Homebrew Is a N64 emulator possible?

[Tank Dempsey]

These stronger phones are also far more expensive. It just doesn't look like it because you pay for it through your monthly phone bill instead of all at once.

You don't have to pay a cell phone bill for emulators.

 

[DiscostewSM]

You don't have to pay a cell phone bill for emulators.

The phone doesn't come free with the emulators either.

 

[Tank Dempsey]

The phone doesn't come free with the emulators either.

You can use WiFi

 

[Ericss]

N64 is really hard to emulate... Even on Wii, the N64 emulation sucks

VC emulation of N64 is pretty good on the Wii.

Kind of sad a cellphone is stronger than these deticated gaming devices. I hope next generation Nintendo gets their rump in gear.

Not likely. This is Nintendo we're talking about.

 

[Foxi4]

These stronger phones are also far more expensive. It just doesn't look like it because you pay for it through your monthly phone bill instead of all at once.

While this is true, the 3DS was overpriced for what it offered, especially at launch.

 

[MyJoyConRunsHot]

Kind of sad a cellphone is stronger than these deticated gaming devices. I hope next generation Nintendo gets their rump in gear.

Why would a cellphone not be stronger than a dedicated gaming device from half a decade ago?

 

[Subtle Demise]

Why would a cellphone not be stronger than a dedicated gaming device from half a decade ago?

Yeah PCs and smartphones have to be stronger than a gaming console. All a game system has to do is play games, no overhead from other apps and multi-purpose OS. Of course, with today's consoles adding more pc-like features, this is becoming less the case, and the dedicated gaming console is showing just how underpowered and limited it really is.

 

[the_randomizer]

What? Do u remember ultrahle? I use emulator from the firts mame release... my pentium100 +voodoo2 12mb can run n64 games... same for psx a emu called bleem! And other for old apple computer can run psx games.. why 3ds cant?

With glitches galore, shitty compatibility and emulation bugs, just because something is ultra HLE, doesn't mean it should.

 

[PhoenixWrightX]

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

- Batman

 

[Ericss]

Yeah PCs and smartphones have to be stronger than a gaming console. All a game system has to do is play games, no overhead from other apps and multi-purpose OS.

While that's true of PCs, I wouldn't say the same of smartphones. Most apps don't require nearly as much power as console games. This is true even of game apps, seeing how most games for smartphones are small, simple and casual. Add to that the fact that multitasking is very limited in smartphones, especially compared with PCs.

 

[Korin]

I feel like in the shuffle there's a bit of a mixup about emulation. There are no completely accurate N64 or PS1 emulators. There is a completely accurate (Or about as close as you can get, Cycle Accurate) SNES emulator, and it takes far more power than you would expect from the SNES. These sorts of emulators take a lot of juice to run. I recommend reading here for more information: http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulation_Accuracy

Sure, maybe there'll be an N64 emulator with really low accuracy that can run on 3DS. Compatibility would likely be low and it would generally be pretty bad.

"There's an N64 emulator for worse hardware" "My old shitty PC had an N64 emulator" this does not mean it would work well on the 3DS.

tl;dr: Possible? Yeah. Worth using at all? Probably not. I hope I'm proven wrong.

 

[chrisluna413]

With Ninjhax, no, but if we had full access, then yes.

How about with a gateway?

 

[Foxi4]

I feel like in the shuffle there's a bit of a mixup about emulation. There are no completely accurate N64 or PS1 emulators. There is a completely accurate (Or about as close as you can get, Cycle Accurate). These sorts of emulators take a lot of juice to run. I recommend reading here for more information: http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulation_Accuracy

Sure, maybe there'll be an N64 emulator with really low accuracy that can run on 3DS. Compatibility would likely be low and it would generally be pretty bad.

"There's an N64 emulator for worse hardware" "My old shitty PC had an N64 emulator" this does not mean it would work well on the 3DS.

tl;dr: Possible? Yeah. Worth using at all? Probably not. I hope I'm proven wrong.

Thank you for having some perspective on the matter.

 

[DarkFlare69]

How about with a gateway?

Easily. The 3ds has the power, and since Gateway has prett much full access (RAM, kernal) it'd be possible.

 

[Sizednochi]

My $50 poor man's phone emulates N64 and PS1 waaaaay past fullspeed, lol

I just don't use it for that because I have a JXD.

 

[chrisluna413]

Easily. The 3ds has the power, and since Gateway has pretty much full access (RAM, kernal) it'd be possible.

Awesome. I hope someone has an interest in it and starts development on it.

 

[DarkFlare69]

Awesome. I hope someone has an interest in it and starts development on it.

Yep, hopefully, except n64 is damn hard to emulate

 

[XDM]

im not going to sit here and pretend i know everything about emulation because i damn dont lol and i want n64 on 3ds just like everyone else but let me try and sound smart (pros fill in the blanks lol)

but the N64 is running a MIPS R4300i clocked at 93.MHz and the 3ds is running a ARM11+ARM9 at 286MHz. The architectures are completely different making it harder to run N64 on 3ds

the reason PSP can even run it at all is because it is running a MIPS R4000 which is in the same or similar architecture as the 64 (i believe)

 

[TecXero]

Possibly. As is, it probably won't get all that far. If developers figure out how to access more of the 3DS's hardware, it might even be playable, though I can't imagine it would be much better than the PSP's DaedalusX64. Maybe not even that good. Overall, it's possible, but don't get your hopes up.

 

[MyJoyConRunsHot]

im not going to sit here and pretend i know everything about emulation because i damn dont lol and i want n64 on 3ds just like everyone else but let me try and sound smart (pros fill in the blanks lol)

but the N64 is running a MIPS R4300i clocked at 93.MHz and the 3ds is running a ARM11+ARM9 at 286MHz. The architectures are completely different making it harder to run N64 on 3ds

the reason PSP can even run it at all is because it is running a MIPS R4000 which is in the same or similar architecture as the 64 (i believe)

You're still at it with obsolete measurements? You realize the 3DS crushes the PSP? And the Xbox One has a 1.7Ghz CPU as opposed to the 360's 3.2Ghz CPU? Would you say the 360 is stronger than the One?