Nintendo 64

[quasi storm]

I said SLAM that database in there. You know those old videos game commercials where they would SLAM the cartridge into the console and lightning would shoot out? Like that!

By the way, did it work?

[solid crest]

The N64 had a CIC on the console and on the carts like the SNES and NES did. On the N64 the two corresponding chips would talk to each other and write a value to the N64’s RAM. The CIC’s values are not part of a N64’s game dump (roms). So a database is need so the core knows what values to write to RAM.

[quasi basalt]

We can finally jam out to Buck Bumble!

[quasi storm]

Oh... Right. I guess I misunderstood the question 🤣

[brisk drum]

Nay but I think it’s my rom format

[solid crest]

You also need unstable MiSTer main

[quasi storm]

What are you trying to load?

[solid crest]

Latest unstable Main #unstable-nightlies message

[manic basin]

Is your set mostly z64?

[hollow orbit]

I’ll keep using my iPad screen and sitting reaaaaaaaaaaally close.

[orchid nimbus]

with the Bomb king out of the way this is now Silent Hill

[brisk drum]

Yep

[weary palm]

I remember UltraHLE having some ini file as a database.

[manic basin]

What's your file structure like? do you have just SD or SD + Network? I think if you have both it tries the root of the SD and ignores the network. So I nuked the local folder.

Whoops. Forgot to do this as a reply. @brisk drum

[weary palm]

Ultra.ini 🙂

[tidal zenith]

my kid hates sm64 on this core, he said mario looks dead

[manic basin]

Definitely play Luigi's Mansion next then... Mario IS dead!

[tidal zenith]

2spooky4me

[zinc dew]

Omg start planning to do virtual boy next!!!

[manic basin]

"it'sa boooooooo"

[tidal zenith]

I am still, and will always be, sad that nintendo never did a VB virtual console for n3ds

like are you kidding me you had ALL OF THE PIECES YOU NEEDED

[weary palm]

Mario doesn't need a face, I mostly look at his ass anyway.

[lament escarp]

Sm64 bob omb looks like there is heavy smog. 😄

[cerulean elk]

There is a big oil refinery one kingdom over...the Exxon Kingdom

newly build

[shell bone]

Even the screen, which for VR is typically ridiculed, is near enough perfect for the Virtual Boy. Hell rather than the cardboard crap, they could just release a VB shell on their online-only store. It'd sell like hot cakes.

[tidal zenith]

yep, virtual boy just needed simple 3d to be effective

some dude has been making a vb emulator for 3ds for like 10 years now and I don't think it even does anything yet but there's always hope

[lament escarp]

Turok looks also nice but those controls...

[shell bone]

Realistically that's also the reason they've probably not done it. Appetite for the product is still gonna be low, generally. If an enthusiast can't get amped up about completing the emulator, a Nintendo engineering team manager sure isn't going to push the top brass to give them a budget to do it.

[languid dune]

Just before I go to bed last night, a new core drops and I do some quick testing. Amazing progress! I wake up this morning and yet another core build drops. Even more amazing progress! Chill Robert! You're surpassing the laws of space–time with this speed!

[cerulean elk]

he wont release another core till 4:01

[lament escarp]

The intro sequence to aydin chronicles runs a fair bit now! Far superior to final fantasy and dragon quest.

[languid dune]

Gotta make your hard work obsolete as soon as possible! The true goal.

[oblique remnant]

T-1000

[cerulean elk]

My wife has the next two days off so if he does another core tomorrow I wont go till Tuesday earliest

[orchid nimbus]

best demom ever

[cerulean elk]

Ive still got august news to make and a vid for friday

[languid dune]

Robert's other goal is to make your wife leave you due to all the MiSTer news taking over your life. All the arcade boards in the house? Totally a-okay. But Robert is the last straw!

[tidal zenith]

mario kart without black boxes is chefskiss

[cerulean elk]

no offense to Robert but his core cant "keep me warm at night"

[lament escarp]

Not yet.

[cerulean elk]

maybe @zinc dew could use the ethernet port though. Probably a perfect fit

[languid dune]

Just let it run for awhile. It'll get the job done.

[cerulean elk]

😆 😆 😆

[languid dune]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-pratt-andy-dwyer-omg-shocked-face-meme-gif-25585329

[cerulean elk]

My Saturday afternoon joke game is strong today

[stuck summit]

I got this error on real hardware back when I was a kid once. Not sure what happened there lol

[cold pollen]

Alright Shania

[cerulean elk]

It was the most polite way I could think of saying it

[languid dune]

Anyway! The improvement to Star Fox and Wave Race today is transformative. Legit amazing improvements.

[tidal zenith]

follow that dolphin

[mossy needle]

Follow that barrel roll

[languid dune]

I did follow that delightful little scamp!

[tidal zenith]

was waverace a pack in?

why did everyone have wave race

[languid dune]

Nah, but it was the third release for the console.

One of the earliest games.

[raw oriole]

And it went cheap almost immediately too

[tidal zenith]

maybe thats what it iwas, there was nothing else to play

the same reason we all have 1-2-switch

[languid dune]

I remember I drove up to Milwaukee just to get my copy of Wave Race 64 a day early, because a store up there broke the date.

I was not disappointed. One of the best racing games ever.

It is funny to think that the Wave Race series actually started on the Game Boy of all things.

[tidal zenith]

rly

[tidal zenith]

high speed action
doubt

[desert nest]

I had no idea this even existed

I thought it was a mockup

[languid dune]

Oh it's real.

[pallid falcon]

There are now 50 US games marked as playable on the spreadsheet

[languid dune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txGFekILGd8

[raw oriole]

And zero PAL ones as they’re all unplayable even when perfect

[pallid falcon]

I've tried all the PAL exclusives and none of them boot

[brisk drum]

I gave up !

[languid dune]

Say it ain't so 🌮 . Say it ain't so.

[brisk drum]

The can’t recognize database is gone but I still get nothing but black screen

[tidal zenith]

admitting defeat by the computers will spare you one day, so good on you

[brisk drum]

I’m not done yet I’ll get back at it later

[tidal zenith]

show em who's boss

[orchid nimbus]

fistbump

we now have a full one 😄

and a crash lol

[safe robin]

https://tenor.com/view/no-please-no-god-no-stop-please-stop-gif-17190431

[mortal apex]

Misteraddon's reflex adapter is now available, just bought one with a bunch of stuff I needed. Can't wait to play the core with my original controllers

[cerulean elk]

fun stuff

I meant to get his MAPLE2NAOMI but I forgot

[onyx minnow]

Never really got into Hexen, it was always one of those weird games that were at the time supposed to be the new doom but never were :/

[nova grotto]

Toy Story 2 is finally booting

[cerulean elk]

Heretic was 10X better

Hexen is too much of a maze

[nova grotto]

but is It's really laggy at the moment

[mossy needle]

Yayyy for controller adapter

[gritty current]

I patched "Super Mario 64 (USA)" with "Super Mario 64 (USA) (LodgeNet) no face.ips" but It gets stuck at a static looking screen right after the title screen. Any ideas?

[orchid nimbus]

marketing

[steady basalt]

I've Beat Cruisin' USA with N64 core.

[blissful plaza]

Not the correct patch version, you've patched with the LodgeNet version patch instead of the normal version of the game one.

[zinc dew]

It’s a neat little game and it even has MP!

And this what Wave Race 64 originally looked like!

https://youtu.be/swlk2geoG94?feature=shared

[flint minnow]

That's what I'm getting except I haven't patched it. I tried .z64 and .n64 versions and both do the same thing.

[gritty current]

Ah ok, thanks. I guess https://vampier.net/N64/ doesn't list one that can be used with common USA rom...

[zinc dew]

Damn, seeing the core on a CRT is impressive

[zinc dew]

https://vampier.net/N64/patches/sm64.us.noface.unlocked.bps

It’s there, just the last one so easy to miss

[gritty current]

"Super Mario 64 - All Doors Unlocked - No Face - US Version BPS" ?

[weary palm]

I also have one that doesn't unlock everything

[gritty current]

got it thanks @zinc dew

[night saddle]

anyone try f-zero x on todays build? havent had a chance to check anything today but that and Shiren 2 are two I really look forward to on the core

[weary palm]

For the lulz

[zinc dew]

WAT

widescreen??

i love this 🤣

[orchid nimbus]

will add to the patch list

[weary palm]

yes, I made it earlier. There's a repository called Hackersm64 that made it very easy for me to "borrow some code". 🙂

[orchid nimbus]

@weary palm is this with all doors unlocked?

