Can Someone Please Test These N64 Games For Me?

[Blue Protoman]

I'm curious as to how well these N64 games run. I don't have a Pandora myself (Yet; only $64 away!), so I can't test.

• Bangai-O (AKA Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh)
• Mischief Makers
• Sin and Punishment
• 007: The World is Not Enough
• Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
• All 4 of the Bomberman games
• The Cruis'n trilogy
• Blast Corps
• Perfect Dark (I'll be damned if it's playable, but I'm just curious)
• Ridge Racer 64

I know this seems a lot, but if you have the right morals (or lack of them ), it isn't. Can someone please enlighten me on this? The more details for each, the better. Thanks.

 

[Prometheus]

Just to avoid possible reinvention of the wheel, have you checked to see if any of them have an entry in the Mupen64Plus Compatibility List thread? (If so, then just disregard this post. )

 

[Blue Protoman]

Yes, but seeing Evil's recent video, some of that seems to be outdated. (For example, Castlevania is listed as Not Working in the chart, yet it ran fine in the video.)

 

[jonjandran]

Yes some were tested on an earlier Muppen Version. I re-tested on the latest version all of them on the list and if I got different results I updated the list.

I seem to recall Castlevania not working on the latest release. Hmmm

Which "recent video" of Evils are you talking about ?

 

[Blue Protoman]

The N64 video. What else?

Also, thanks for the info update, but I don't see anything changed in the list. (For example, Mischief Makers is not on the list, yet it's in the thread.)

 

[jonjandran]

Well a link would be nice. Sheesh.

NM I found it.

I wonder if that is the Pal version. It is noted as working fine.

I will re-test some gmaes for you Thursday if you want me to.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Yes, please, thank you very much.

 

[jonjandran]

• Bangai-O (AKA Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh)
• Mischief Makers
• Sin and Punishment
• 007: The World is Not Enough
• Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth
• All 4 of the Bomberman games
• The Cruis'n trilogy
• Blast Corps
• Perfect Dark (I'll be damned if it's playable, but I'm just curious)
• Ridge Racer 64

Ok here are the results. All with the latest Muppen64. 800mhz cpu. Frame Render Rate = 2 :


Title: Mischief Makers
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Playable
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Menus half speed with slight sound glitches.Intro 1/4 speed with horrible sound. Takes forever to get in game. Barely playable in game because of the slow-down. Frame Render Rate = 2 speeds it up a bit but not full speed actually around half speed.


Title: 007 World is not Enough
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Playable
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Game runs full speed but no sound. Slight graphical glitches.

Title: Bomberman 64
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: NotWorking
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Locks as soon as launched.

Title: Crusin World
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Playable
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Menu's are fine. Sound in Game is choppy. Games plays at about 10-15 fps.

Title: Blast Corps
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Not Working
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Crashes during intro screen.

Title: Perfect Dark
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Playable
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Had to keep pushing buttons while it loads to get into game. Runs close to full speed. Sound glitches.

Title: Ridge Racer 64
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Playable
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Game and means and sound are actually quite good. Seems to run full speed. Slight sound gltches. Cars are all black and rear-view mirror graphically messed up.

Title: Bangai-O
Region: J
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Not Working
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Sound is fine but just a black screen.

Title: Star Soldier
Region: NTSC
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Works Well
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Runs Perfect.

Title: Sin and Punishment
Region: J
Format: z64
Emulator Version: mupen64plus-r1b3-fixed-snd (with notaz' sound-plugin)
Status: Works Well
CPU Speed: 800
Comments: Seems to run perfect from what I can tell.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Thank you very much. Shame that the emulator can't be improved too much from what I hear.

 

[Chaser]

My copy of Perfect dark does run on the latest version somehow? Will post a vid later.

 

[jonjandran]

My copy of Perfect dark does run on the latest version somehow? Will post a vid later.

You're right. I had to push start while it was loading and it worked. Updated my post.

 

[vadsamoht]

Just a heads up - The sound on 007: TWINE was encoded in a really weird was on the cartridges, and so is very hard to reproduce in emulators (I'm not exactly sure about the specifics, but I've never found an emulator that correctly plays sound). In most cases, the game will either be mute, or play a weird scratchy sound during speech (FX are usually ok). I also don;t think thus will ever be fixed, because it is the only game for which this applies, which results in a very low cost-benefit for the development time needed to fix it.

 

[Blue Protoman]

At least it plays all right.