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The Nintendo 64 is a fifth generation television console by Nintendo, named for the 64-bit CPU. Use this tag if the question is about the N64's games, peripherals, or hardware.

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Does the N64 version of Vigilante 8 2nd Offense have a cheat menu?

According to the IGN guide, if you went to the Game Status screen and pressed L + R buttons, it would open up a password entry screen where you could use various codes to unlock characters among other ...
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Is there a specific reason why Nintendo called their N64 accesories "Pak" instead of "Pack"?

As the title said, I'm really curious why they called their accessories "PAK" instead of "PACK". I tried to do my own research but found nothing. You can find more about each ...
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What is this Nintendo 64 DD flyswatter game from?

At 4:57 of DidYouKnowGaming's video on rumored Mario games, the background footage shows a flyswatter minigame in a bedroom with a Nintendo 64 DD playing Super Mario 64. At the time, they were ...
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Plugged a Japanese Nintendo 64 into UK mains, heard a snap and saw smoke come out of power supply. Is console ok?

So very, very stupidly I assumed Japanese voltage is same as UK voltage and happily plugged my recently purchased Japanese Nintendo 64 into the UK mains. I heard a snapping sound and then saw some ...
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Why would Majora's Mask have needed the Expansion Pak for the "time mechanics"?

I watched this video and was annoyed by what he said here: Why would the base Nintendo 64 not be able to keep a minimal number of true/false flags in its memory, as is ...
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What does the 'Reset' button on an N64 actually do?

The question struck me this morning when I saw my old N64; there's a reset button on it. What does it actually do? Can't remember a moment where I did have to push it. Is it simply a button that does ...
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N64 graphical glitches in RetroArch/Mupen64Plus-next

I was playing Ocarina of Time successfully, but now when I play I get graphical glitches: https://imgur.com/XB5MN0P Notice the spinning N logo is already glitchy, as well as the obvious OOT-specific ...
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Barrel cannon don't appear in Fungi Forest

I'm playing Donkey Kong 64 on Nintendo 64, and when I get to the giant mushroom on the red tunnel, I shot the 5 switches on the wall with each Kong, but the cannon didn't appear, so I'm not able to ...
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Why did Donkey Kong 64 require more than 4 MB of memory?

As most of you know, the N64 Donkey Kong game had a game breaking bug on the 4 MB memory version. They needed to include the expansion memory just so that bug wouldn't happen. I can imagine in the ...
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Emulation problems with Paper Mario

Has anyone successfully emulated PaperMario for N64? I'm using Project64 1.6 on Windows 7 Using Jabo's video plugin there is lots of flickering which was really annoying so I tried Glide64. Which ...
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How to extract, or otherwise create seamlessly looping music from Majora's Mask?

I really enjoy The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the Nintendo 64, I bought a copy when it was new. I love it. I watch various live streams daily of people playing this game in the background (as ...
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What is the pinout of the GameShark Pro’s SharkLink cable?

I got a used GameShark Pro (for Nintendo 64) but it did not have the manual, code book, or SharkLink serial cable. It currently says there is 15% free space on the cartridge, so I’d like to connect it ...
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Do Nintendo 64 motherboards fit in any revision N64 case?

I have an original launch Nintendo 64 that I took good care of over the past 25 years, but alas it now exhibits the random reset issue. I narrowed the issue down to the motherboard. Newer revision ...
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N64 Expansion Pak not recognized

I recently started playing the N64 versions of Zelda after I found a console in working order. It appears to not be able to save, which I narrowed down to either the cartridge's battery or the ...
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How do I fix these polygon artifacts in a Nintendo 64 emulator using the parallel plugin on libretro

I am having trouble with polygons drawing incorrectly. On Mario's feet there are dark polgons drawn around the edges. In Mario Golf 64, there are overlapping polgons. It looks like a z-sorting issue. ...
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Why does Gauntlet Legends for the Nintendo 64 not work with my Hyper Pak Plus?

