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Does N64 have a BIOS?

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#1 ·
[THIS IS NOT A REQUEST!]

I never did learn much about how N64 worked, all I know is that my cousin has my N64 and I miss playing Castlevania. I noticed that none of the N64 emulators I've used require a BIOS, so that leads me to ask this, does it actually have a BIOS? Just asking because there's not alot of information on the N64 (that I could find). Thanks.
 
#2 ·
Yes. It's not required to be dumped for emulation purposes because it's so simple to HLE.

That's what I remember from a document by the UltraHLE devs. I'm not having any luck finding it to back up my claim though. :p
 
#3 ·
the n64 contains a simple bootblock to start the cartridge.