[weary palm]

nope. you want a version like that too?

[orchid nimbus]

nah

this is fine

since we can now play the 1st stage

🙂

[weary palm]

exactly

but it's nice if you want to see what has changed since Robert's last release.

[bronze tree]

Can widescreen patch be applied on top of the other patches or will that not work?

[weary palm]

No, that won't work

[pallid falcon]

Over 60 US games listed as playable. That's me done for today.

[sonic kiln]

at this point the core will be completely done before I finally get around to installing my n64digital

[forest wraith]

is it the pifdata.bin thats renamed from his file - theres a couple of .rom files in the download - normpnt.rom and normslp.rom

[mild ether]

It's the largest file.

[forest wraith]

thank you

[viral swift]

Does the nso Controller Work well with Mister?

[neon heron]

Same

[mild ether]

I heard we might have a playable game by Christmas.

[topaz otter]

as fast as robert moves you might be right

the pace at which he figures this thing out is frightening

and I'm sitting here trying to make a duke3d map in the build engine and I can't even make a door go up and down lol

with simple wiki instructions that tell you how to do it

the build engine was sent by god to punish man for his hubris

[brisk drum]

Lesser men .. you mean

[topaz otter]

whats crazy is that I think duke64 they just rebuilt the whole damn thing instead of trying to get the build engine to run on the n64

[zinc dew]

Thank you very much!!

[zinc dew]

If we’re lucky that is. But let’s not assume that will happen. Just need to be patient,

[mossy needle]

I was just thinking that while halfway through Banjo Kazooie

[orchid nimbus]

https://vampier.net/N64/getlast.php

hmmm 😉 I wonder what this could be used for lol

[vagrant ivy]

Git Gud

[zinc dew]

Get latest n64 unstable?

[tropic sand]

Hmm.. Downloads and reads the FAQ for you ? 😁

[orchid nimbus]

you win special price!! have a fridge!

🙂

[topaz otter]

looks like the code that shuts off the fences in jurassic park

[orchid nimbus]

well that all works

scripts done!!

[ATTENTION] !!! Run update_all or downloader as well !!!
[Action] checking for directory '/media/fat/games/N64'
[Ok] Directory '/media/fat/games/N64' found, nothing to do here
[Ok] The file '/media/fat/games/N64/boot.rom' already exists
[Ok] The file '/media/fat/games/N64/N64-database.txt' already exists
[Ok] The file '/media/fat/_Console/N64_20230826_2.rbf' already exists
[Ok] N64 core 'N64_20230826_2.rbf' already the Latest version, nothing to do here
[Ok] N64 Core all updated! Have fun
[Ok] The file '/media/fat/Scripts/MiSTer_unstable_20230821_16ed5d' already exists
[Ok] Mister Main Unstable Core MiSTer_unstable_20230821_16ed5d Already the Latest version, nothing to do here
All done! Have fun

[tidal zenith]

don't tell me to have fun!

you're not my real dad

[vagrant ivy]

Doesnt say Read the Faq and Remember you cant run Super Mario without a Patch !

[orchid nimbus]

sigh

[cerulean elk]

https://vampier.net/misc/NaughtyBitsCatPhotosandSocialSecurityNumbers

[vagrant ivy]

you know it will generate that comment here !

[orchid nimbus]

one problem - this build is not automated - so someone needs to upload the latest version

when I am asleep or at work I cannot upload

[vagrant ivy]

if only github had some sort of Actions ......

[orchid nimbus]

yeah not going to set that up

[kind nimbus]

https://fxtwitter.com/SanbornVR/status/1695504224870658373?t=w9DGG3VSluaObqMC0Cm9rA&s=19

[viral swift]

Is the NSO N64 Controller working, Guys? 😅

[orchid nimbus]

yes

[marble cargo]

It works, but you'll need bluetooth.

[vagrant ivy]

No it just lays around in bed saying it will get up soon

[pallid falcon]

It is, I am using mine now, checking Japanese exclusives for the spreadsheet (okay, I wasn't quite finsihed for today)

[viral swift]

My Controller behaves very strange

[pallid falcon]

I didn't configure mine via MiSTer, I just used MARIO's config file

[viral swift]

I get Double Inputs while trying to do the Main mapping

Skipping some inputs

[orchid nimbus]

https://vampier.net/N64/update_N64.sh

[viral swift]

Ah, i see

[orchid nimbus]

for those who want to try it

doesn't update mister main without modifications

[pallid falcon]

Vampier, could you add MARIO's config file for NSO controlers to your page?

[orchid nimbus]

will document in the FAQ instructions

[viral swift]

Yeah, great idea

[pallid falcon]

Robby didn't want to pin it here

[vagrant ivy]

#Install KeyLogger and steal Bank Details

what does that bit do ?

[orchid nimbus]

sure

It will call your mom and tell her all the naughty pages you've visited

[vagrant ivy]

Oh

she already knows

[orchid nimbus]

....... FFS

[pallid falcon]

File is here #1096015979055697940 message

[vagrant ivy]

But seriously thanks for doing it

[vagrant ivy]

It will help alot of people

we can add it to the pins where it can be ignored

@zinc dew you are slacking Pin Vamps Script

[pallid falcon]

Robby takes moderating here seriously (too seriously, he asked for my passport) and wouldn't pin it

Said it isn't specifically about testing, which is fair enough

[cerulean elk]

he just asked for my measurements. Said it was for "security"

[vagrant ivy]

Robby collects info so he can blackmail you later

[zinc dew]

Can you edit your post to say it’s a script to get latest unstable of the core?

[pallid falcon]

I had to phyically remove my webcam, it kept on recording whenever I logged onto Discord

[vagrant ivy]

An Onlyfans of Middle aged retro gamers wouldnt make much no wonder Robby only had one hotdog and a burger for lunch

[zinc dew]

oh my god that one was A+

fml

[undone oak]

That water 😍

[cerulean elk]

Ive thought of starting an OnlyFans for "Emulator College"...which is basically just people paying me to tell them where to get "teh romz" when they comment asking me for them

[stoic parcel]

Lots more booting up :)

[quasi storm]

Good to know my neck beard pays the bills.

[cerulean elk]

I love that the polygonal meshes are visible in the core right now

you can really see how the models were created

[vagrant ivy]

Remember Kids somewhere someone will pay for anything

[zinc dew]

I pinned it in #controllers 😭

[cerulean elk]

I should sell foot photos for people who are into bad feed. 30+ years in ski boots...hell on your body 😆

[orchid nimbus]

@languid dune

[pallid falcon]

Who on earth looks in there? I mean there are nerds, and there are those people.

[orchid nimbus]

controllers are needed to test 😄

[zinc dew]

Fine I lose!

Community trumps all

[pallid falcon]

No point now Vampier has added it to the FAQ

[viral swift]

The "searching" LEDs keep blinking after pairing, is this expected? 😃

[pallid falcon]

Yes, mine are constantly doing a KITT impression

[zinc dew]

No I mean I pinned the N64 controller comment

[viral swift]

First world Problem i guess 😅

[pallid falcon]

Robby must really love wrestling this server

[hollow orbit]

OFF THE TOP ROPE

[zinc dew]

Gotta serve the people, make sure they get what they need

[cerulean elk]

I just hit export on an Analogue Pocket 2023 review and setup guide and I feel dirty. Like I stepped out on MiSTer

[terse canyon]

will xeno crisis be too big being 64MB ?

[pliant turtle]

Does the core need a BIOS?

[cerulean elk]

oh wow you really set the ball on the tee for jokes here

[orchid nimbus]

As per tradition I have created an auto update script the script is provided as is and comes without warranty use at your own risk Download here

The file should be saved to /media/fat/Scripts on your MiSTer

WARNING!: The script updates to MiSTer unstable, if you don't know what this means then do not use this script!

The latest test versions are uploaded by me, since I have a life outside the internet it might take a while before updates are available```

[orchid nimbus]

no - it needs gods love and devotion

https://vampier.net/N64/

find more info about gods love here

[vagrant ivy]

if only someone had written a FAQ thats pinned

[hot spoke]

Seems to work great. Thanks for yet another great script! I can finally test without turning on my PC 😄

[orchid nimbus]

@hot spoke make sure to read the 'life outside the internet part' 😄

and you're welcome

[vagrant ivy]

well we all know that a lie you cant have a life

[orchid nimbus]

shall I auto download the bios too?

[vagrant ivy]

can you make me lunch too

[orchid nimbus]

or does this incure the wrath of big N?

