# Nintendo 64 > The Nintendo 64 (N64) was Nintendo's third home console, released in 1996. Its classics include Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye 007. Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/ Page updated: 2026-09-28 - Developer: Nintendo - Released: 1996 - Processor: RISC NEC VR4300 (64-bit) - Processor Speed: 93.75 MHz - Co-Processor: SGI RISC RCP(Reality co-processor) (64-bit) - Co-Processor Speed: 62.6 MHz - Graphics Processor: RDP (Reality drawing processor), built into co-processor - RAM: 4 MB RDRAM upgradeable to 8MB - Resolution: 256 x 224 to 640 x 480 pixels - Sound: ADPCM-support, 16-bit stereo (MP3 support via software) The Nintendo 64 (N64) was Nintendo's third home video game console, built around a 64-bit NEC VR4300 CPU. Many of its games are regarded as among the best ever made, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to GoldenEye 007, which helped popularise first-person shooters on consoles. Arriving later than the PlayStation and Saturn, the Nintendo 64 was the most powerful console of the fifth generation. Its graphics chip supported trilinear filtering and other advanced 3D techniques, but the console was held back by its cartridges, which held far less data than CDs. The limited storage forced developers to use fewer textures and rely on techniques such as Gouraud shading or very simple textures. N64 emulation has taken a long time to mature. Nearly every game is now playable, but a few still have problems. Most of the difficulty lies not with the CPU but with the graphics hardware. The N64's Reality Co-Processor works in ways that are hard to reproduce on modern GPUs: although today's graphics cards are far more powerful, emulators cannot drive them as directly as N64 developers drove the original hardware. Poor documentation of the custom microcode some games used made things harder still. One of the best-known examples is Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Project64 is the most widely used emulator on Windows and now ships with the GLideN64 video plugin. For the highest accuracy, low-level graphics emulation is available at a higher performance cost. ## N64 Emulators - [ares](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/snes/emulator/ares/index.md): 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](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/rmg/index.md): 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. - [gopher64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/gopher64/index.md): gopher64 is an open source Nintendo 64 emulator written in Rust, with builds for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, netplay and RetroAchievements. - [Project 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/project64/index.md): Project64 is the most widely used Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows. Open source since 2015, it combines high compatibility with good performance. - [simple64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/simple64/index.md): simple64 is an archived, accuracy-focused Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows based on mupen64plus. Its developer now works on gopher64. - [1964](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/1964-emulator/index.md): 1964 is a discontinued Windows Nintendo 64 emulator by Schibo and Rice. Once hugely popular, it was known for its fast dynamic recompiler. - [Mupen64 Plus](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/emulator/mupen64/index.md): 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. ## N64 Games - [007: The World Is Not Enough](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/007theworldisnotenough/index.md): 007: The World Is Not Enough is Eurocom's 2000 N64 first-person shooter based on the Bond film, with gadget-driven missions and four-player split screen. - [AeroGauge](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/aerogauge/index.md): AeroGauge is a 1997 N64 futuristic racing game by Locomotive Corporation in which pilots race hovering aircraft through city and canyon courses. - [Automobili Lamborghini](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/automobililamborghini/index.md): Automobili Lamborghini is a 1997 N64 racing game by Titus in which players race Lamborghinis and other supercars. - [Banjo-Kazooie](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/banjokazooie/index.md): Banjo-Kazooie is Rare's 1998 Nintendo 64 platformer. Browse texture packs that retexture its worlds in HD, painted and cel-shaded styles. - [Banjo-Tooie](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/banjotooie/index.md): Banjo-Tooie is Rare's 2000 N64 platformer and sequel to Banjo-Kazooie, in which Banjo and Kazooie chase Gruntilda across eight large connected