Project64
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| Project64 | |
 Project64 1.6 emulating Banjo-Kazooie |
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| Maintainer: | Jabo and Zilmar |
| Stable release: | 1.6 (April 1, 2005) [+/-] |
| Preview release: | 1.7 (2008) [+/-] |
| OS: | Windows |
| Use: | Console emulator |
| License: | Freeware |
| Website: | http://www.pj64-emu.com/ |
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.
An easy comparison to Project64 is against 1964, a functionally similar N64 emulator. However, 1964 has not been updated recently, with no recent news from the developers available. In contrast, the authors of Project 64 are requesting a one-time voluntary donation for the ability to beta-test builds of the next update.
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.
Project64 supports the majority of the N64's game library.
This emulator is one of the most complete emulators, in terms of emulation accuracy. 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.
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Project64 is currently still under constant development. The authors currently request a donation of at least $20 USD for access to their latest builds of the emulator. The authors do not expect to release the public version of 1.7 before 2008[1]. This latest version will possibly include net play, which includes LAN and internet play. [2] Also, some previously unplayable games will be supported, such as Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, due to advancements in emulation compatibility and accuracy (such as the ability of low-level video emulation). [3]