[cerulean elk]

please do. I get so many comments about it

[vagrant ivy]

Probably dangerous due to the Big N

[orchid nimbus]

yeah

big N is scary

[vagrant ivy]

not worth the legal risk

[orchid nimbus]

not really

[lament escarp]

The n64 pif is really not so easy to find. The usual sites which offer a bunch of different bios somehow don't have the pif.

[orchid nimbus]

Aleck64+pif in google

[vagrant ivy]

But there is no point Vampier risking his website for it

[hot spoke]

I'm usually not that bad at finding stuff, but I needed a couple of minutes to research how that damn file is actually called, then needed to find a site that has it hosted and isn't scam.

[hot spoke]

This would info would safe a lot of people a lot of trouble searching. It might be a good addition to the FAQ.

[tropic sand]

Speaking of the bios, does a USA set need a us bios... and Japan a Jpn bios to work?

If so...

If you put a jpn game in a folder within a Jpn boot.rom would that work?

[pallid falcon]

BIOS chat #1096015979055697940 message

[lament escarp]

When I was looking for it the aleck64 one wasn't known to work, would've made it easier to find I guess.

[daring meteor]

@orchid nimbus Probably better to include no Intro instead of Aleck64

It has all 3 versions instead of just NTSC

[orchid nimbus]

@daring meteor this is a FAQ not a link fest 😄 people want to play the game then they can use the Aleck64

[hot spoke]

This link wasn't there yesterday. Or was it?

[orchid nimbus]

they can figure out the rest themselves

[daring meteor]

But Aleck64 is complicated

Its in No Intro

[orchid nimbus]

@hot spoke I just added it after your comment

[daring meteor]

And No Intro is where all the regular roms are anyway

[hot spoke]

Thanks a bunch... in the name of future testers ^^

[cerulean elk]

And done working for the day. I don’t have any more in me

[orchid nimbus]

@daring meteor got the exact google search term for me?

[daring meteor]

"no intro N64" works for me

[orchid nimbus]

exact link to the bios part

google search term that is

oops

[daring meteor]

Alternativally, the file name "[BIOS] Nintendo 64 - PIF (Japan, USA).7z"

[zinc dew]

Please don’t

[desert crow]

you should be able to search for one of the hashes.

[orchid nimbus]

yeah I want to make keep it generic

making people search for that exact name is the same as direct linking

the join link to here is in the FAQ

I am sure they can get all the info they need here

[orchid nimbus]

don't worry I won't

ok auto update script done

FAQ up to date

BIOS info added

I'm done for today

[vagrant ivy]

I ran the auto update ..... No Carrier Connection lost

[desert crow]

maybe try searching for hash yourself, not sure which would be used md5 sha1 or whatever. I know we talked about this before

[daring meteor]

The 2048 Byte version is a bad dump

It includes RAM

[orchid nimbus]

1984 bytes

but explorer doesn't show that anyway

[daring meteor]

Yeah it should be 1984

The one with 9174EADC0F0EA2654C95FD941406AB46B9DC9BDD hash is 2048 bytes

[orchid nimbus]

@daring meteor keep in mind that I write these FAQ for n00bs - for people that aren't experts

[daring meteor]

Iirc through people didn't have problems with that version here - Dunno really

[orchid nimbus]

people that don't care about bios sizes/versions/regions

[pliant turtle]

Well I renamed pifdata.bin to boot.rom and so far nothing different happens. 😦

[orchid nimbus]

there is only one thing they want - play this core

@pliant turtle update to unstable

add the software database file

[daring meteor]

Yeah maybe the 2048 version works and than it doesn't matter

[zinc dew]

I know we want to keep things as easy as possible but with how early the core is, I’m ok with expecting a certain level of technical skill from people

[vagrant ivy]

You will be disapointed then

[orchid nimbus]

@zinc dew I'm not doing support, it almost broke me with the PSX core with all the 'stupid' questions

and people unwilling to read a short FAQ

[zinc dew]

Yup

[lament escarp]

So I'm technically skilled. Have to write that in my CV. 😄

[zinc dew]

And we have a strict “no asking for copyrighted materials” rule here

[orchid nimbus]

https://tenor.com/view/world-atlas-gif-10507928

I am not this dude here

[zinc dew]

if you can’t figure it out then maybe using this core is not for you right now and it’s best to wait

Jerky thing to say but like there’s so much poor @orchid nimbus can do

and your FAQ is wonderful thank you

[vagrant ivy]

That looks like a Female to me

[pliant turtle]

Was my old rom set that was the problem.

[brisk drum]

Those were the days

[orchid nimbus]

lol 🙂

[orchid nimbus]

aw 🥹

[hearty python]

Since Nintendo do the switch Retro things, better not wake them up.

[brisk drum]

Fuck Nintendo ! They could be doing so much more!

It’s their fault that passionate people do what nintendont

[zinc dew]

we are all standing on the backs of giants from the early days of emulation, even Nintendo

[molten grotto]

Followed your guide. Everything worked perfect.
I didn't need the ini settings for my CRT. It worked just fine outputting dual HDMI and VGA.
What a time to be alive.

[pliant turtle]

Well, oh well. I get the initial title intro for SM64 then garbage and crash.

[vagrant ivy]

You must patch SM64

the FAQ says so

[pliant turtle]

I guess I need to read the FAQ. sorry

[hearty python]

The law is with Nintendo, so play with the rules or very silent 🤫

[brisk drum]

Yeah but they could do a lot more to make their classic catalog more accessible

Not just a few stand outs like on the switch

[vagrant ivy]

Also Nintendo have alot of Lawyers. You are welcome to go against them. Just have deep pockets and years of time

[zenith orchid]

@pliant turtle it's always a good place to start

[zinc dew]

Not a problem, friend! The FAQ should answer all your questions - https://vampier.net/N64/

Also if you run into any issues, feel free to hit up @orchid nimbus for tech support.

[zenith orchid]

beat ya to it 😂

[hearty python]

That’s not your decision 😂

[marble cargo]

I don't care if Banjo-Kazooie is all crusty and moldy right now, I'm still playing it.

[zinc dew]

What if it was? 👀

He could be Advanture “Taco” Nintendo. The heir to the Nintendo family’s fortune.

[brisk drum]

True .. but as a lifelong dedicated fan who has consistently purchased their products to this day.. I feel I deserve better access to their classic catalog

[zinc dew]

They were very creative with naming their children.

[mossy needle]

In the Chapel in Mad Monster Mansion, the ghost hand gets stuck and seems to get unstuck when you jump on the music stand

[zenith orchid]

Then it would be a what-if 😂

[marble cargo]

Also I can tell that Banjo-Kazooie is not at full speed yet, because the music desyncs.

Might be a good way to test if the core is at the right speed.

[mossy needle]

Still my absolute favorite game of all time and I'm trying to 100% it on the current core

[hearty python]

If it was my decision we have a n64 mini already 😁

[zenith orchid]

well, they're a corporation, not your personal servants

[brisk drum]

Well as a corporation they are missing out on some revenue by not listening to their customer base

[zenith orchid]

They probably have better qualified people to make that determination

[vagrant ivy]

they see it as not diluting their IP by making it available on anything but their products

[brisk drum]

Possibly

[blissful plaza]

Banjo and Mystical Ninja intros are great benchmarks for correct speed, most of the emus struggled on it even some years ago.

[brisk drum]

They should just hire me

[zenith orchid]

the fact that they are keeping their share of the market with competitors like Sony and Microsoft says enough IMO

[brisk drum]

There are three Nintendo switches in my household ..

They are doing ok

They would be doing a little better if they were better able to cater to old farts like me that just can’t let go of the past

[marble cargo]

Every emulator, both official and unofficial, I've tried always struggled with any music meant to be synchronized with a cutscene. It has improved a little bit, but it's still an obvious problem.

[hearty python]

Don’t forget that companies had to defend their ip‘s to not lost them. Law is sometimes a crazy adventure 😁

[nova grotto]

Which game that didn't work , works now ?

[marble cargo]

I still remember the XBLA versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie having this particular problem. The intro cutscene for Banjo-Tooie is so desyned that I swear it's like a half minute late.

[hearty python]

Look the list above, about 60 games are more or less playable now

List is pinned iirc

[orchid nimbus]

yay

First time playing the whole course on the MiSTer

for me that is

awesome

[cerulean elk]

Mario kart has never felt as exciting as it has this week

[orchid nimbus]

it's been fun

[iron trail]

50cc 👀

[orchid nimbus]

well - I guess we all blew our '1st game playable by mid September' prediction

[hearty python]

No more crashes?

