Welcome to N64dev
Useful N64 Hacking Links
Emulators
- CEN64 — a cycle-accurate N64 emulator. development blog
- MAME — accurate but slow
- Project64 — a plugin-based N64 emulator for Windows, fast but sacrifices accuracy for performance
- Mupen64Plus — a cross-platform plugin-based N64 emulator
- ares — an accuracy-focused multi-system emulator with N64 support
- 64DD emulation news
Software
- n64chain — Tyler Stachecki's N64 toolchain
- libdragon — DragonMinded's N64 library
- Open Source Nintendo 64 — massive git repo containing neon64, gsuploader, libn64, and many docs
- n64crc — C program to fix cart header checksums
- leotools — extract files from 64DD disk images
- agbd Game Boy dumper — dump Game Boy ROMs and saves using transfer pak
- armips — MIPS/ARM assembler for ROM hacking with N64 CPU and RSP support
- bass — multi arch assembler with N64 CPU, RDP and RSP support
- naken_asm — Multi-arch assembler with N64 CPU and RSP support
Community
- #n64dev — N64 development IRC channel on EFnet
- Discord64 — N64 development Discord server
- N64brew — N64 homebrew Discord server
Reference
- N64 Bare Metal Mips Assembly Programming — krom's excellent tests and sample programs
- N64 Assembly Language Tutorial — fraser's N64 assembly tutorials
- N64 Memory Map — by anarko
- hw dox v0.8 — by LaC
- vru.txt — DragonMinded's description of the VRU
- Registers — N64 CPU register reference
- ROM formats — N64 ROM format reference
- krom's patent list — big list of N64-related patents, also mirrored locally here
- Vr4300, Vr4305, Vr4310 User Manual
- N64 Games And Hardware You Didn't Know About — a ton of pictures and some info
- N64docs — Dillon's N64 emulation documentation
- N64brew Wiki — Wiki documenting N64 hardware and homebrew development tools
- Awesome N64 Development — Curated list of Nintendo 64 development resources
Presentations
- Building cen64 for Speed and Preservation - MGC 2017 by Tyler Stachecki and Mike Ryan (PDF slides)
- Reversing the N64 CIC - REcon 2015 by Mike Ryan, marshallh, and John McMaster (PDF slides)
Shameless Plugs
People
- angrylion — pixel-accurate RDP LLE
- Happy_ — 64DD support in MAME
- krom — N64 CPU/RDP/RSP tests, generally friendly person
- LuigiBlood aka Seru-Kun — PJ64 64DD support
- marshallh — 64drive, UltraHDMI, Ultra Save, N64 godfather
- Mike Ryan — N64 CIC reversing, UltraCIC, cen64 contributor, agbd
- MooglyGuy — MAME N64 developer
- OzOnE — 64DD reversing, innumerable unfinished projects
- Tyler Stachecki aka MarathonMan — cen64 author
- zilmar — Project64
- Zoinkity — many translations and impressive hacks
- Your Name Here — submit a pull request if you think your name belongs on this list