The N64 was released in mid-1996 as Nintendo's front-runner in the original next-gen console wars. Although it was a much higher powered machine than Sony's Playstation or Sega's Saturn, the N64 always lagged behind in sales. Nintendo chose to sell the machine on the merits of its fast-loading cartridge system and the insignificant fact that it featured a 64-bit architecture - unfortunately for Nintendo, people were more impressed by high-capacity CD media, in-game movie sequences and pre-recorded soundtracks than fast loading and the size of the machine's pipeline. Developers often preferred the Playstation for their titles due to the N64's inability to provide media rich content which games such as the Final Fantasy series demanded. Although the hardware facilitated classics such as Goldeneye and the late Perfect Dark, it wasn't enough to win over the masses.
Fortunately the system is well-emulated, allowing us to play legendary games such as Zelda, Turok & Goldeneye. A fairly modern system is needed to play emulate the machine, and a 3D accelerated graphics card is an absolute must (onboard graphics won't cut the mustard here). Game ROMs are available from ripped cartridges, ranging in size (5MB-70MB).
The system requirements of Project64 are high. Don't expect games to run well or at all if your PC doesn't meet these 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)
- TNT, TNT 2, GeForce, GeForce 2, ATI Radeon
- Matrox G200 and G400 (blending errors)
- ATI Rage Pro (misses some 3D functionality)
- 3DFX Voodoo Banshee (has bad DirectX drivers)
- 3DFX Voodoo 1 or 2 (secondary 3D cards are not supported)
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