[orchid nimbus]

@iron trail - fight me 😛 this is to test

[brisk edge]

Yeah the timing is based off of lag that the cutscene would have on an N64. When they ported it, the lag is gone so it's very out of sync

[iron trail]

@orchid nimbus I'm kidding and ily ❤️

[orchid nimbus]

I know 😄

[zenith orchid]

So I guess the only thing MK64 is missing is the dithering and other visual effects?

[cerulean elk]

I am now behind on the dusting/vacuuming/waxing the floors I had planned for today

[tidal glade]

It's a little strange playing n64 without blur 😄

[iron trail]

I started on 150cc and noped out pretty quick

[cerulean elk]

Gotta go to MA; MiSTer Anonymous 🤣

[hearty python]

How is the feeling in mk64 against a real n64?

[cerulean elk]

Looks perfect minus filtering, controls great, speed is less than 100% (except in time trial mode. That feels accurate’ish)

[quasi storm]

I noticed that thwomps are still missing their textures during a playthrough.

[orchid nimbus]

here is the Switch emu

it's a smooth fest

[iron trail]

There's no CPU data cache implemented yet so most games do not run at full speed. For its current state, it's quite impressive. Hail Robert.

[quasi storm]

Seriously... 3 point filtering is a fairly recent development, but it's not unknown anymore. There is no excuse. Hell, even Nightdive acknowledges it's existence in the remasters.

[orchid nimbus]

I like the PSX look

[quasi storm]

That reminds me. I believe Robert said the PSX and N64 are similar in more ways than not. Robert has been cruising along, I wonder how much he was able to carry over?

[zenith orchid]

Oh, is that a new bug? Still It's amazing how close we are to a perfect MK64

[hearty python]

The CPU is similar and also from mips. Iirc after PSX done he believed that n64 could be done.

Anybody knows wich interface the zipdrive in ndd has?

[iron trail]

In his n64 core announcement he said the following:

I guess it's not known for everyone, but the N64 uses the same MIPS architecture as the PSX. It's basically the same CPU with some parts added: Data Cache, TLB, FPU and 64 Bit instructions.

So possibly portions of the CPU?

[pallid falcon]

Apparently the screen in the first track/cup of Mario Kart doesn't work properly under emulation, but is working on the core

[tidal glade]

Paper Mario

[pallid falcon]

Lots to read, might be a newspaper easter egg for the in-game paper?

[cerulean elk]

I showed that in the video and talked about addressing / that error

Fun to see some debug come up vs just a straight hard crash. Not all games bring up anything visual to indicate what errored out

[cerulean elk]

If that’s the case then one would assume that whole instruction sets would carry over. If it’s an expanded CPU then the base architecture must share some designs in common

Translation lookaside buffer sounds like it’s the biggest pain in the ass

[iron trail]

That would be my assumption too, but I wasn't certain.

[cerulean elk]

And perhaps that’s what’s going on in that paper Mario error. It’s an address error and TLB is taking virtual memory addressing and translating it into a physical address. With TLB not being incorporated you’d start expecting to see address errors when it tried to write to physical memory

Again…not engineer, filmmaker. So I may be not perfect with those assumptions

[carmine kettle]

finally i was able to buy snac n64 adapter

[odd vector]

Nobody tried Starshot 😮

[viral swift]

im a bit confused ... /games/N64/N64-database.txt or /media/usb0/games/N64/N64-database.txt ?

[odd vector]

no idea why i remembered it now. Killer Expo was so memorable xD

[cerulean elk]

Looked it up. Apparently that Paper Mario is a TLD error. It must halt the CPU when it occurs

[raw oriole]

Whichever you’re loading games from

[pallid falcon]

same folder as the BIOS files

[cerulean elk]

Because it’s encountering a read/write error

[carmine kettle]

where your game located?

[viral swift]

its /media/usb0 but i think its a bit misleading

"/media/fat/config/inputs" is a proper path but /games/N64 is not

an example should clarify this (like /media/usb0/games/N64)

[carmine kettle]

if you using external usb to load your game that were you put it

[pallid falcon]

The N64 shmup library puts the MD, PCE and Saturn to shame.

[viral swift]

yeah, but if you are not in this channel and rely on this website, its a bit misleading 😉

[carmine kettle]

i got it, they should clarify better

[cerulean elk]

This Opposite Day?

[pallid falcon]

Obvious Troll is Obvious Day

[unkempt yarrow]

which patch are yall using for Mario 64? justZ00t USA isnt working for me

[viral swift]

nice, my n64 controller seems to work now

how do i trigger the mister osd?

some key combination?

[cold pollen]

am I the only one that doesn't know about this infamous blur? I've owned an N64 and played a ton on emulation and I still have no idea what it is nor have I noticed it

[burnt phoenix]

The trilinear filtering I guess

[noble escarp]

Rampage World Tour working flawlessly 👍 🦎 🙊 🐺 💥 🏬

[cold pollen]

still never noticed

[blissful plaza]

Left (N64), Right (N64 Deblur, equivalent of the current MiSTer core)

[chilly ember]

I always used the anti aliasing gameshark codes that remove it when using everdrive on console

[carmine kettle]

both looks good

[cerulean elk]

I vote right

trees sharper in distance, less blur on toad

[brisk drum]

I like the look of the trees on the left better though , they look more plastic like

[lean spruce]

desert course with the train looks rough without anti aliasing

[carmine kettle]

mister core of n64 is not matured yet

[brisk drum]

Nope but it’s almost in high school

[carmine kettle]

lol

[brisk drum]

Soon it’ll be college and than bam graduation

College = debbuging

[cold pollen]

okay I can see it but it's not super obvious to me lol

unless you look at the edges of long straight objects

I can tell the edge of the trees too I guess

[cerulean elk]

ok here is the video: there is a secret easter egg somewhere between the start and minute 2:25. I am only putting it here...first one to figure it out and comment it on the video...ill buy you a $5 Steam game of your choice. Could be something you see, could be something you hear....Robby knows the answer. Just felt like having some fun 🙂

[burnt phoenix]

Can notice it more on big screen filling textures, like fog effects etc

[cerulean elk]

https://youtu.be/pUMHrIkvcVA

[zinc dew]

see if anyone can find the Easter egg

[blissful plaza]

In motion, without the filtering, you will have flickering/shimmering on the edges of the 3D objects.
And super pixelated textures too, like the roads on MK64, or the sky on Starfox intro.

[bronze tree]

SM64 has a super pixelated clouds in the sky now, could use some blurring 🙂

[zenith orchid]

I think more ways than not is a gross overstatement. they merely share the same MIPS architecture.

but this architecture is dealing with hardware that is vastly different

I mean, atari 2600 and NES use 6502 architecture

[woeful grove]

More it less. Technically neither do but both do.

6507 and a clone

[zinc dew]

PS1:

MIPS R3000A RISC CPU running at 33.8688 MHz

N64:

MIPS R4300i RISC CPU running at 93.75 MHz

[zenith orchid]

so the assembly syntax may be quite similar.

if not identical

[cerulean elk]

and then our lord and savior the Hyper Neo Geo 64 took it to 100 MHz

[hollow orbit]

My Dog

Hyperactive black Labrador weighing 90lbs and running at 21.5mph

[cerulean elk]

dont you forget my Hyper @zinc dew !

[zenith orchid]

it seems there were countless clones and variations. but would it still count as the same architecture? or is it better described as a family of architecture?

[cerulean elk]

normally in CPU design you get "nuclear family" and "extended family"...if I remember the nomenclature correctly

[cerulean elk]

like on 3DO M2. the 602 is a cut down PowerPC architecture and that gets kicked out to the "extended family" of the 6XX series of chips

[zinc dew]

That had me laughing out loud lmao

[hexed knot]

WCW Nitro looks great.

[cerulean elk]

@zinc dew I demand satisfaction for your grievous oversight

[zenith orchid]

I guess I called them same architecture because the assembly syntax is more or less identical, except there might be missing opcodes in one or the other

[cerulean elk]

the greatest game ever to run on the MIPS R4300

[nova grotto]

Which game is this ?

[cerulean elk]

https://youtu.be/OcCJAaGSL6s

[daring meteor]

How many times do you think people are gonna post that

[cerulean elk]

the greatest game ever made...thats what it is

[pseudo agate]

Wasn't working for me either. Used the yxkalle all doors unlocked patch and it is working.

