Could This Run N64


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Could this run n64 emulators like project64 good?
I'm a little worried about its video card.
I'm hope it runs it though.
That would be so cool.
 
Transmeta isn't dead yet? I haven't heard from them since the Crusoe launch 3 years ago (plus even the Socket 370 Celeron was trouncing it in some benchmarks IIRC...)

Anyway, I get the feeling that playing Goldeneye with the WASD keys and a stylus whilst holding the unit upright would require a minimum of three hands (having to plug in a USB joystick to play anything kills the portability aspect to a degree), and "up to 3 hours" of battery life doesn't sound terribly reassuring, especially when it has to be docked to take DC power. The utter lack of removable media can't help, either. Not to mention that it'll probably cost more than a BLU, Z1 and T|T3 combined when it launches.

So essentially, it'd be the equivalent of an ~$800 iQue if you're buying it for the N64 emulation. (PSX, GBA and MAME emulation capacity score it a few more points, I suppose.)

Speaking of which, Lik-Sang's got an iQue with Dr. Mario, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario 64, Wave Race 64, Star Fox 64 and F-Zero X for $119. Plug that into an LCD-TV (yes, it outputs NTSC!) and you're set.
 
Looks like a cut-down laptop to me, with laptop-style specs and battery power. Just a bit smaller and perhaps cheaper. Pity about the graphics card though, as due to that I'd say most 64 emulators wouldn't work. They use HLE for the sole purpose of dumping a lot of the rendering work onto the GPU. If you can find a 'pure' 64 emulator which uses the CPU to emulate the graphics chips, that will probably work - but even 1 GHz is a little low for that kind of work.
 
Theres an emu called CORN that was mazingly fast and used software rendering. I used it on my old laptop and it played Mario64 perfecly. Iirc though, compatibility was not very good and I don't think it's been updated for a few years. It's worth looking into it though.
 
Maybe this would be better, but it doesn't look like it has any like buttons that you could use in emulators.
This has really nice specs, but I'm not sure how to use it.
 
diablo2 posted on Sep 6 2004 at 03:26 AM said:
Could this run n64 emulators like project64 good?
I'm a little worried about its video card.
I'm hope it runs it though.
That would be so cool.
I'm also worried about it's CPU. It may be running at 1GHz but so does the VIA Nehemiah and that CPU is not fit for N64 emulation. N64 emulation (besides Corn) requires GeForce / Radeon or better graphics cards for smooth emulation so I don't think the OQO will be powerfull enough.
 
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I've got a Tablet PC (have a look) and it runs n64 fine. I used to have the previous model (the TC1000) and that used a Transmeta Crusoe, and ran like a cow swimming through treacle....

Though this one is great :)
 
Axeman posted on Sep 6 2004 at 10:44 PM said:
I've got a Tablet PC (have a look) and it runs n64 fine. I used to have the previous model (the TC1000) and that used a Transmeta Crusoe, and ran like a cow swimming through treacle....

Though this one is great :)
Oooh nice, and shiny too. If only I could find a good excuse to buy one ;)
That confirms the Crusoe is not the fastest CPU on the planet. It's hard to find decent benchmarks except the ones by Transmeta that is...
 
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