Project64 - N64 Emulator

Author: Zilmar, Jabo, Smiff, and Gent
System Emulated: Nintendo N64
Web: Project64 Homepage
Source Available: Yes

About Project64:

Project64 is a Nintendo 64 emulator for the Windows platform that was first released in 2001. It employs a plugin system to allow other developers to implement their own software.

While far from perfect, this is the most accurate Nintendo 64 emulator. This accuracy is often reflected in the visual and aural quality of the titles it emulates, while other emulators may have emulation issues, which manifest in graphical or audio anomalies. The emulator executes with a good speed on most Intel/AMD-based computers. Fatal exceptions sometimes appear, but this is a common plug-in error and Project64 intercepts most of them without having the emulation freeze. Project64 also has support for the emulation of Gameshark codes.

With the 3rd party plugin Rice Video, one can temporarily swap the textures in a ROM image from an external source (BMP, PNG or JPEG) at higher resolutions (than was originally intended) to dramatically improve the game’s graphical quality. The feature, which debuted in early 2005, has renewed interest in, and has helped the N64 emulation community as a whole.

This is a feature to be added in Project64’s future video plugin, which will be bundled with the 1.7 release (currently only people who donate get 1.7, 1.6 is the current public release). Project64 recommends using the Adaptoid to connect an original N64 controller to a USB port. Adaptoids, however were only produced for a short time by WishTech, which is no longer in business. This has led to the Adaptoid becoming a rare product. They have become available again as of February 19, 2008.

Huge thanks to Miknees for submitting this emulators information!

Project64 Downloads

Project64 For Windows (2 MiB, 4,090 Downloads) - Version 1.6

Project64 Plugin Downloads

For our Project64 plugins please see our N64 Emulator Plugin Page. A lot of these plugins work for a wide range of N64 emulators.

Latest News For Project64

Project64 Emulator Page Added (N64) - June 16, 2008
Welcome To The New EmuHQ! - June 11, 2008