worlds. - [Beetle Adventure Racing!](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/beetleadventureracing/index.md): Beetle Adventure Racing! is a 1999 N64 racing game by Paradigm Entertainment and EA, driving Volkswagen New Beetles through courses full of shortcuts. - [Bomberman 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/bomberman64/index.md): Bomberman 64 is Hudson Soft's 1997 N64 game that took Bomberman into 3D, with an adventure mode and four-player battles. - [Bomberman Hero](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/bombermanhero/index.md): Bomberman Hero is a 1998 N64 platformer from Hudson Soft in which Bomberman sets out to rescue Princess Millian, with a stage-based adventure. - [Castlevania 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/castlevania64/index.md): Castlevania 64 is Konami's 1999 Nintendo 64 action game and the first to take the Castlevania series into 3D. - [Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/castlevanialegacydarkness/index.md): Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness is Konami's 1999 prequel and expanded version of Castlevania 64, with new characters and improved graphics. - [Chameleon Twist](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/chameleontwist/index.md): Chameleon Twist is a 1997 N64 platformer by Japan System Supply in which a chameleon uses its long tongue to grab, swing and vault through levels. - [Conkers Bad Fur Day](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/conkersbadfurday/index.md): Conker's Bad Fur Day is Rare's 2001 Nintendo 64 platformer, known for its crude adult humour, violence and film parodies. - [Diddy Kong Racing](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/diddykongracing/index.md): Diddy Kong Racing is Rare's 1997 Nintendo 64 kart racer, set apart by its adventure mode, hub world and choice of kart, hovercraft or plane. - [Donkey Kong 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/donkeykong64/index.md): Donkey Kong 64 is Rare's 1999 3D platformer for the N64, with five playable Kongs and hundreds of collectibles, and the first game to need the Expansion Pak. - [Dr. Mario 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/drmario64/index.md): Dr. Mario 64 is a 2001 N64 puzzle game in the Dr. Mario series, with a story mode starring Wario and four-player versus play. - [Duke Nukem 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/dukenukem64/index.md): Duke Nukem 64 is the Nintendo 64 port of Duke Nukem 3D, with censored content, reworked levels and a fully 3D final boss. - [Duke Nukem: Zero Hour](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/dukenukemzerohour/index.md): Duke Nukem: Zero Hour is a 1999 N64 third-person shooter by Eurocom in which Duke travels through time to stop aliens rewriting history. - [Extreme-G](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/extremeg/index.md): Extreme-G is a 1997 futuristic motorbike racer for the N64 developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim, with weapons and very high speeds. - [F-Zero X](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/fzerox/index.md): F-Zero X is Nintendo's 1998 N64 futuristic racer, with 30 machines on a track at once and a steady 60 frames per second. - [GoldenEye 007](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/goldeneye007/index.md): GoldenEye 007 is Rare's 1997 N64 first-person shooter based on the Bond film GoldenEye, known for its stealth missions and four-player split screen. - [Harvest Moon 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/harvestmoon64/index.md): Harvest Moon 64 is a farming game in which you restore your late grandfather's farm, grow crops, raise animals and can even get married. - [Mario Kart 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/mariokart64/index.md): Mario Kart 64 took the series into 3D with polygon-based tracks and four-player split-screen racing, and became one of the N64's best-selling games. - [Mega Man 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/megaman64/index.md): Mega Man 64 is Capcom's 2001 N64 version of Mega Man Legends, a 3D action adventure in which Mega Man Volnutt explores ruins on Kattelox Island. - [Mischief Makers](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/mischiefmakers/index.md): Mischief Makers is Treasure's 1997 N64 side-scrolling action game in which robot maid Marina grabs and shakes her way across planet Clancer. - [Monopoly 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/monopoly64/index.md): Monopoly 64 is a straightforward N64 version of the board game, with a 3D board, computer-controlled opponents and customisable house rules. - [Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/mysticalninjagoemon/index.md): Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon is Konami's 1997 N64 action adventure in which Goemon and his friends travel across a comic version of Edo-era Japan. - [Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/ogrebattle64/index.md): Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is Quest's 1999 N64 strategy RPG in which Magnus Gallant leads an army of units across a continent at war. - [Paper Mario](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/papermario/index.md): Paper Mario is Intelligent Systems' role-playing game for the N64. Its hand-drawn paper style makes it one of the hardest games to retexture. - [Perfect Dark](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/perfectdark/index.md): Perfect Dark is Rare's 2000 first-person shooter for the N64 and the spiritual successor to GoldenEye 007, starring agent Joanna Dark. - [Pilotwings 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pilotwings64/index.md): Pilotwings 64 is a 1996 N64 flight game by Paradigm Simulation and Nintendo in which you fly a hang glider, rocket belt and gyrocopter over Little States. - [Pokémon Snap](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pokemonsnap/index.md): Pokémon Snap is a 1999 N64 rail photography game by HAL Laboratory in which you photograph wild Pokémon for Professor Oak. - [Pokémon Stadium](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pokemonstadium/index.md): Pokémon Stadium is Nintendo's 1999 N64 game that brings Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow battles into 3D, with Transfer Pak support and mini-games. - [Quest 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/quest64/index.md): Quest 64 is a 1998 N64 role-playing game by Imagineer in which the young mage Brian searches for his father and a stolen holy book. - [Road Rash 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/roadrash64/index.md): Road Rash 64 is a 1999 N64 motorbike racer from THQ in which riders fight each other with fists and weapons while racing on open roads. - [Rocket: Robot on Wheels](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/rocketrobotonwheels/index.md): Rocket: Robot on Wheels is Sucker Punch's 1999 N64 physics-based 3D platformer set in an amusement park. - [Shadow Man](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/shadowman/index.md): Shadow Man is Acclaim's 1999 action-adventure game based on the Acclaim Comics series. Unusually for a lesser-known N64 game, it has a complete texture pack. - [Sin and Punishment](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/sinandpunishment/index.md): Sin and Punishment is a rail shooter by Treasure and Nintendo R&D1, released for the N64 in Japan only in 2000. A fan texture pack translates it into English. - [Snowboard Kids](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/snowboardkids/index.md): Snowboard Kids is Racdym and Atlus's 1998 N64 snowboard racing game, mixing races down the mountain with items, weapons and tricks. - [Snowboard Kids 2](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/snowboardkids2/index.md): Snowboard Kids 2 is a 1999 N64 snowboard racing game by Racdym and Atlus, with items, tricks and four-player split-screen races. - [Space Station Silicon Valley](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/spacestationsiliconvalley/index.md): Space Station Silicon Valley is DMA Design's 1998 N64 puzzle platformer in which a microchip takes over the bodies of robotic animals. - [Star Fox 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/starfox64/index.md): Star Fox 64 is Nintendo EAD's 1997 on-rails space shooter, a reimagining of the SNES original and the first game to support the N64 Rumble Pak. - [Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/shadowsoftheempire/index.md): Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 N64 action game by LucasArts in which mercenary Dash Rendar fights through missions between the films. - [Super Mario 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/supermario64/index.md): Super Mario 64 is Nintendo's landmark 3D platformer for the N64, whose dynamic camera and analogue controls set the template for 3D platformers. - [Super Smash Bros](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/supersmashbros/index.md): Super Smash Bros is HAL Laboratory's N64 crossover fighting game, where players win by knocking Nintendo characters off the stage. - [The Legend Of Zelda – Majoras Mask](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/zeldamajorasmask/index.md): Majora's Mask is the darker N64 follow-up to Ocarina of Time, built around a repeating three-day cycle and masks. It now has two complete texture packs. - [The Legend Of Zelda – Ocarina of Time](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/zeldaocarinaoftime/index.md): Ocarina