[cerulean elk]

Beast Busters: Second Nightmare is basically The House of the Dead if it took place in a hospital and was 10x as gory HotD. Just a straight up action packed blast of a game

[nova grotto]

Never heard or know a House of the dead like type was in N64 thanks

[cerulean elk]

its not N64. Its Hyper Neo Geo 64. That arcade board uses the same CPU as the Nintendo 64

[pallid falcon]

I loved SNK's arcade gun games - Mechanised Attack and Beast Busters had stupidly big explosions

[cerulean elk]

they never got the credit they deserved compared to Sega or Namco but they made 10/10s in that genre

[hearty python]

Next challenge for Robert then 😂

[viral swift]

Playing with the NSO Controller now ... The analoge Stick y Axis suddenly stopped working

[pallid falcon]

BB in the 40th Anniversary collection didn't have mouse support on Steam, which is a mistake

and it doesn't control well

[cerulean elk]

I offered. He doesn't love arcade stuff. I'd send him a board but IMO its not possible. The silicon on the Hyper for 2D and 3D...is a mess of insanity

its 14 bespoke chips just for 2D and 3D handling. Plus a CPU

[cerulean elk]

I am just upset SNK wont do a Hyper collection. All seven games. C'mon...Id buy em and I already own them

[pallid falcon]

Hyper NG FPGA would be an amazing thing

I think only two games had home ports (FF and one of the SS games?)

[weary palm]

Made an widescreen hack for MK64 as well. A bit glitchy, but it works?

[cerulean elk]

SS didnt get a port. It got a diff game that used the same NAME. SNK did weird shit

[pallid falcon]

I love SNK

[cerulean elk]

looks good. Bit of a HUD weirdness but I am into it

[hearty python]

Thought the hyper Neo Geo wasn’t so power full or complex.

[cerulean elk]

Its complex in its design

[mild ether]

Cool crash screen.

[cerulean elk]

in its use case...SNK wasn't great at developing 3D

[unkempt yarrow]

i get a sourcerom checksum error with the yxkalle stuff

[cerulean elk]

thats the chipset JUST on the motherboard. Not including IO board

[hearty python]

Yeah, it was a shame, so advanced and powerful the original Neo Geo was, they lost the battle

[mystic galleon]

hello hello, where do i go to get the n64 core? tyty xxx

do i have to be a patron to Robert Peip?

[weary palm]

That means your ROM is the wrong one

[pseudo agate]

#test-builds. You don't have to be a Patron.

[mystic galleon]

thank you very much xxx

[mossy needle]

@mystic galleon nope all you need is the rbf file in the test builds section, the bios renamed boot.rom in the N64 games section which you need to create a folder for, the database found in vampier.net/N64/, put that in the N64 games section and same with the roms

[mystic galleon]

ahh @pseudo agate it says your link is to a server or channel I'm not of member of, so i cant go there

[cerulean elk]

oh yeah...you need to hit some level

@zinc dew what does he have to do again?

[bronze tree]

Would be nice if this could be enabled in the OSD without having to hack the rom, just like the PSX core

[unkempt yarrow]

I just used the lodgenet rom and patch and it works now, thanks. The normal USA rom wouldnt

[mild ether]

Speaking of CRC I was mistaken that the anti piracy CRC check was loaded from the PIF rom and actually loaded from the CIC it appears. How is that done in the core?

[hearty python]

Cool to see @cerulean elk

[weary palm]

Perhaps that's possible, I don't know 🙂

[cerulean elk]

any time I can talk about the Hyper Neo Geo ill take it

[mild ether]

I mean we have the PIF rom dumped but not a dump of the CIC.

[zinc dew]

Go to Channels and Roles and make sure it’s visible to you

[hearty python]

Robert is a mips guru now, hope he take the challenge, sooner or later 😁

[weary palm]

the CICs has been reverse engineered

[mild ether]

So it's just baked into the core?

[cerulean elk]

ok after all this fun...time to walk to the garden plot and water the tomatoes. Easter egg challenge on new vid has not been solved yet: there is a secret easter egg somewhere between the start and minute 2:25. I am only putting it here...first one to figure it out and comment it on the video...ill buy you a $5 Steam game of your choice. Could be something you see, could be something you hear....Robby knows the answer. Just felt like having some fun 🙂

[mystic galleon]

great! what rom files work for games? I have .v64 files, do they work?>

[mossy needle]

They all should work

[weary palm]

No, you don't have to emulate it.

[orchid nimbus]

https://vampier.net/N64/ happy reading

[random portal]

WELCOME TO MARIO KART!

[hollow rune]

If you want a game that runs at a stable framerate with minimal glitched. Mickey's Speedway runs very well

It seems designed for 15 fps and it stays locked there

@cerulean elk that might be a good one for a future video. I haven't seen your one from today

there is a fog over everything is all

but it is like minimal

[hearty python]

Have checked the wiki, hyper neo geo 64 has a lot of different and bigger rams. I can understand Robert, cause only 7 games for the system 😂

[daring meteor]

Most popular arcade board

[pallid falcon]

More games than on CPS3...

[hollow rune]

Mortal Kombat 4 also is very playable. It seems really bad, but playable. It runs at 60 fps with seemingly no glitches

[pallid falcon]

Which only really has three games, and the same number of sequels.

[mild ether]

Hyper neo geo is kinda a pricey board. Would be cool core I don't think is going to happen.

[cerulean elk]

Probably the next one. I tried to keep this to “bangers” and “examples of improved games I’ve shown earlier”

[cerulean elk]

At least it’s seven good to great games

[zinc dew]

Mario Kart 64 time trials runs full speed

[pallid falcon]

I think atrac17 and Pr4mod (I forget the exact nick) may get around to Hyper NG one day

[cerulean elk]

Buriki/Fatal Fury Wild Ambition/Samurai Shodown 64/Beast Busters are great. Sam Sho 64 2 / Offbeat Racer / Round Trip RV are good

[hearty python]

10 times watch the first minutes, not seen it. Thought first Mario had a face, but taken photos not showing it 😂

[cerulean elk]

I said see or hear

It’s a bit of a joke Easter egg…I’ll give a hint…word play is involved

[mild ether]

Only ever played Samurai Showdown 64.

[hearty python]

You speak to fast for a German like me… 😁

[eternal island]

i dont even understand how this is going this fast

i thought games were expected end of year lol

i love it. every day i wake up to more great news

or thats what it seems like lately

[hollow rune]

It is glorious

[timid torrent]

Is the Easter egg “so much more than we’ve ever seen…on this core”

[orchid nimbus]

I just ran the auto update script on my 2nd mister - no issues to get it to work - just had to drop in the PIF

[cinder turtle]

How do you get wipeout to work?

[orchid nimbus]

you load the rom

[cinder turtle]

Mine does this

[orchid nimbus]

cool 🙂

[cinder turtle]

Got an md5 or sha for me?

[orchid nimbus]

https://vampier.net/N64/ happy reading

[cinder turtle]

I read that already and had mario kart working

[orchid nimbus]

No intro z64

[cinder turtle]

Maybe I just need to reset once it does that glitch

Ok it loaded this time

[orchid nimbus]

You have the software DB right?

[cinder turtle]

Yeah

[orchid nimbus]

Yeah for now reload the core and try again

[hearty python]

C64 fastloader 😂

[cinder turtle]

Yeah got it thx

[orchid nimbus]

Sweet 🙂

Have fun

[cerulean elk]

It is not

It’s more “fair game” based 😉

[hollow rune]

MRC is only able to show two screen, but it is hilarious

[cerulean elk]

I’d focus on 2:25

[random portal]

THERE'S IS B-DAMAN GAME ON N64?>

I know there were some precursors to the anime B-Daman which were weird little Bomberman spin-offs

but this one looks closer to the anime one.

I'm in SHMUP heaven, Soldier Blade: Vanishing Earth is rendering better.

[quasi storm]

Combat.

[cinder turtle]

Lol

[timid torrent]

I can hear the inflection change, but I’m just too thick to get the joke I think

[cerulean elk]

It’s in the first 30 seconds and between 2:15 and 2:25

[runic flax]

oh man, i got shadowgate 64 going. Had to skip first cut scene. froze at disturbing the man

this is so cool

[quaint rune]

BOTTLES THE MOLE - WHACK A MOLE

[timid torrent]

Something to do with whack-a-mole and bottles? As well as the fact that things happen way before they are supposed to?

