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The unofficial DeadealusX64 VPK provided compiled by ‘Bythos’ for the Vita may also be downloaded from the links below – Rinnegatamante is currently planning to release an Alpha version for the Vita.4 MB Rambus RDRAM (8 MB with Expansion Pak) You may grab the Nintendo 3DS port of DaedalusX64 with MasterFeizz’s dynarec from the GitHub link below. Paper Mario is close to has also demonstrated Super Mario 64 running pretty well on their New Nintendo 3DS.
It comes with graphical issues like water not being rendered correctly but it’s still playable.On the New Nintendo 3DS front, the following games exhibit playable performance as per a beefy compatibility list by Reddit user ‘CoolFiverIsABabe’: Rinnegatamante also performed some testing with other games on the PlayStation Vita in a video which can be viewed below – this demonstrates performance in Super Mario 64 and various other titles.įrom my own testing, I can personally confirm that Mario Kart 64 ran pretty well on the PlayStation Vita with increased compatibility potentially coming in the near future as MasterFeizz continues to improve the dynarec!
How is performance? Which games are playable?įrom some testing on my own PSVita, I can personally confirm that Mario Kart 64 provides a playable experience in ‘Luigi Raceway’ and with a 494MHz overclock, the frame rate hovered at around the 25FPS mark which is what the European (PAL) version runs at by default. As of right now, there’s no official release of DaedalusX64 with JIT for the Vita but an unofficial VPK compiled with commits up to those of 14.5 hours ago ( which include the dynarec) is available. Furthermore, MasterFeizz also managed to port his ARMv6 dynamic recompiler for the 3DS to the PlayStation Vita, which has an ARMv7 CPU, presumably with Rinnegatamante’s assistance. Now, MasterFeizz has released a basic dynamic recompiler for the Nintendo 3DS build of DaedalusX64 which managed to make some Nintendo 64 games playable on the New Nintendo 3DS according to user reports which are detailed below.