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'''Mupen64''' is a [[Nintendo 64]] [[Emulators|emulator]] useful for its customizability. There are many forks of Mupen64, the most documented of which is Mupen64-RR v0.5, which is nearly universally used for TASing.
'''Mupen64''' is a [[Nintendo 64]] [[Emulators|emulator]] useful for its customizability. There are many forks of Mupen64, the most documented of which is Mupen64-RR v0.5, which is nearly universally used for TASing Super Mario 64.


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Because Mupen64 does not have perfect emulation accuracy, there are several hacked versions of Mupen to deal with this, as well as to allow for additional functionality.
Because Mupen64 does not have perfect emulation accuracy, there are several hacked versions of Mupen to deal with this, as well as to allow for additional functionality.
===Mupen64-Lua===
===Mupen64-Lua===
'''Mupen64-lua''' supports Lua scripting, which gives Mupen64-rr much more power for testing and brute forcing<ref>http://adelikat.tasvideos.org/emulatordownloads/mupen64-rr/LuaExtension_r34_bin.zip</ref>. It is not used for TASing, only for testing and preparing.
'''Mupen64-Lua''' supports Lua scripting, which gives Mupen64-rr much more power for testing and brute forcing<ref>http://adelikat.tasvideos.org/emulatordownloads/mupen64-rr/LuaExtension_r34_bin.zip</ref>. It is not used for TASing, only for testing and preparing.
===Mupen64-PUs===
===Mupen64-PUs===
'''Mupen64-PUs''' is a modified version of Mupen that crashes during certain float-to-short exceptions just like the [[Nintendo 64]] console does. This is a useful alternative to [[TASBot#Console Verification|console verification]], but not as reliable, because there are still some [[Crash#Unknown cause|unknown crashes]].
'''Mupen64-PUs''' is a modified version of Mupen that crashes during certain float-to-short exceptions just like the [[Nintendo 64]] console does. This is a useful alternative to [[TASBot#Console Verification|console verification]], but not as reliable, because there are still some [[Crash#Unknown cause|unknown crashes]].