[cerulean elk]

Heyo we have a winner

Yes it’s a pun Easter egg. I made a whack a mole reference at the beginning of the video because I hate Bottles and his slow ass tutorials

Pick a $5 game. DM me your Steam name so I can add you as a friend and gift it

[hollow rune]

As I am testing this I am realizing we can never do a DS core because the library is like infinite? GBA must have been a killer

[timid torrent]

Honestly I thought it was something to do with being able to see something weird in the grunty section

[mystic galleon]

hmmm so the Bios file I'm meant to rename boot.rom, is that something I'm ment to find myself? or is it the file found in the mister cores section of the discord?

[timid torrent]

I haven’t used steam in years, I just wanted to find it. Please use the money to treat yourself to some extra coffee 😉 (not that you would get a coffee for that price where I’m from…)

[cerulean elk]

Found yourself

[mystic galleon]

thank u xx

[cerulean elk]

Pick someone to give it to

It’s a prize. I’ve gotta give it

Someone on here in the N64 channel

[timid torrent]

Delipancakes

He did win technically

[cerulean elk]

@quaint rune you won by being a liked individual lol

Oh fuck he answered first 😂

I didn’t even see that. Nevermind @timid torrent I’m a stupid man

[timid torrent]

It’s ok, me too

[quaint rune]

Omg I can’t send what I wanted to say

[cerulean elk]

Lol quest blocked

[mystic galleon]

yay i works! I heard about the improvements an hour ago while in the bath, I've spent the last hour running about naked trying to get it working UwU

[remote hatch]

Quest 6 4 😲

[hollow rune]

@onyx minnow should we keep going and get everything updated to this core?

[hexed knot]

Dang, we're flying through the spreadsheet, only two games to go on the USA list.

[compact depot]

What's the no-face patch file name for the regular USA Mario 64 rom file?

[hollow rune]

I see you in there too. It is pretty fun seeing all the games, no? You find any surprises?

[compact depot]

No idea what a "LodgeNet" is

[hexed knot]

Honestly, just a lot more that's playable and graphically "perfect" than I thought.

[compact depot]

LodgeNet patch didn't work with the regular US rom

[hollow rune]

Mickey's Speedway and Mortal Kombat 4 were shocking to me

[mossy needle]

Ugh I got stuck at the end of the level with 99 notes and had to backtrack

[hexed knot]

Just scrolling through the list and seeing the amount of "Playable" after so short a time in development is bonkers.

[gritty river]

How does BK run?

Either way everything is really exciting

[mossy needle]

The framerate is pretty bad the whole game

But its playable and beatable

[hollow rune]

Flain tested and wrote playable, but I can fire it up

[hexed knot]

lol, I think I see where someone got bitten by google sheet's auto sequencing.

[mossy needle]

Also 100%-able

[hollow rune]

I am just going to quietly go check some things

[mild ether]

Lodgenet was a hotel N64 service and it had unique roms for the games you could play. Not the same US version.

[mossy needle]

Where is the sheet?

[hexed knot]

In the pins for this channel, you can request edit if you wanna do some testing.

Oh there's counts at the bottom of the sheet. 29% playable is NUTS.

[zinc dew]

Lol the RetroFighters Tribute 64 via SNAC:

you get maximum values

[hollow rune]

It is definitely playable just slow. Weird white pixels beween the corners of character polygons

[mild ether]

If you are using my IPS patches they are from the no intro set.

[compact depot]

I just patched the JP rom 🤷‍♂️

[hollow rune]

how do I do this. My 8bitdo lite 2 via the usb adapter 1 is real sensitive. Want to see what is up

[mild ether]

Don't think the US version of the patch is in there because I didn't make it just the no face patch for the other versions.

[tidal zenith]

Wait we can’t say quest

[mild ether]

Quest

[cerulean elk]

Oof

[mild ether]

Can't write the word "gullible" to the server either without quotation marks. Place is really locked down tight.

[zinc dew]

Onnnne second

[mossy needle]

Just collected all the things in Banjo now to see if everything works with the board game and the final boss

[cerulean elk]

Nice try

[quasi storm]

Playing through the entire game in one sitting without being able to save... What a Chad!

[hollow rune]

All US games are testd

[mild ether]

Awe.. you spoiled it.

[zinc dew]

I’m going to be completely honest here with you and @mild ether, I almost fell for it.

[cerulean elk]

A moment in MiSTer history

[zinc dew]

Like I came real close

[cerulean elk]

Things women say to Robby for $1000 Alex

I will have people know Robby started the snark war 🤣

[zenith orchid]

there's really no way to do it without stretching the UI? nonetheless this is amazing! 👍

[hollow rune]

That is dedication

[zinc dew]

Lol my 8BitDo Pro 2

[chilly ember]

Ouch lol

[runic flax]

my 8 bitdo diy kit that i put in a controller with a damaged cord is working perfectly

[hollow rune]

but is there a rom where I can do it myself?

[fair stump]

I'm using an 8bitdo sn30 pro, I'd be curious what that looks like because it feels pretty sensitive

[brisk drum]

Same issue..

[gritty river]

Quest

heh

[brisk drum]

Mods outta fix this

[zinc dew]

Sorry I got sidetracked

[gritty river]

Q 64

[hexed knot]

ǬưƎșț 64

[brisk drum]

@zinc dew don’t censor us bro

[gritty river]

incredible

[hollow rune]

Animal Crossing dies a horible death when you try to run it in the core

[brisk drum]

Lol jk do what u must

[fair stump]

Yeah I tried that for the first time with this core 🤣

Graphics wise pretty great. Horrible in every other way

[hollow rune]

It pops. Beautiful. But then it just dies like a fly on its last moments of life

[orchid nimbus]

good

[cold pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/good-hate-powerful-gif-13603659

[hollow rune]

I like AC. It is chill vibes. Villagers can be a bit mean in the early ones, but it is charming

[quasi storm]

I can't wait to play Portal 64. Just remembered that was a thing.

[zinc dew]

@hollow rune https://github.com/sanni/controllertest/tree/master/N64-Port

Use this save state after your load it: #1096015979055697940 message

@gritty river are you sure? Quest 64 works just fine for me.

[azure thunder]

how are y'all getting past mario's face in m64?

[quasi storm]

I believe there is a patch that bypasses it.

[zinc dew]

Read the FAQ, it’s a patched rom: https://vampier.net/N64/

Links are all in there

[quasi storm]

Also deletes his face. He has no mouth and he must scream.

[hot spoke]

So, anyone tried Q U E S T 6 4 yet?

[zinc dew]

You mean Quest 64? Why is everyone typing it so weirdly?

[quasi storm]

Uh oh... Here he comes

[hollow rune]

Wahoo!

[hot spoke]

Is Holy Magic Century also restricted?

[quasi storm]

I see you your question and I raise you; why was I blocked when I typed it?

[zinc dew]

you know what you did

I’m kidding I have no control over it lmao

[quasi storm]

I call shenanigans...

[zinc dew]

I’m literally the only person (other than admins) that can say Quest 64

It is my cross to bear for meme’ing it

[hollow rune]

What was the reason it got banned?

[zinc dew]

Because it turned into a meme

Admins thought it would be funny to ban it since we wouldn’t shut up about it lol

[hollow orbit]

Quest 8²

[mossy needle]

Considering it's by far the best rpg

[hollow orbit]

Quest 0b1000000

[hot spoke]

You really don't mean that

[mossy needle]

It's got everything

Moves, graphics, characters, dialogue

Protagonists, antagonists

[hollow rune]

only like 2 items too

[hot spoke]

It clearly doesn't have everything made of paper

[mortal apex]

I tried a few times before the recents updates. It used show no graphics but the main theme was fun to listen to.

[quasi storm]

Quest 128/2 is the game ever.

[hollow rune]

how many games manage with only two items

[hollow orbit]

Quest 0x80 >> 1

[hollow orbit]

That’s less than Adventure and Raiders of the Lost Ark on 2600…

[hollow rune]

That is true

[mossy needle]

Quest sesenta y cuatro

[mild ether]

51 75 65 73 74 20 36 34

[fallen sparrow]

Video of the latest update. Thanks again everyone that mentioned games working here, I definitely used some of that info

https://youtu.be/VOatXA7cOsw

[hollow rune]

Isn't the end of the game like an unfinished debug looking area

[hot spoke]

Suche Vierundsechzig

[orchid nimbus]

hdhehe

adventure 64

[ocean lily]

We just want to share the Qυεsτ64 love

[hollow rune]

You know the german title would actually be something that even more literally describes the game like: Brian: Die zauberte Suche nach einem Vater or something. My German grammar isn't on point, but you get it

[mild ether]

47 75 6C 6C 69 62 6C 65 20 is Quest 6 4 in hex.

