N64 Emulators
Nintendo 64 emulators let you play classic N64 games on modern devices. Emulators such as Project64, Mupen64Plus and 1964 run games like “Super Mario 64”, “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” and “GoldenEye 007”, and many support higher resolutions, texture packs and online play.
N64 emulation has had a long and difficult history. Early emulators such as UltraHLE, released in 1999, were groundbreaking but struggled with the N64’s unusual architecture and the limits of PC hardware at the time. Over the years the emulation community has overcome problems like “plugin hell” and steadily improved compatibility and accuracy, helped by open-source development and better documentation.
ares is an open source multi-system emulator focused on accuracy and preservation, covering the NES, SNES, N64, Sega consoles and more. The successor to higan.
Rosalie's Mupen GUI (RMG) is a free, open source Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows and Linux, built as a Qt front-end for the mupen64plus core.
1964 is a discontinued Windows Nintendo 64 emulator by Schibo and Rice. Once hugely popular, it was known for its fast dynamic recompiler.
gopher64 is an open source Nintendo 64 emulator written in Rust, with builds for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, netplay and RetroAchievements.
Mupen64Plus is a long-running, open-source Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS and Android, and the core behind many other N64 front ends.
Project64 is the most widely used Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows. Open source since 2015, it combines high compatibility with good performance.
simple64 is an archived, accuracy-focused Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows based on mupen64plus. Its developer now works on gopher64.
