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Emulators are programs made to emulate certain consoles that would otherwise cost alot of money to play. They are cheaper alternatives towards playing a game on a console. In order to play most games from consoles, you would need an emulator.
Emulators are programs made to emulate certain consoles on a PC. They can be used to play most console games on PCs, and they exist for nearly every console on the market.


These are the most common N64 Emulators: [[Project64]], [[Mupen64]] and [[Bizhawk]]
The most common N64 emulators are Project64, [[Mupen64]] and Bizhawk.


==What are the differences between the emulators?==
==N64 Emulators==


[[Project64]] is most commonly used to support [[ROM Hacks|Super Mario 64 ROM hacks]], as well as having the feature to use cheats on all ROMs.
Project64 is used to play most N64 games and [[ROM Hacks|Super Mario 64 ROM hacks]], but has no TASing capability. The 1.6 version is used for Super Mario 64 speedrunners.


[[Mupen64]] is most commonly used for recording movies, making TAS'es and testing purposes.
Mupen64 is most commonly used for playing Super Mario 64 and making TASes for it. Though the main emulator does not have TASing capability, many forks of it exist, one of which is [[Mupen64#Mupen64-RR|Mupen64-RR]] which is nearly always used for TASing.


[[Bizhawk]] is a multi-emulator program that supports all types of consoles, including N64, [[Bizhawk]] is also used for making TAS'es, but [[Mupen64]] is more commonly used.
Bizhawk is a multi-emulator program that can emulate most consoles, including the N64. Bizhawk is also used for making TASes, but it has inaccurate emulation. However, it is preferred over Mupen64 on [[TASVideos]] because it standardizes loading times. Mupen64 TASes can be converted into Bizhawk TASes.
 
Bizhawk's N64 emulation is based on [[Mupen64#Mupen64plus|Mupen64plus]], a fork of Mupen64.

Revision as of 08:29, 10 July 2018

Emulators are programs made to emulate certain consoles on a PC. They can be used to play most console games on PCs, and they exist for nearly every console on the market.

The most common N64 emulators are Project64, Mupen64 and Bizhawk.

N64 Emulators

Project64 is used to play most N64 games and Super Mario 64 ROM hacks, but has no TASing capability. The 1.6 version is used for Super Mario 64 speedrunners.

Mupen64 is most commonly used for playing Super Mario 64 and making TASes for it. Though the main emulator does not have TASing capability, many forks of it exist, one of which is Mupen64-RR which is nearly always used for TASing.

Bizhawk is a multi-emulator program that can emulate most consoles, including the N64. Bizhawk is also used for making TASes, but it has inaccurate emulation. However, it is preferred over Mupen64 on TASVideos because it standardizes loading times. Mupen64 TASes can be converted into Bizhawk TASes.

Bizhawk's N64 emulation is based on Mupen64plus, a fork of Mupen64.

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