[hot spoke]

Yeah, definitely at least some super literal subtitle like in every 90s movie

And your German clearly is good enough

[cerulean elk]

We should combine forces

Pixel Esoterica Video Game Cherry Ninja; the channel

[fallen sparrow]

Sounds legit

[hollow rune]

At least one crossover

[compact depot]

Rumor has it the person who started the meme has become a mod here! 🤔

[hollow rune]

Maybe PCN uses the pointer and then Awbacon you get your kids to play the games

[cerulean elk]

We should do a crossover video @fallen sparrow maybe at Christmas. We pick two games for each other to play that we love and the other one isn’t familiar with

[hollow rune]

or you write scripts for the other

[cerulean elk]

Lol but I don’t write scripts

[fallen sparrow]

Yeah, let's work something out.

[hollow rune]

lol

[cerulean elk]

Pixel’s script would be “hit record. Start talking. Stop talking when the timeline ends” 🤣

[fallen sparrow]

Neither of us scripts

We usually waffle and wing it

VGE has more tech knowledge than me

I usually just copy his stuff 😂

[cerulean elk]

And I welcome you taking anything I do or say! Even the dirty hidden jokes in videos

[amber saffron]

Seeing a lot of activity in here 😮

Is something out and usable?

[fallen sparrow]

Sums it.

The most advanced thing I do is have sticky note with some tech words on it

[hearty oar]

check #test-builds and https://vampier.net/N64/

[cerulean elk]

I should publish my outtakes…”what the fuck did you just say there? Start over and get it right”…I say these things to myself

[hexed knot]

Oh that's fun. Wanted to try Space Station Silicon Valley again. Turns out if you JAM on Start/A to get past the first splash screen where it crashes, you can get in game, and it looks/works great!

[fallen sparrow]

My outtakes are certified dumbness

[cerulean elk]

Ooo I wasn’t able to do that. Good to know

[hexed knot]

Took a few tries to get it working, but I hit a sweet spot I think.

[brisk drum]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-stop-get-some-help-michael-jordan-gif-7964841

[zinc dew]

I love that game! Thanks for the tip!

@cerulean elk you keep posting about the N64 but you never mention the Hyper Neo Geo 64?

Its made by SNK and uses similar hardware to the N64. You should look into it. 🍻

[cerulean elk]

Never heard of it. Sounds like it’s for losers

[mossy needle]

Banjo Kazooie is completely finish able however the framerate is at single digits at times

[hexed knot]

Very accurate then.

[mossy needle]

Lol right

[cerulean elk]

I’ve never been more impressed lol

That’s a hell of a feat

[mossy needle]

That's true even the original chugs occassionally

Thank you!

[amber saffron]

Is the core currently with our without the ram expansion pak?

[mossy needle]

It's my favorite game of all time so I had to

[cerulean elk]

All the cool kids are now obsessed with Taito custom DSP 3D hardware boards

[amber saffron]

I'm guessing with, since it'd just be X amount of memory instead of Y. But it could be cool to have both, or a toggle

[zinc dew]

Nice job making that up!

You should subscribe to my channel. It’s called VideoGameEsoterica.

[mossy needle]

Lol

[cerulean elk]

I heard the guy behind that channel has a magnum Dong and a vintage sunglasses collection that may rival his gaming collecting habits

[zinc dew]

Nah I bought my sunglasses down by the wharf.

[mossy needle]

Diddy Kong racing runs well now but there is no sound

[graceful radish]

Has anyone reported E0025?

[hollow rune]

Nope

What does that one mean?

[graceful radish]

Not really sure but I'm seeing it all the time now

[mossy needle]

I havent seen that one yet

[graceful radish]

MiSTer unstable from August 16th

Games aren't loading even going back to previous builds

Not sure what I did haha

Everything was working 2 days ago

[hearty oar]

for sanity, bios file is still there and named correctly (boot.rom)?

[hexed flax]

I’m using the input config file downloaded from here for my NSO N64 controller, but analog up and down doesn’t work. Any idea how to fix it?

[hexed knot]

Try re-setting your controls in the main MiSTer config menu.

[hexed flax]

Thanks!

[desert crow]

00100101 (binary)

Bit 0 - Memory access to unmapped area
Bit 1 - CPU Instruction not implemented
Bit 2 - CPU stall timeout
Bit 3 - DDR3 timeout
Bit 4 - FPU error
Bit 5 - PI error```

looks like bits 0,2,5. so may be Pi error or pif i think so check boot.rom.

[graceful radish]

Ok, I'll check

Just realized I was testing on Express

And the hard drive is missing the files

Duh

[rose elbow]

🏁 🏎️ this is incredible !!

[desert crow]

well now we know what error that gives 🙂

[cold pollen]

it means ERROR: CORE TOO BADASS

[cold pollen]

https://tenor.com/view/shame-on-you-how-dare-you-smh-tisk-tisk-disappointed-gif-15929394

[brisk drum]

I also can’t get it working …:(

[runic flax]

Ogre Battle 64 - E0420. nice

[hollow rune]

Oh yeah, OB64 does not want to start

[zenith orchid]

I wonder of datacache will be before or after TLB

[zinc dew]

Earthworm Jim 3D works for better or for worse, lol. Only downside, besides the game, is that the marbles you need to collect are invisible.

[zenith orchid]

perfecting 2 pass will do a lot for playability of several games though. it's really exciting!

[hollow rune]

https://tenor.com/view/lost-hook-marbles-peter-pan-gif-26382418

[zenith orchid]

Also I guess copy mode still needs tweaking for HM64

[hexed knot]

Same with the energy and some fences in Space Station Silicon Valley. A very unique challenge.

[cerulean elk]

Don’t feel bad. I thought my MiSTer was dead earlier this week. Turns out I just hadn’t put the SD card back in 😂

[zenith orchid]

Actually, can one of you quickly check HM64 in case it has been fixed?

I remember last night's build tool care of the leaves, but that was about it

[spare meadow]

Is this some kind of tool for adjusting the controllers for the n64 core?

[zinc dew]

Nope, it’s a tool for testing how accurate your controller is to the default N64 sensitivity range of a brand new OEM controller.

[hearty oar]

you all saw nothing

[hollow pebble]

Bruh, you can’t just drop that

[trim seal]

I've been giving it some thought and I've worked it out - Robert finished the core weeks ago and he's just stealth dropping each set of builds once a week. :p

[graceful radish]

I didn’t say it was done, so that face is appropriate

[hollow pebble]

Hahah fair

[hexed knot]

Looks like this for me. Is the build tool something additive to the ROM, or just something that was added to the rbf recently?

[zenith orchid]

@hexed knot ah looks like it hasn't changed yet. which build tool do you speak of?

[hexed knot]

Oh haha, I misread your typo and thought there was a build tool, you meant "last night's build took care of the leaves" I think.

[zenith orchid]

loll whoops

@wanton sun no rush, but is this an easy fix?

[tidal zenith]

Has anyone tried ㄣ9ʇsǝnQ?

[zenith orchid]

yep, you gotta use a savestate to get into the game though

the title screen causes a hang

[trim seal]

HMC doesn't have the same issue if you press start during the splash screens though.

[zenith orchid]

HMC?

[trim seal]

H0ly M@gic Century

That's what they called it in europ, oz and NZ

[runic flax]

i never played Dr. Mario before, i suck at it but im having a good time

[lone geyser]

Try to keep vertical columns limited to a single color

[runic flax]

i'll keep that in mind. I was pretty good at tetris but this is a whole new animal

[lone geyser]

If you keep your wits about you you can usually find a run of colors 1-2-3-1 and then you have a place for any combination

[hearty oar]

Doubutsu no Mori is interesting, mashing start I can get to the title screen and it kind of looks like it might be correct, except it is crazy slow and the ground and some foreground elements flash in and out of existence on alternating frames

straight up hangs after a while, no flashing on another try but I assume that's just because it's so slow you might end up with like half complete frames depending on how the timing pans out

[worldly flint]

When the game is playable here's a brand new romhack to try https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6631/

[chilly ember]

Tonic trouble getting in game, textures look good for the most part except falling into the pit on the slide can cause a hang

[modern sleet]

I have to say YC on the N64 core

[mellow path]

Did anyone end up trying Mischief Makers?

It is absolutely incredible the difference a week made.

