Nintendo 64 emulator. One of the best in terms of compatibility.
This version is nearly five years old, but still provides some of the best gameplay available in any Nintendo 64 emulator.
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What works
Installs perfectly. Default video and audio plugin are recommended. Runs out of the box with no configuration.
Plugin information:
Video plugins:
Jabo's Direct 3D8 1.6
Aristotle's Mudlord & Rice (requires vcrun2008 to be installed through winetricks)
-Take note that the configuration of Rice can be especially tricky, and may not work. Jabo's is recommended
Audio plugins:
Jabo's DirectSound 1.6
Controller plugins:
N-Rage's Direct-Input8 V2 1.80a (works perfectly)
Jabo's DirectInput7 1.6 (buggy; not recommended)
Adaptoid Plugin v1.0 (buggy; not recommended)
What does not
Full screen
As of latest attempt, Rice video plugin still will not load high-res textures as it should. The game usually crashes a few minutes in.
What was not tested
Cheats
Zilmar's Audio Plugin
Jabo's Direct3D6 1.5.2
Additional Comments
DarwiinRemote is a great app for mac that allows you to map the buttons of a Wii remote to key strokes via Bluetooth; it takes some configuration to get the two apps to work together, but once you get it set up, it feels just like a real N64.
READ IF: You have installed Project64 on your Windows partition.
When you load up Project64 for the first time using Wine, if it's installed in your Windows partition, it won't be able to load ROMs, because it's looking for a different directory. You'll need to point the program to the ROM directory in your Windows partition (generally /media/disk/Program Files/Project 64 v1.6) change "disk" to whatever your primary hard drive is named in your Linux distro.
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Some comments on running Project64 on Wine
by Jeremy Newton on Wednesday June 15th 2011, 18:54
There shouldn't be any major issues running Project64 1.6 via wine 1.2 or 1.3, but there are somethings to note:
1. Some plugins rely on directx, thus installing directx is a good idea. You can install directx9 using winetricks:
winetricks d3dx9
2. There can be issues with sound, eg cutting out randomly. This has reported to be fixed by one following out of the following actions:
- Set Hardware acceleration in the Audio tab of Wine Configuration (winecfg) to Emulation.
- Use zilmar's Audio Plugin instead of Jabo's DirectSound Plugin
3. After exiting fullscreen mode, the window boarders typically disappear. Fortunately, this does not inhibit gameplay, but the boarders will return when you open a configuration window.
4. Project64 has a bug on wine, where the program will crash if you end emulation and try to open another game. Closing and reopening project64 before opening another game is an easy workaround.
