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points by everdrive 2 days ago | 0 comments
There's an explosion of N64 ports lately, with a huge mix of new libraries (libdragon) pure fan passion, and LLM assistance.

Some I'm tracking:

- Duke Nukem 3D (ie, the fully-functional PC version) https://github.com/BigChat88/N64DukeNukem3DPort

- Portal 64 Still alive https://github.com/mwpenny/portal64-still-alive

- Resident Evil 64 (ie, not RE2, but the first one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRiwy8Z6S0

- Silent Hill (still an early WIP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7fM06jmHso

I haven't personally tested, but these look interesting:

- Simpsons Arcade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH9JYQVzKDE

- X-men Arcade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah3nB8MP4CM

- TMNT Arcade Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiR5-ZpLtyI

At this point, they're coming out faster than I can play them. I'm in the middle of the 2nd Episode of Duke 3D right now and it's quite nice. The original 64 version was always fun, but mid-level saves are really a game changer.

[–] haunter 2 days ago
> There's an explosion of N64 ports lately

There's an explosion of ALL ports lately. It's crazy.

Ocarina of Time only got released today officially but it's already playable on ARM Macs. It's not even a port per se but executing the Switch ARM code natively. And of course it's also playable on emulators regardless of the platform

[–] thequux 2 days ago
libdragon certainly isn't new; I distinctly recall talking to dragonminded (the original author) about her efforts to reverse-engineer the RSP code that came with the n64 devkit back in 2008 or so and her subsequent efforts to reverse the RSP. I can totally believe the increased rate of games though
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