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Posted by atan2 2 days ago

How to Make a Nintendo 64 Game in 2026(phoboslab.org)
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ninjin 10 hours ago|
Tried to see if it was possible to buy the Rom itself. But it seems like you would need to buy a physical copy at this point:

https://modretro.com/products/xibalba-64

rightbyte 10 hours ago|
Does compatibility with M64 imply N64 compat?
phoboslab 8 hours ago|||
Yes. The game was mostly developed with an original N64.

The cartridges from Modretro only work on NTSC N64s, though. I'm told the next production run should work on PAL, too.

bakugo 10 hours ago|||
If you go into the "Specs" tab on the right, it explicitly lists the original N64 as compatible.
valorzard 13 hours ago||
At some point I reallly gotta sit down and play around with Pyrite64, it looks super cool
pelasaco 11 hours ago||
if I am not wrong, the game described in this article, is presented in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gOJUEcKYRk, from Palmer Luckey[1]. Wild this guy find time and energy for this side quest. That's passion.

References: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Luckey

msephton 9 hours ago||
Each person that dies by his weapons of war makes him stronger.
ltsSmitty 10 hours ago||
Great writeup. Thanks author!
Damjanski 6 hours ago||
wowowowowow
TZubiri 8 hours ago||
Anyone know a vendor that might sell SummerCart in amateur quantities? Doesn't need to do that specifically, but maybe there's custom low volume board makers, like with 3D printer economics.
dabluecaboose 6 hours ago||
Are you looking to make homemade homebrew carts? If the M64 carts are anything like ModRetro's chromatic carts, the boards will be flashable. ModRetro has also stated they're planning on open-sourcing the design, so if we're lucky there could be a large variety of people making flashable blank carts in the near future.

I'm really looking forward to the Epilogue 64 Operator. I have the GB Operator, and it's been amazing to be able to flash romhacks onto carts and play on bona-fide hardware.

someperson 5 hours ago||
As open-source hardware they are on AliExpress no problem
crest 9 hours ago||
Strange choice to go for a raycaster with sprites on the N64. The hardware is basically begging to be fed textured polygons.
phoboslab 8 hours ago||
All geometry is rendered as textured polygons. The raycasting step only determines visibility.

But yes, the N64 isn't particularly well suited for this type of game (or anything 2D, really). I didn't know that when I started the project.

functionmouse 8 hours ago||
Raycasters in the modern age are generally an artistic decision, not a technical one.
zuzululu 5 hours ago||
what about a playstation/sega saturn game in 2026 ?
jjen0206 7 hours ago||
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