of Time, the first 3D Zelda, introduced target lock-on and context-sensitive controls. It is one of the most retextured N64 games. - [Wave Race 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/waverace64/index.md): Wave Race 64 is Nintendo's 1996 jet ski racer for the N64, known for its realistic water physics and changing wave conditions. - [WWF No Mercy](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/wwfnomercy/index.md): WWF No Mercy is AKI's 2000 N64 wrestling game for THQ, with a branching championship mode, created wrestlers and the SmackDown Mall. ## N64 Video Plugins - [Angrylion-Plus](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/angrylionplus/index.md): Angrylion-Plus is a pixel-accurate, software-rendered N64 video plugin for Project64 and Mupen64Plus, a faster multi-threaded fork of angrylion's RDP. - [Glide64 (Glide HQ)](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/glide64/index.md): Glide64 is an accurate N64 video plugin with strong frame buffer emulation and GlideHQ texture pack support. GLideN64 has since succeeded it. - [GLideN64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/gliden64/index.md): GLideN64 is the most accurate and widely used HLE video plugin for N64 emulators, with frame buffer emulation, upscaling and texture pack support. - [Jabo's Plugins](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/jabo/index.md): Jabo's Direct3D8, DirectSound and DirectInput7 plugins were Project64's default N64 video, audio and input plugins from 1.x to 2.x. Closed source, now retired. - [Rice Video](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/ricevideo/index.md): Rice Video is an open-source N64 video plugin and one of the first to support replacement texture packs. It is fast, simple and has good compatibility. - [Z64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/z64/index.md): Z64 is a discontinued low-level (LLE) N64 video plugin by ziggy, based on MAME/MESS RDP code. It renders difficult games accurately but is slow. - [Direct64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/direct64/index.md): Direct64 is a dead Direct3D video plugin for N64 emulators by Orkin, based on his glN64. It is fast on older PCs but less compatible than newer plugins. - [glN64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/gln64/index.md): glN64 is Orkin's open-source OpenGL video plugin for N64 emulators. Light and portable, it was ported to Android and the Xbox and became the base of GLideN64. - [SoftGraphic](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/softgraphic/index.md): SoftGraphic is a software-rendered N64 video plugin based on MESS's accurate RDP code. It is pixel-accurate but needs a powerful CPU for full speed. ## N64 Audio Plugins - [Azimer HLE/LLE Audio](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/aziaudio/index.md): Azimer's HLE/LLE audio plugin is a widely used N64 audio plugin that reproduces the sound of almost every game accurately, with few glitches or slowdowns. - [Jabo's Plugins](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/jabo/index.md): Jabo's Direct3D8, DirectSound and DirectInput7 plugins were Project64's default N64 video, audio and input plugins from 1.x to 2.x. Closed source, now retired. - [Shunyuan HLE Audio Plugin](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/shunyuanhle/index.md): Shunyuan HLE Audio is a capable N64 audio plugin with HLE and LLE modes and XAudio2 output, worth trying if Azimer's plugin gives problems in a game. ## N64 Input Plugins - [Jabo's Plugins](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/jabo/index.md): Jabo's Direct3D8, DirectSound and DirectInput7 plugins were Project64's default N64 video, audio and input plugins from 1.x to 2.x. Closed source, now retired. - [NRage Input Plugin](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/nrage/index.md): NRage is a full-featured Windows N64 input plugin, supporting DirectInput and XInput controllers and Rumble, Controller and Transfer Pak emulation. - [Octomino SDL Input](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/octomino/index.md): Octomino SDL Input is a modern N64 input plugin for Project64 that uses SDL2, so Xbox, PlayStation and Switch Pro controllers work without setup. - [raphnetraw](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/raphnetraw/index.md): raphnetraw is an N64 input plugin that lets real N64 controllers, Rumble Paks and Controller Paks work in Project64 and Mupen64Plus through raphnet adapters. - [Billard's XInput Plugin](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/plugin/billardsxinput/index.md): Billard's XInput Plugin is a simple Windows input plugin for N64 emulators that supports up to four Xbox controllers, with rumble but fixed controls.