n64 portable idea

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:44 am

i was thinking of creating a pseudo (?) n64 portable it functions like a normal touch screen tablet comp but there is a n64 controller functioning as a gamepad i will have pj64 or another great emulator on autorun when you login cool idea or impractical?????

ok if this is practical then here are some screens i think that'll work

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you ... -700VG.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Lilliput-6-5-Inch ... 523&sr=1-3

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you ... -720TS.htm

the last one is way expensive so prob not.

the motherboard ill be using is an existing PDA motherboard its small and efficient but will it work????? the mother board is a tungsten c mobo its proceesor is an intel fit.

I already have a 400mhz intel and I think a 700mhz intel? processor but if i need a faster one suggest away i'll post concept pics soon

suggestions for other things such as touchscreen good bad? keyboard yes no? and how will get the n64 gamepad working ?????

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:21 am

N64 emulators on the PC are poor, you get some games like Super Mario working perfectly, but not many; most have graphical glitches, slowdowns, poor framerate, stuttery sound; or just don't run at all. You can I believe buy a N64 controller with USB connection, no idea where I saw that but believe you can buy an adapter.

You are far far better making a portable with a proper N64 board.

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:53 am

well shoot the only reason why im not doing it on a n64 board is because its too big and the games im running play pretty well (full speed minor graphical glitches) plus i killed my n64 trying to make a portable. it just died i tried turning it on but nuthin so I was thinking of is taking pda mother board put reqiured pci on it plus an optional sd card reader shoot man i dont know

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:41 am

Does P64 run on a PDA?

Also, Bacteria, you're really underestimating how good emulators are nowadays, P64 runs most of the games you throw at it near perfectly.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:09 am

Valium wrote:Does P64 run on a PDA?

Also, Bacteria, you're really underestimating how good emulators are nowadays, P64 runs most of the games you throw at it near perfectly.

Perhaps they have improved somewhat recently, I haven't played an N64 emulator on a PC for well over a year now. P64 - is it the best one for emulating N64 games on a PC nowadays? I got to love the N64 when I first played Super Mario 64 on UltraHUE several years ago; then I bought the hardware and masses of the N64 games to play on original hardware!

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:12 am

bacteria wrote:
Valium wrote:Does P64 run on a PDA?

Also, Bacteria, you're really underestimating how good emulators are nowadays, P64 runs most of the games you throw at it near perfectly.
Perhaps they have improved somewhat recently, I haven't played an N64 emulator on a PC for well over a year now. P64 - is it the best one for emulating N64 games on a PC nowadays? I got to love the N64 when I first played Super Mario 64 on UltraHUE several years ago; then I bought the hardware and masses of the N64 games to play on original hardware!

N64 emulators are REALLY good these days. PJ64 is good, but they're charging people for the most recent version, version 1.7. I haven't tried 1.7 (i'm not gonna pay someone that isn't nintendo to play nintendo games), but 1.6 is still a great emulator that can play most games you throw at it (just make sure you have multiple graphical plugins-- especially glide64-- because different plugins work better for different games). For a Linux N64 emulator, go with Mupen64Plus. They just recently came out with a new version (within a couple months tops), that should run really nicely.

If one were looking to build a portable using an emulator, I would probably go with Linux as the operating system as its free, better performance for your hardware, and simple to write start-up scripts to make the emulator begin on startup.

Neildo_64 · Post by **Neildo_64** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:37 pm

Daedalus is what I use and it is awesome. It and P64 and theres a mod of mupen somewhere that is really good. Daedalus and the mupen mod run flawlessly on everything I've done with them.

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:46 pm

Neildo_64 wrote:Daedalus is what I use and it is awesome. It and P64 and theres a mod of mupen somewhere that is really good. Daedalus and the mupen mod run flawlessly on everything I've done with them.

that's probably the Mupen64Plus I mentioned. It is a branch mupen but not by the original authors. I haven't tried the newest version, but its supposed to be really good.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:49 pm

I don't see how anyone can legitimately try to sell an emulator, when the only reason a company like Nintendo may decide not sue is that there is no money changing hands; considering that to make an emulator the system needed backwards engineering, which is against Nintendo patents. Emulators should be free by their nature. UltraHUE got removed from the site within hours of release as Nintendo's lawyers got involved.

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:50 pm

Valium wrote:Does P64 run on a PDA?

Also, Bacteria, you're really underestimating how good emulators are nowadays, P64 runs most of the games you throw at it near perfectly.

It should i but only if it has said requirements

# Pentium III 600 Mhz or better
# 128 Mb. RAM or more
# Fast video card with 16 Mb. Video RAM or more
# Windows 95/98/Me
# DirectX 6.0 (latest version of DirectX recommended)

i have a 700 mhz processor
a 512 mb of RAM somewhere around here
a gforce 2mk video card
im still trying to decide which OS

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:01 pm

i have scrapped that idea and opted for an easier method buy one or make one im gonna see if shockslayer will sell me his or i will try to replicate his jajajaja

Neildo_64 · Post by **Neildo_64** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:03 pm

Replicate ShockSlayer's? Well, I wouldn't recommend replicating it, but I do encourage you to build a portable.

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:16 pm

no offense to ss but it'll be similar in design

Neildo_64 · Post by **Neildo_64** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:21 pm

Well of course no offense to SS, his portables just usually aren't the prettiest.

narutogod22 · Post by **narutogod22** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:25 pm

well thats exactly what i mean im going to use a zn45 just about same thing just "prttier" lol