was the first and only 100% digital console, without the use of physical media.

The console was a resounding failure. It had good hardware, but was limited by Qualcomm's BREW, which consumed a large portion of the console's resources, leaving little for games. To make matters worse, games were also limited to 50 MB due to the store, meaning many games were ports of Android/iOS or PSP titles, such as Need for Speed Carbon: Own The City.

Still, the console has some interesting things, such as some of the most faithful ports of Quake 1 and 2, one of the best remakes of Double Dragon, and some fun games like Um Jogo de Ovos and Zeebo F.C. Super League.

Much of the Zeebo's Dev Kit has been documented, but only in Portuguese, which likely contributed to the scarcity of homebrew for the console. The only ones I know of are these:

* Doom Port for the Zeebo (because of course everything has to run Doom):

https://www.tripleoxygen.net/wiki/console/zeebo/homebrew/games/doom

* OpenLara Tomb Raider for Zeebo (There are two versions, one running via software which has a terrible framerate and one running via OpenGL ES 1.1 which has a great framerate but graphical glitches and control problems)

* A homebrew called Zeebo Utils adds some useful functionalities to the Zeebo, such as obtaining more detailed system data, changing settings not available through normal means, and using controllers from other consoles like the DualShock 4.

https://www.tripleoxygen.net/wiki/console/zeebo/zeeutils

*And besides that, there's Street Fighter Alpha 2 and some arcade games, but they aren't exactly ports, they're just injections into the emulator of the retro games that the Zeebo had.

And I think that's all, unfortunately, due to the lack of documentation about it in English, the hacking scene is quite scarce.

It was a console that greatly marked my childhood; I would love to see Super Mario 64 running on it, but I doubt that will happen anytime soon.

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