Now you can play nearly all N64 games on your PC with raytracing, speedy FPS, and much more – we can sense Nintendo’s lawyers stirring

Image the scene, someplace deep off the coast of Japan. The yr 2024, one thing is rising from the depths. One thing no people have the facility to cease, regardless of how robust their army is. It could’t be, it will probably’t be Godzilla, can it? Nope, it’s simply Nintendo’s authorized division frantically photocopying stop and desist letters in preparation for a brand new onslaught of homebrew PC ports of its Nintendo 64 video games from the 90s.

How come you ask? A brand new software has been launched that has been labored on in secret for over a yr that may principally takes the overwhelming majority of basic N64 video games and spits them again out in a playable PC format, full with excessive body charges, ultrawide help, and even raytracing.

Oh Goldeneye come to daddy. N64: Recompiled is a software that recompiles N64 binaries into C code that may then be compiled into any platform and used for ports.

Now the method of doing this might not be for every little thing as a result of there’s a little little bit of tech know-how wanted. Nevertheless, that received’t be an issue as a result of guess what loads of Nintendo followers have – simply that know-how so we are able to export wonderful ports identical to the one we received of Tremendous Mario 64 final yr for lots of our favourite Nintendo 64 titles courtesy of different individuals with out me even having to get my arms soiled.

My good friend Wiseguy’s been working in secret for a yr on a software to make PC ports of N64 video games with out full decompilations. The outcome does not embody property and solely requires a ROM to play.

He is managed to run video games like Banjo-Kazooie, Rocket Robotic and even Superman 64. pic.twitter.com/sKGuViEsJZ

— Darío (@dariosamo) May 10, 2024

Now, guessing what will occur right here is simple as Nintendo nonetheless likes to push the occasional N64 recreation on Nintendo On-line, however now the cat is out of the bag, the rolling stobe us gathering no moss, and nerds all over the place are recompiling Good Dar, and someplace, most likely Gex into an excellent raytraced PC model.

All the things is on GitHub in the mean time so if you wish to check out the project you are able to do so. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what occurs with this one and Nintendo who will not be precisely recognized for letting things go..

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