simple64
simple64 (formally m64p) uses mupen64plus-gui front-end written in Qt6. It supports all things you’d expect from a frontend (savestate management, pausing, screenshots, etc.), netplay and comes bundled with ParaLLEl-RDP as the graphics plugin.
Starting with a fresh config
If you’ve ever used any version of mupen64plus before, you might have a configuration file saved on your computer. I suggest starting with a fresh config if this is your first time here.
Go to Settings -> Core and Plugin Settings. At the bottom click on Reset All Settings.
Last Stable Release:
4c2f4d1
Dated:
03-09-2024
Check here for last build with GLideN64.
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Windows: 64-bit required
Linux: 64-bit required
Mac: 10.14+
Project64
Project64 is a plug-in based emulator allowing third-party groups to use their own plug-ins to run specific components (RSP, video, audio, etc.). It's considered to be among the most widely used with a long lasting history, albeit quite controversial at times.
Project64 NetPlay
It's a hard fork of Project64 2.3.2 for Windows and Linux (Wine) with online Netplay built in. More details can be seen here.
Project64 Legacy
It's a hard fork of Project64 1.6 released in 2001 for Windows. While it's designed with Old PCs in mind, you can still use it with modern hardware. More details can be seen here.
Angrylion RDP Plus
This is a conservative fork of angrylion's RDP plugin that aims to improve performance and add new features while retaining the accuracy of the original plugin with multi-thead support and other benefits. Check out here
Last Release:
3.0.1
Dated:
03-09-2024
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Windows: XP+
Linux: No information provided
Mupen64Plus
Mupen64Plus is an open-source, multi-platform, Qt and plugin-based Nintendo 64 emulator which includes four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, dynamic recompilers for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 systems. The video plugins included are RiceVideo, Arachnoid, Glide64, Z64, and some even include Hi-resolution texture support. There also a cheat system with Gameshark code support, speed adjustment with smooth sound output and much more.
Rosalie's Mupen GUI
Rosalie's Mupen GUI is a free and open-source mupen64plus GUI written in C++. Check out here
Angrylion RDP Plus
This is a conservative fork of angrylion's RDP plugin that aims to improve performance and add new features while retaining the accuracy of the original plugin with multi-thead support and other benefits. Check out here
Last Stable Release:
2.5.9
Dated:
10-02-2019
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Windows: Vista SP2+ (Visual Studio 2013 redistributable required)
Linux: Kernal 2.6.39.4+
Mac: 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)+
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CPU: Dual-core 2.3 GHz+
RAM: 1 GB+
You can use the latest GlideN64-build by the author (gonetz):
Windows (also available on main-page in Daily Dev-Builds section)
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Press "Artifacts" on the right-side, "GLideN64.dll" will appear below and download it (note: antivirus might overreact sometimes, but wtv). Then, place GlideN64.dll inside the Mupen64 folder (hint: you should see other .dll files in that folder)
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Open the Mupen App --> Settings --> Configure --> Plugins --> Select GlideN64
To configure: Inside Mupen App --> Settings --> Edit mupen64plus.cfg --> GlideN64
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Website is different but same procedures afterwards...
Retroarch
Mupen64Plus Next
Parallel N64 with Multithreaded Angrylion
RetroArch is a frontend for libretro emulator cores, game engines and even media players. It enables you to run classic games using Libretro on a wide range of computers and consoles through its unified graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration can be done once and applied and applied to all. It has advanced features like shaders, netplay, rewinding, next-frame response times, and more.
Consoles covered include but are not limited to PlayStation 1, Super Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment System, GameBoy/GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, Arcade, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Virtual Boy, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Sega Master System/Sega Game Gear, Sega CD/Mega CD, PC Engine/PC Engine CD, WonderSwan Color/Crystal, Cave Story, Doom(s) and much more!
It can run on the usual platforms like Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, but it stands alone in that it can support far more platforms beyond just that.
Ludo - A smaller libretro front end by only implementing the core features and by targeting less platforms but definitely shares a lot of the same core values.
Lakka - lightweight Linux distribution for small computers like Raspberry Pi
RArch - It incorporates Kaillera to offer the possibility to play games online.
Last Stable Release:
1.19.1
Dated:
05-06-2024
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Windows: Vista+
Linux: Please follow their instructions
Mac: Apple macOS High Sierra+ with Metal2
Larper64
Larper64 is a highly experimental N64 emulator which the author claims is an attempt at a fast and compatible LLE emulator. Builds are available in multiple Operating Systems but performance will vary. It's worth trying as other pure LLE emulators seem to have stagnated.
Last Stable Release:
0.4
Dated:
15-01-2021
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CEN64
CEN64 is an open-source Nintendo64 emulator which aims to become cycle-accurate while running on Windows, Linux and macOS. That said, it's still in very early development but can run some commercial games at native emulation with only minor issues. Due to its extreme focus on accuracy, it will also require very good hardware to play at decent speeds.
The emulator does have sound processing but not a UI yet, although there are already quite a few good unofficial frontends available such as CEN64-Qt.
Last Dev-Release:
1c11184 / 29-05-2023
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