[wanton sun]

Well done, i really enjoyed the progress when scrolling through the channel, also love that game 🙂

[chilly ember]

Hangs on the title screen

[modern sleet]

StarFox plays so well

[mossy needle]

@wanton sun Thank you! It's my favorite game and I was excited it worked and curious how far I could get

[hearty oar]

ok that's on of the weirdest thing I've seen, n64 game with nice soft composite image, but with razor sharp nearest sampled textures 😆

[modern sleet]

S-Video 😉

[hearty oar]

either way, it's strange, but in a good way

[zinc dew]

You do great work! One day I’ll enjoy the fruits of your labor on my CRT.

No analog board

[hexed knot]

Same, it's such a good game, I'm actually secretly most excited to go through all of Kurko's BK mods once the core is at the point they'll run well.

[hearty oar]

related to the above, am keen to see how everything looks once that sweet n64 3-point texture filtering is implemented

although I imagine that is low on the list of priorities seeing as everything should happily just work without it

[quaint rune]

What will that implementation fix ?

[cerulean elk]

I need to revisit that next vid. I just wanted to change stuff up

[modern sleet]

YC is disabled by default right now, and I had to force some changes in the video out to tweak the Hsync signal. Its a nice exercise though to see how it looks through composite / S-Video right now

[cerulean elk]

I want to play around with it on my PVM. See those big pixels on analog

[inner garden]

Mischief Makers working?

[cerulean elk]

Not for me

[marble cargo]

Nope, quickly freezes after the logos.

[languid dune]

The day Mischief Makers is working will be a day to remember. Legit top 5 N64 game.

I'm almost shocked that after being busy for most of the day, that I didn't return to yet another core build. 😅

[limber willow]

I know analogue is unsupported, but is everyone getting the kind of wavy lines in the N64 core or just me?

[hearty oar]

Yeah me too, works pretty well regardless - although a couple games give odd picture, like pad tester is partially off screen, or some games look like they have underscan

[limber willow]

(they're not actually wavy or moving, just kind of static like this)
With direct video and the settings from vampr

Ah cool, yeah I get the under scan on some games like NGE

[fair stump]

Close to halfway through SotE. Just took out IG-88

[amber saffron]

Anyone know which bios Australian N64 consoles used? was it just the EU one?

[orchid nimbus]

50hz?

[amber saffron]

yeah we're 50hz

I'll get a flash cart at some point and dump it, see if its the same

[chilly ember]

Got through a level of Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers, looks pretty good just missing text in menu and dialog

[restive cove]

To Pixel Cherry Everything in your video today works except super mario 64 ]

that one title just crashes at it's a me mario logo

brb

[chilly ember]

You need the no face patch, yxkalle made one

[orchid nimbus]

@amber saffron you got a DM with info and a link to the FAQ

[amber saffron]

Thanks @orchid nimbus

❤️

[orchid nimbus]

np

[restive cove]

thanks

i give patches a try

[quasi storm]

Who is Patches?

[elfin relic]

an old Seattle television clown, J. P. Patches

but that's not important right now

[amber saffron]

ok sweet, so there is a patch for mario64 to make it work eh

[rapid prairie]

After a long day of moving playing this new core was such a treat/surprise! Wave Race 64 is such a huge improvement just from yesterday. Geeking out so hard right now

[restive cove]

for with and no patch mario gives error code E0002

donkey kong 64 patch bypasses the exansion pak message on screen but quits to run slightly after donkey kong dancing screen title

[hearty oar]

So no DK Rap just yet? 😢

[fair stump]

I believe I'm stuck because my jetpack doesn't provide enough thrust and I have no idea why like, does it have something to do with the fact I'm playing at about 8 fps. I'm curious to see as the core matures

[hearty oar]

Having physics calculations tied to framerate isn’t unheard of at all, especially in older games (and even in some questionably programmed newer ones) so it’s not impossible

[orchid nimbus]

it's the biggest section on my FAQ

https://tenor.com/view/up-is-not-jump-screen-looking-closer-pixels-monitor-gif-15458707

[iron dove]

bring back the html blink tag!

actually... pls dont

[weary palm]

Oh no you didn't!

[rapid prairie]

Got in game for thps2!

[weary palm]

...and <marquee>

[iron dove]

thehorror.gif

robby has me reverting to filenames of the moving pictures that once expressed the feelings I was too lazy to convey in words

[orchid nimbus]

I can easily make a javascript equ to it

not that hard

[amber saffron]

So this widescreen patch for Mario 64, is that a thing in the core? I'm not sure if I'm supposed to enable something to make it work

I'm stoked that I can play Nintendo 64 games on the mister.

As I get consoles working on the mister I'm able to take them off my shelves and put them away for safe storage.

Which means space for more consoles on the shelf :p

[orchid nimbus]

looks like my local walmart since the homeless took over the store

except they don't have cats 😄

[amber saffron]

Haha yes

It keeps my cat out of my consoles while preserving airflow

[orchid nimbus]

nice shelves though

just had new flooring put in so I need to re-organize everything

[amber saffron]

Oh man, I've still got stuff in boxes after repainting over a year ago :p

I get it

[orchid nimbus]

Ikea stuff is good stuff

[amber saffron]

It's a bit grey but it works and is playable!

Amazing

[orchid nimbus]

yeah - 50% done

stage 2 is almost perfect

Mario Kart 64 looks perfect

[old vortex]

TIL marquee is actually deprecated (and has been for ~9 years I guess...). I still love editing live websites with the browser console and replacing elements with marquees, so at least that still works for now.

[worldly quartz]

Looks great at 240p on crt via corio

[amber saffron]

That's awesome

[orchid nimbus]

yeah the core made a huge jump in the last 24 hours

[hearty oar]

really the last couple days even, we got Z-buffer, more texture modes and now 2-cycle rendering pipeline (basic support to start with), pretty amazing progress all told

[thorny marten]

When we are playing OOT is when it gets real for me 😁

[orchid nimbus]

this month

[lament escarp]

I hope we're close to saving by than, not sure how often I can watch navi fly through the village 😄

[orchid nimbus]

yeah he's going to take a break from RDP from time to time to focus on bugs and things to make the core more functional

I bet saving is part of that

[amber saffron]

Yeah wow, Mario kart works great. The 20fps is a bit off putting. But I can't remember what the framerate was like on the original N64 anyway:p

What does RDP stand for?

[lament escarp]

I don't mind the low fps as long as I know it's a temporary thing with a clear reason/solution

[lament escarp]

Reality display processor

[amber saffron]

Oh I defs don't mind it. I'm stunned it works at all

[thorny marten]

A few months ago this was impossible..lol

Or thought to be

[lament escarp]

It's still impossible to most I'd say. Good thing Robert is so darn smart. 😄

[orchid nimbus]

time for bed

laterz

[amber saffron]

night pal

[worldly quartz]

I like the current look over my svideo n64 specially on crt

So glad we will have a toggle to keep this look in the future

[lament escarp]

If n64 is gonna look like ps1, maybe there should be an option for n64 blur and aa in the ps1 core @wanton sun 🤡

[zenith orchid]

It's my personal hope that there'll be a PSX3x and maybe somehow a perspective corrected one, or blur/aa.. either way, I can wait 😄

[lament escarp]

Damn I was trying to make everybody angry, not to offer an actually good idea! 😄

[zealous obsidian]

Mhmm just got back and now my DE10 boots to a black screen and the MicroSD Can’t be read the PC

[zenith orchid]

It is a good idea though

@zealous obsidian that sucks.. do you think it's because of the N64 core?

that would be scary tbh

hope you didn't get that sdcard from wish

[zealous obsidian]

most likely, it was a generic 8gb one

I just swapped a Sandisk one from my second unit and it booted with no issues

phew, this is why I rather store the games on an external SSD

[inner bronze]

[verbal pendant]

Quest LXIV

[inner bronze]

Sandisk and Samsung microSDs are cheap and good quality yes. But that reminds me I should set up remote backups...

(Also I squinted because that clearly doesnt spell that in ASCII Hex, cough cough)

[solemn maple]

RetroNAS is neat if you have multiple misters

Especially if you have a lot of CD games

[inner bronze]

Honestly just an rsync on a cronjob is fine with me

[lean spruce]

Mega Man 64 is very playable and I got all the way to the first town, but it crashed as soon as I saved with the monkey.
Blown away by the compatibility of the core already!

[hasty kayak]

I use RetroNAS for MiSTer and my Retro PC's to store old games.

[thick terrace]

anybody got a count on what games are "playable" now?

[onyx minnow]

about 90 games

30% of the n64 library

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H4KYg0gsOWGayioXKSETtlM7d7g3Tk4w0QXqtXvugG8

[thick terrace]

wow! SO COOL!