Submitted 11 months ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to games@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/how-to-port-any-n64-game-to-the-pc-in-record-time/
I’m hoping this gets adapted to cross compiling for all the retro handhelds.
I went through crazy hoops to get a native compiled Mario64 running on my Anbernic and the results were amazing compared to emulation.
This could bring a large library of N64 to every low end handheld.
I hope this technology is carried across all of Nintendo’s games. Won’t even need emulators anymore if we can just run it natively.
Nintendo in particular, but other consoles would be great too.
I bet like the emulator they “stole”, they will use this software without even acknowledging the author.
This is going to be important for maintaining the legacy of old video games.
Like, emulators are fine, but access to recompilation makes it much easier to keep things in a generally useful format.
Honestly one of the reasons I don’t play emulated games much is that the extra step of configuring and running the compiler is a hassle, and sometimes it straight up doesn’t work.
This is the worst format for that?
Binaries will never get bug fixes or improvements like an emulator. The rom is the only relevant archive of a game.
Did you write about how you achieved it? Lots of other people with anbernic devices (new included) would be interested
I followed this guide:
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Honestly, this article shouldn’t be called how to. I’m trying to make heads or tails of this documentation but I would love to see more. I just want to recompile Mystical Ninja starring Goemon as it’s my favorite N64 game from my childhood.
caut_R@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is - crazy enough - the first time I‘ve ever read someone mentioning Goemon and I couldn‘t agree more
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Is that related to Goemon’s Great Adventure? I played that a ton but I never really understood if it was a franchise, a one off, etc. I think I was just too young at the time to understand much beyond smacking monsters with a pipe lol
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
DASH DASH DASH!
Gimme more IMPACT