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A reason I kept myself away from N64 emulation is because I never got any N64 emu to actually work perfect with any game.
Well more than a year later I come back to try some N64 emus. So far it seems Project 64 1.3 is the best N64 emu. Well of the 25+ games I have tried on it. Maybe 1 or 2 run perfect on it...
The rest
1) lock up
2) run super slow.
3) have too many glitches
4) really bad sound etc...
Anyways here are some examples... Cruisn' USA works kinna with lots of graphics glitches. Cruisn' World on the other hand works great, even the sound is great, no graphics glitches. However it runs like 40fps on my hardware which really surprises me.
Now Donkey Kong 64 was running like 1.8fps displaying that N64 logo. I didn't wait to see if it got any farther than that.
Mario64 seems to work really nice and speed is good.
The rest I tried were very slow, bad sound, lots of glitches etc...
This is my system specs and my settings!
Athlon Thunderbird 1.4Ghz at 1.55Ghz
Abit KT7A-RAID Motherboard
Asus V7700 Geforce 2 GTS 32 Meg (overclocked at 220/391)
Sound Blaster Live! Value (The first sblive I belive)
512MB PC-133 Cas2 RAM
Windows XP
Latest drivers for everything. Running Detonator 22.50!
My settings for Project 64 1.3 are
Video Plugin : Jabo's Direct3D6 1.30
========
Display settings
-Direct3D HAL
-1024x768 (window)
-1280x1024 16-bit (full screen)
-do not use triple buffered page flips with vsync
-no wireframe of course
Emulation settings
-RSP code simulation: Microcode 1
-Geometry transforms: External
-Enabled fog
-Do not use 32-bit textures
-Do not change blending mode if invalid for video card
Advanced
-Frame Buffer emulation: Auto
-Force Depth compare
-Force Depth enable
-Force Bilinear filtering
-Do not force normal blending
-Enable display list culing
Note: I enbaled those because they don't seem to affect performance although I'm not sure what those settings do besides bilinear filtering.
RSP plugin configuration
===============
-Disabled
Sound plugin: Jabo's DirectSound 1.30
========
Settings
-Sync audio
I chosed this plugin because it gives me the best performance. It looks like the sound processing is what kills my fps!
Input plugin: N-Rage`s Direct-Input8 1.60
========
Works good for controller but I rumble pack and memory pack don't work well. Some games detect everything good, some don't.
Emulator settings
===========
-CPU Core: Recompiler
-Self Modifying code handling: Protect memory
-RDRAM size: 8 Meg
-speed limiter: 60fps NTSC
I chosed protect mode because the readme.txt says is the most compatible and it seems to be true.
Now can anyone tell me what is wrong here. I can play PSX games full speed 60/60 at 1600x1200 no problem and this N64 games run at 30-45fps?
Some do run full speed 60fps.
Also are my settings good? I do get a lot of glitches on many games.
And finally can you guys recomend some games that do run exellent on N64 emulators.
This are the games I have tried so far:
- Automobili Lamborghini (U) [!] (works and looks great but is too slow to play
- Blues Brothers 2000 (U) [!] (works good but speed is 30-45fps)
- Bomberman 64 - The Second Attack! (U) [!] (too many graphics glitches)
- Bomberman 64 (U) [!] (lots of graphics glitches too)
- Bomberman Hero (U) [!] (very slow loading, can't really tell if works)
- Buck Bumble (U) [!] (can't remember if works)
- Bust-A-Move 3 DX (E) [!] (can't play, graphics glitches)
- Bust-A-Move '99 (U) [!] (Same as above)
- Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness (U) [!] (works but has graphics glitches, playable)
- Castlevania (U) [!] (I think this one works good)
- Chameleon Twist 2 (U) [!] (graphics glitches, can't see menus, unplayable)
- Chameleon Twist (U) [!] (I think is the same as above)
- Cruis'n Exotica (U) [!] (won't even start, fatal error with Graphics plugin)
- Cruis'n USA (U) (V1.2) [!] (works, full speed but lots of graphics glitches)
- Cruis'n World (E) [!] (This one works great but 40fps only)
And many more I have tried. But as you can see compatibity is not that great for me...
Please do post the names of games known to run fine on N64 emulators.
