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An emulator is an unofficial platform that is supported on the official leaderboards. Emulators are the second fastest supported platform. They have the same load times as N64, but do not lag at all during gameplay. | An emulator is an unofficial platform that is supported on the official leaderboards. Emulators are the second fastest supported platform. They have the same load times as N64, but do not lag at all during gameplay. | ||
== Permitted Emulators == | |||
These emulators are permitted for the RTA leaderboards. | |||
* Project 64 (v1.6 only) | [https://wermi.neocities.org/emuguide/ '''→ Setup Guide'''] | |||
* OpenEMU | |||
* Mupen64plus | |||
Other versions of Project64 are banned from the leaderboards owing to load-time inconsistency. The setup guide covers installation and optimal configuration. | |||
OpenEMU and Mupen64plus are allowed so that Mac and Linux users can play too. Any of these emulators can be used on any platform, but Project64 is recommended for Windows. | |||
== ROM Acquisition == | == ROM Acquisition == | ||
N64 ROMs are stored as either .z64 or .n64 files ( | N64 ROMs are stored as either .z64 or .n64 files (never as an exe file). They can be obtained by using a cartridge dumper to copy the ROM from your own Nintendo 64 cartridge, which is legal in some countries like the USA. Distributing ROM files is illegal. To verify that you have the correct ROM, you can compare your ROM's MD5 hash to the following: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| NTSC-J (Original) || 85d61f5525af708c9f1e84dce6dc10e9 | | NTSC-J (Original) || <code>85d61f5525af708c9f1e84dce6dc10e9</code> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| NTSC-U || 20b854b239203baf6c961b850a4a51a2 | | NTSC-U || <code>20b854b239203baf6c961b850a4a51a2</code> | ||
|} | |} | ||
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||