The Nintendo 64 version of Gauntlet Legends requires a Memory Pak to save the game state. I have an unlicensed accessory called the Hyper Pak Plus, which combines a Rumble Pak with a Memory Pak. ...
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How to power my 120v 60hz CRT and classic gaming consoles in 230v 50hz countries

I'm moving to Ireland next month. I have a small collection of classic gaming consoles and a Sony Trinitron that I play them on. My CRT is a Sony Trinitron KV-27FS100 which requires 120v 60hz and ...
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Nintendo 64 Fried?

There are other questions similar to this one I'm asking, but my situation is different from the other questions asked on this site.... I've owned and played this Nintendo 64 for about 10 years now, ...
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Garbled 2D textures/sprites in N64 cartridge

I'm experiencing a weird problem with one of my N64 carts. The game boots fine, but the graphics are garbled. Music is fine, game logic is fine (I can press "start" enough times and actually ...
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How can I play European versions of games on my American Nintendo 64?

I have an American Nintendo 64 but I bought European games to play in French. I have the converter but it doesn't work well. For instance, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time only loads black and ...
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Can you play a Japanese N64 Game on a European console?

Back in Europe I have a N64 console. As I am currently living in Japan, I find myself tempted to buy some old N64 games in Japanese. However, the articles about the N64's region locking usually assume ...
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What does the 4MB N64 Expansion Pak do for Rainbow Six?

It is an odd curiosity of mine. It says Designed for N64 Expansion Pak on the box, but I can't find the answer on Google. Does anybody know what the game uses the Expansion Pak for?
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Connect Nintendo 64 to a modern flat-screen TV?

I bought a Nintendo 64 system and I have a 55' Vizio Smart TV. I tried to connect the Red and White cord to my TV. There are two reds you can try on the back with the white green and blue option and ...
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How can I view the contents of my controller pak?

I have several Nintendo 64 memory paks and I have no idea how to view the contents of each. Is there a startup sequence that works without a game? If I have to view the contents within a game, what ...
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Muphen64Plus FZ and generic N64 USB controller issues

I tried to map my USB N64 controller to Muphen64plus FZ but the controller doesn't even show up on the emulator. it shows up as a generic joystick controller on my windows 10 computer and I ran the ...
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Why does N64 screen go black after 1 or 2 hours of playing?

I bought a used N64. I can play Mario 64 for 1 or 2 hours normally, but after this time, colours of the game slowly change to green and brown, and finally black screen appear. I don't know what's ...
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I have a Nintendo 64 bought in South America and want to play it in Europe

I purchased an N64 about 19 years ago in South America and I've got about 20 games that worked on it before. I now live in Europe (France) and would like to get my console working but I haven't ...
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Can't get my Nintendo 64 working

I have a Vizio Tesla 39 TV and have tried literally every combination on the internet to get my Nintendo 64 to work. It will not work no matter the combination. My TV has been sitting in the basement ...
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Can you play European N64 games on a Japanese console?

Can you play European N64 games on a Japanese console? That's the question. I can get a Japanese console pretty cheap, but I've collected quite a few EU games.
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My game won’t save on the N64 and I tried using both save functions

(This is before the stone tower btw). This started two days ago, I beat the stone tower and saved (using both the Song of Time, and saving at the Owl Statue), then the next day I went back to the ...
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Why does my Nintendo 64 randomly reset?

I have an N64 that will reset/restart back to the Nintendo 64 logo as if power cycling at random. It isn't a set amount of time into the game, or based on a button combination, but it always resets ...
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Which controllers do I need for playing GameCube and N64 games on a Wii?

I'm completely new in the world of video games, so forgive me if I'm clueless. I just bought a used Wii and found out that it was modified so that it can play N64 and GameCube games. I'm not sure what ...
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Was blowing air to N64 Game Pack ever recommended?

