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-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.
+Emulators are programs with the purpose of simulating certain consoles on a PC and exist for nearly every console on the market.
 The most common [[Nintendo 64]] emulators are Project64, [[Mupen64]] and Bizhawk.
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 ==N64 Emulators==
-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.
+* Project64 is used to play most N64 games and [[ROM Hacks|Super Mario 64 ROM hacks]], but has no TASing capability. PJ64 versions v1.6 and/or v1.7 are commonly used within the speedrunning communities, while versions v2.x are usually banned. PJ64 v1.6 is used for Super Mario 64 speedrunning.
-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.
+* Mupen64 is most commonly used for Super Mario 64 [[Tool Assisted Speedrun]]s. Though the main emulator does not have TASing capability, many forks of it exist, one of which is [[Mupen64#Mupen64-RR|Mupen64-RR]].
-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 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 TAS movies can be converted into Bizhawk TASes. Bizhawk's N64 emulation is based on [[Mupen64#Mupen64plus|Mupen64plus]], a fork of Mupen64.
-Bizhawk's N64 emulation is based on [[Mupen64#Mupen64plus|Mupen64plus]], a fork of Mupen64.