Thanks!
Well more than a year later I come back to try some N64 emus. So far it seems Project 64 1.3 is the best N64 emu. Well of the 25+ games I have tried on it. Maybe 1 or 2 run perfect on it...
The rest
1) lock up
2) run super slow.
3) have too many glitches
4) really bad sound etc...
Anyways here are some examples... Cruisn' USA works kinna with lots of graphics glitches. Cruisn' World on the other hand works great, even the sound is great, no graphics glitches. However it runs like 40fps on my hardware which really surprises me.
Now Donkey Kong 64 was running like 1.8fps displaying that N64 logo. I didn't wait to see if it got any farther than that.
Mario64 seems to work really nice and speed is good.
The rest I tried were very slow, bad sound, lots of glitches etc...
This is my system specs and my settings!
Athlon Thunderbird 1.4Ghz at 1.55Ghz
Abit KT7A-RAID Motherboard
Asus V7700 Geforce 2 GTS 32 Meg (overclocked at 220/391)
Sound Blaster Live! Value (The first sblive I belive)
512MB PC-133 Cas2 RAM
Windows XP
Latest drivers for everything. Running Detonator 22.50!
My settings for Project 64 1.3 are
Video Plugin : Jabo's Direct3D6 1.30
========
Display settings
-Direct3D HAL
-1024x768 (window)
-1280x1024 16-bit (full screen)
-do not use triple buffered page flips with vsync
-no wireframe of course
Emulation settings
-RSP code simulation: Microcode 1
-Geometry transforms: External
-Enabled fog
-Do not use 32-bit textures
-Do not change blending mode if invalid for video card
Advanced
-Frame Buffer emulation: Auto
-Force Depth compare
-Force Depth enable
-Force Bilinear filtering
-Do not force normal blending
-Enable display list culing
Note: I enbaled those because they don't seem to affect performance although I'm not sure what those settings do besides bilinear filtering.
RSP plugin configuration
===============
-Disabled
Sound plugin: Jabo's DirectSound 1.30
========
Settings
-Sync audio
I chosed this plugin because it gives me the best performance. It looks like the sound processing is what kills my fps!
Input plugin: N-Rage`s Direct-Input8 1.60
========
Works good for controller but I rumble pack and memory pack don't work well. Some games detect everything good, some don't.
Emulator settings
===========
-CPU Core: Recompiler
-Self Modifying code handling: Protect memory
-RDRAM size: 8 Meg
-speed limiter: 60fps NTSC
I chosed protect mode because the readme.txt says is the most compatible and it seems to be true.
Now can anyone tell me what is wrong here. I can play PSX games full speed 60/60 at 1600x1200 no problem and this N64 games run at 30-45fps?
Some do run full speed 60fps.
Also are my settings good? I do get a lot of glitches on many games.
And finally can you guys recomend some games that do run exellent on N64 emulators.
This are the games I have tried so far:
- Automobili Lamborghini (U) [!] (works and looks great but is too slow to play
- Blues Brothers 2000 (U) [!] (works good but speed is 30-45fps)
- Bomberman 64 - The Second Attack! (U) [!] (too many graphics glitches)
- Bomberman 64 (U) [!] (lots of graphics glitches too)
- Bomberman Hero (U) [!] (very slow loading, can't really tell if works)
- Buck Bumble (U) [!] (can't remember if works)
- Bust-A-Move 3 DX (E) [!] (can't play, graphics glitches)
- Bust-A-Move '99 (U) [!] (Same as above)
- Castlevania - Legacy of Darkness (U) [!] (works but has graphics glitches, playable)
- Castlevania (U) [!] (I think this one works good)
- Chameleon Twist 2 (U) [!] (graphics glitches, can't see menus, unplayable)
- Chameleon Twist (U) [!] (I think is the same as above)
- Cruis'n Exotica (U) [!] (won't even start, fatal error with Graphics plugin)
- Cruis'n USA (U) (V1.2) [!] (works, full speed but lots of graphics glitches)
- Cruis'n World (E) [!] (This one works great but 40fps only)
And many more I have tried. But as you can see compatibity is not that great for me...
Please do post the names of games known to run fine on N64 emulators.
Thanks!