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hardware:n64 [2011/08/25 03:08] the_blueberry_hill Added text to the 'library' section, and link to the 64DDs boot sequence |
hardware:n64 [2011/10/22 01:37] the_blueberry_hill Emulation notes |
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| - | It's certainly an oddity, visually. While some games—--mostly Nintendo's, and [[company:Rare]]'s—are vobrant, and crisp, most are muddy, fuzzy, foggy, and/or bland. The system has a unique set of hardware features for its generation, and probably because of their newness, don't quite support each other. It can do some nice things with textures like trilinear filtering, and mipmapping, but the thing doesn't really have the RAM to take advantage of this. | + | It's certainly an oddity, visually. While some games—--mostly Nintendo's, and [[company:Rare]]'s—are vibrant, and crisp, most are muddy, fuzzy, foggy, and/or bland. The system has a unique set of hardware features for its generation, and probably because of their newness, don't quite support each other. It can do some nice things with textures like trilinear filtering, and mipmapping, but the thing doesn't really have the RAM to take advantage of this. |
| Pop-up, or pop-in, a common problem of the generation is often 'hidden' by using a fog effect, instead of just trying to draw less polygons. | Pop-up, or pop-in, a common problem of the generation is often 'hidden' by using a fog effect, instead of just trying to draw less polygons. | ||
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| ===== Periphera ===== | ===== Periphera ===== | ||
| + | ==== Capture Cartridge ==== | ||
| + | The Capture Cartridge (probable Capture Cassette, in Japan) works with games in the //[[game:mario_artist_series|Mario Artist]]// series and allows users to import video and audio into the programs. The back feature standard composite inputs (yellow video, and left and right white and red audio), as well as a 3.5mm 'mic.' input, facilitating importation from VHS, digital cameras, maybe other consoles, CD players, and so on. | ||
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| ==== Controllers ==== | ==== Controllers ==== | ||
| ==== Force Feedback ==== | ==== Force Feedback ==== | ||
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| ===== Emulation ===== | ===== Emulation ===== | ||
| + | Nintendo 64 emulation is a bit of a mess. While it's possible to run most games, none of the emulators are focused on accurately emulating the hardware; rather, they're big mish-mashes of hacks and fixes for individual games. It's not even possible to display games in their original resolutions. If you want games to look 'nicer' there are upscaling options, and higher resolution texture packs for popular games.\\ | ||
| + | **Project64** is the most popular, and may as well be your first port-of-call. It's undergoing a pretty big overhaul at the moment, so may have a much better future. **1964** may help fill any gaps in compatibility. | ||
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| + | //<sub>Last updated: October 22nd, 2011</sub>// | ||
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| + | * Homepages: [[http://www.pj64-emu.com/|Project64]] | [[http://1964emu.emulation64.com/|1964]] | ||
| ===== See also ===== | ===== See also ===== | ||
| * [[sb:recommended:nintendo64]] | * [[sb:recommended:nintendo64]] | ||
| * [[wp>Nintendo_64]] | * [[wp>Nintendo_64]] | ||