Sometimes Nintendo64 Game Packs don't run at first try when powering (for whatever reason). Recently I had this situation with one game, and remembering the times when that console came out I recall ...
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Manuals for Nintendo 64 [closed]

I have my dad's old n64, and a bunch of games for it. I have some of the manuals, and that's very helpful, but I'm missing a lot of them as well. Is there a site where I can find and download free ...
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Swapping boot and ROM chips on N64 cartridges

Is this as simple as it seems? Find a matching game that uses same boot chip and swap it over to a seemingly dead board? Or do the opposite and move the game ROM chip over to a board with a working ...
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How can I downgrade the OpenEmu core for Mupen64Plus?

I have an older Mac with Intel HD graphics. I have the same issues described in this OpenEmu issue, where Nintendo 64 games, which worked fine in earlier versions of OpenEmu, are now having ...
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PAL N64 problems with S-VIdeo

I recently got an S-video cable for my PAL N64 from consolegoods.co.uk. It looks great on my CRT; much better than composite and way ahead of RF. The trouble is that on every HDTV I've tested it with, ...
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Is there a difference between Nintendo 64 controllers used on PAL and NTSC systems?

Is it possible to use the controllers from an NTSC (Japanese / US) Nintendo 64 system on a PAL (EUR) system? Are they the same item or is there a difference?
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Nintendo (SNES, N64, etc.) Cartridge Revisions

I've got two copies of a couple of Nintendo games (Super Mario World for the SNES and Super Mario 64 for the N64). I want to sell the extra copy of each, but I don't know which one to keep since they ...
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How to have rumble support in Mupen64Plus?

Since the native OUYA controllers unfortunately lack force feedback, I'd like to buy either a wired or wireless XBOX360 or PS3 controller (or any other that I can then use on both the OUYA and my PC). ...
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N64 on digital TV

I'm tying to use my old N64 with an 8 year old Samsung LCD TV. Upon plugging in the RCA video cable from the N64, the picture is incredibly pixelated. I've read some things about how the n64 outputs ...
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How should foreign consoles be powered in Britain?

I am part of a community charity, GeekZone, that collects retro consoles, including but not limited to the NES, Megadrive, Atari 2600 and N64, for example. Unfortunately, many games were not made ...
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Can an official N64 Rumble Pak be soldered to work without a battery? [closed]

On the Wikipedia page for Nintendo 64 accessories, there is this statement about battery-free Rumble Paks: Battery-free Rumble Paks — Late in the N64's run, a few third-party companies made Rumble ...
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Does the original N64 Animal Forest game work with N64 Passport?

I am desperate to play the original Japanese N64 Animal Crossing/Animal Forest game. Before I go and spend money on a cartridge and passport, does anyone know the Passport works with the Japanese N64 ...
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Unable to save progress on N64 cartridge

I have an old Super Smash Bros. cartridge for the N64 (that I purchased recently). I am unable to save any progress for the game. I have done some research and all of the online information says that ...
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How are the many signals of a N64 or Wii joystick sent to the console by only 2 wires?

I am curious as to how only 2 wires (perhaps 3 or 4) inside a N64 or Wii gamepad are able to send the many signals of the different inputs at once. It used to be that for just one ON/OFF input, we ...
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N64 Zelda Rumble on Wii?

For Zelda Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, I'm considering getting a Wii instead of N64, so that the graphics will be better. I'm not currently interested in Wii U or 3DS. Leary of GameCube. ...
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N64 on HDTV white out on snow levels

I have my N64 connected to my Samsung Flat screen TV and I'm getting sound and audio, however on snow levels, the whole screen just whites out and (on Mario Kart) I can't see the track. I'm currently ...
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How to connect an N64 to an Apple display (non) thunderbolt?

I have an Apple display (no thunderbolt) and an N64: . I don't have a TV. Is there any way I can hook the Apple monitor up to the N64?
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Has the composite to HDMI converter better quality than composite to SCART to HDMI?

I have connected Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 to my flat screen. Currently I am connecting the composite to Scart head, which is connected to Scart to HDMI converter. I found a RCA to HDMI ...