The ability to change the resolution is a godsend, along with the large selection of resolutions to choose from. Seems like a solid investment towards the future product.Īmazing emulator, all of its functions work surprisingly well. But, this app is 95% of the way there and only needs a bit more tweaking (as far as I can tell) to get a large number of games working, and working well. I'm thinking of buying it now, and I never buy anything before a final 1.0 release. It's definitely worth trying out on your own N64 game collection. I'm glad so much of the effort thus far has been put into making the application useable and user-friendly. Rest assured, at only version 0.8.5, this program is extremely stable and data safe. I don't have the entire N64 game catalog at my disposal, so maybe you'll have better luck with your collection. Some games appear to work but freeze and or cannot save data later (i.e. Goldeneye, The World is Not Enough, Donkey Kong 64). The rest, many of them the most popular N64 titles, either don't work or technically function but are simply unplayable (i.e. The only one I've found so far is Mario Party 3. It seems to me that very few games work on it well enough to actually play.
I know emulators (on PC or Mac) take a lot of work, which explains why there are so few out there and even fewer that actually work well enough to use (MAME being an exception, but that's a far cry from an N64). I'm amazed this emulator has come as far as it has, and I look forward to version 1.0. You just have to be willing to experiment with the settings (sometimes even the settings that you don't understand and are really apprehensive about touching!). And it needs a bit more smoothing with regards to the audio plugin, but I've never seen an emulator so robust, stable, and functional. I'm having a lot more fun, and this thing is worth the money, easily. I found one or two ROMs were faulty, nothing to do with Sixtyforce whatsoever. Also, no matter how sure you are, make sure your game ROM works. audio plugin, expansion pack, speed limiter, and the big one that helped me make major games work: multisample level, under graphic settings). In every case, try running the ROM again and again with various settings on/off (i.e. But a fair number of these games run perfectly otherwise. Otherwise, try toggling the "enable audio plugin" setting (or, worst case, just toggle the entire "enable sound" setting). There were others, and you should try your own collection! Sound may still be problematic and a bit skippy on some titles, but I found that disabling in-game music works most times. Again, these are only three that I can remember. Off the top of my head, I have been able to get GoldenEye, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark (#1) working perfectly, with NO graphics or interface problems. * Converted several lingering parts of the app to Swift.ĭecemBy HAS Admin in Uncategorized Super-Go-Down-The-Hole – A short platformer as another test for the latest version of the Scorpion Engine.Important ammendment to my previous review! I have been able to make some games work *perfectly* that I previously may have mentioned as "technically working, but not really playable." I'm talking about major games, some of which made the N64 popular and definitely make this emulator an incredible must-have fun item. * Fixed a potential race condition in audio rendering. * Fixed executable memory mapping failing on Rosetta. * Added a warning when running under Rosetta. – Start the implementation of the buffer in real time.
– Improved restoration and registration status. – Updated to use modern memory protection. – Fixed a bug that caused the left and right audio channels were reversed. – Added default settings for multiple controllers. – The USB controllers can now be connected and disconnected when Sistyforce is running.
Nearly every part of a Nintendo 64 has been painstakingly recreated entirely out of software to pull off such an amazing feat.
It does this by dynamically translating the code that a Nintendo 64 uses into something your Mac understands. Sixtyforce the Nintendo 64 emulator for the Mac.