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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: dada on July 19, 2009, 06:47:58 pm
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Hi guys.
I've never owned a N64 and the only games from that console that I've ever played are the two Zelda games (but I completed neither). I feel like I'm missing out here because it's right in the middle of my favorite era of games.
I heard it's possible to play N64 games on the PSP. Has anyone attempted this? Doesn't the N64 controller have way more buttons than the PSP?
If it doesn't work out I think I'll actually buy the console since it's only like €15 used these days.
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i'm just going to comment that each second hand game costs about the same as a console here, but a lot of people sell bulk lots with the system.
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a bunch of n64 games aren't emulated very well on the pc and some aren't emulated well at all so i doubt psp n64 emu is any good, or even relatively fast
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^This
I've also heard of an N64 emulator for the PSP, but it can't be more than a tech demo that's not really capable of running anything. Even if there was some chance in hell that it COULD run it, like you said there aren't enough buttons. You're definitely better off just buying an N64 or emulating it on a PC.
edit: wow I've actually found videos of this running, but almost all of them are running Super Mario 64. i find it incredibly suspicious when emulators are just testing ONE game, because that tends to mean that other games don't run very well at all
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Shucks!
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a friend of mine has an N64 and he's been collecting games for it over the last few years and such for dirt cheap and pretty much all the ones he's gotten suck so whenever I go over there he shows me a new one he got and then we end up playing goldeneye or super smash bros because those are the only two fun multi-player games made for the system
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Daedalus is what it's called. It can play a few games quite well. Smash Brothers plays 100% just you can't have sound with it. Mario 64 is the same and a couple of other games play just as well but graphical glitches and what not. So yeah it works, just still needs tweaking on right now.
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a friend of mine has an N64 and he's been collecting games for it over the last few years and such for dirt cheap and pretty much all the ones he's gotten suck so whenever I go over there he shows me a new one he got and then we end up playing goldeneye or super smash bros because those are the only two fun multi-player games made for the system
too bad perfect dark is better
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Daedalus is what it's called. It can play a few games quite well. Smash Brothers plays 100% just you can't have sound with it. Mario 64 is the same and a couple of other games play just as well but graphical glitches and what not. So yeah it works, just still needs tweaking on right now.
I can't think of any N64 game I would want to play without sound :fogetsad:
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I'd agree that N64 is the most poorly emulated system out there. And the control scheme is crazy as hell, so it's almost impossible to play a game without the original controller. I would urge you to buy the system for dirt cheap. I still play some of my old games (Zelda, Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, Rogue Squadron, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, etc etc.). There were several good games, and the multiplayer blew PSX out of the water.
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Not being in the US this may be different for you, but keep in mind that Snowboard Kids 2 is like $20 on eBay. It's the one game I tend to plug in and power up my N64 for more than any other. It's the reason I bought an N64. Take what you will from that (i.e. buy it it's the best)
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I can't think of any N64 game I would want to play without sound :fogetsad:
well I play most video games period without at least the game music on but considering how terrible most emulators do the sound/music, it is nearly impossible to have it playing with the game and manage to stay sane at the same time.
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do you mean psp emulators
because otherwise they all do sound pretty good ????
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Not being in the US this may be different for you, but keep in mind that Snowboard Kids 2 is like $20 on eBay. It's the one game I tend to plug in and power up my N64 for more than any other. It's the reason I bought an N64. Take what you will from that (i.e. buy it it's the best)
Isn't that the game where everyones nose is almost the size of their entire body. I used to play that game at my friends house when he had just bought a N64 because it was the only game he had.
the N64 is really lame if you plan on playing RPGs because it lacks any great RPG games. Besides Paper Mario and Zelda, there are hardly any other rpgs worth mentioning. Mother 3 was looking like an awesome game when it was in production but they cancelled it. I think Quest 64 also works on the N64 emulator on psp.
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well I play most video games period without at least the game music on but considering how terrible most emulators do the sound/music, it is nearly impossible to have it playing with the game and manage to stay sane at the same time.
well yeah i agree that if i was forced to use this emulator i would definitely turn off the sound but what i'm saying is that given any sort of choice i would never use an emulator like that!
Isn't that the game where everyones nose is almost the size of their entire body. I used to play that game at my friends house when he had just bought a N64 because it was the only game he had.
yes it is, and no you didn't play it because it was the only game he had--you played it because it's so damn good
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Super Mario 64 is fully playable. Smash Bros almost. Other than that not much else runs. Snowboard kids runs but is too slow to be fun. Def check out SM64. It's very impressive. In the future most games should run ok.
the N64 wasn't that great anyway so you're not missing much.
I dunno, Sin and Punishment, Banjo, Banjo 2, Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, Zelda OOT, Zelda MM, Snowboard kids 1 and 2 the list goes on and on.
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I know project64 works really good for my pc, and my pc is really bad. I'd say use a gamepad.
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Project64 works really good, but still, some games have gfx bugs and some are just still very hard to emulate regardless
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They are, but for the most part the important games (Zelda, Oot and MM, paper mario, SSB) work pretty decent. Not only that, but they come built in with cheat codes from Game Genie, gameshark etc. that let you do awesome things such as float in Zelda.
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Get Project64 and use an xbox controller hooked up to your system. This is how I play my n64 games, and I do pretty well with it. SOMETIMES the emulator is a little dumb and gives some errors but it's almost never repeatable
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the N64 wasn't that great anyway so you're not missing much.
How dare you sir!!! Just for the fact it Houses the best Harvest moon ever made is good enough to get this then slap on Smash bro, Zelda and your good to go.
Edit: Also SBK 1 and 2 is good also.
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How dare you sir!!! Just for the fact it Houses the best Harvest moon ever made
let me just stop you right there because i think you have the n64 mixed up with the playstation
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pretty sure the psx and n64 versions of harvest moon were identical.
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They were pretty close yeah but I liked the PSX one better still. Been too long since I played the N64 one to remember why though.
Even still that just means that it's not a big selling point for the N64, especially since unlike the PSX one you can't really just pirate a copy so you have to pay ridiculous sums to buy it (because it's a pretty pricy game)!
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You're all incorrect, the Gamecube is the most poorly emulated system. I can run PS2 emulators but not Gamecube.
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When did we say otherwise?
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You're all incorrect, the Gamecube is the most poorly emulated system. I can run PS2 emulators but not Gamecube.
I can run Gamecube games very well? What emulator are you using?
Maybe I just haven't got to the games that don't work right. I've only had trouble with Zelda:Wind Waker.
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Well my computer is pretty new, but maybe yours is newer/more high end? I assume it also uses rendering, etc that PSX and what not doesn't so it'd have a varied effect on my video card (which is a piece, but can still run something like Fallout 3).
(Also, @Bojangles: The "You're all incorrect" comment was sarcasm. Sorry bout' the misunderstanding.)'
EDIT: I'm using Dolphin.