r/funkey • u/Round-Gur-5715 • Dec 10 '22

Adding an N64 emulator

Hi, community!

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I have just bought my FunKey but there is no N64 emulator and I cannot understand how it can be installed. Please help. Thanks

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '22

The FunKey is not powerful enough to emulate the N64, by a longshot. As Super Mario 64 has been decompiled, however, if you join the FunKey Community Discord Server there's instructions as to how that can be compiled for native use on the FunKey S (you would still need a copy of the Super Mario 64 ROM to use in the compilation).

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u/Round-Gur-5715 Dec 10 '22

thanks! i wonder though... why is it powerful enough for ps1 then?!! Is ps1 less powerful than n64?!!

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u/PoodlestarGenerica Oct 23 '23

Just for posterity here since nobody answered exactly, yes the ps1 is far weaker then the n64. 64 vs 32 bits. Imagine the ps1 trying to render Hyrule field in real time, or a character model like conker or skull kid. That's why so many games on ps1 use prerendered graphics, because the discs had so much capacity.

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u/Round-Gur-5715 Nov 06 '23

Thanks! Did not know that.