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N64 games on my DS

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by ColtsFanNick, Mar 10, 2007.

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  1. ColtsFanNick

    ColtsFanNick New Member

    How do you put N64 games on your DS? I have put some on, and my DS will recognize them, but it just wont load the game.

    P.S. Im using an M3 Simply
     
    ColtsFanNick, Mar 10, 2007
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I think you need to run an emulator on the DS
     
    Loonylion, Mar 10, 2007
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  3. Reider

    Reider Modereider

    Is it even possible to run an N64 game on a DS?

    It doesn't seem very likely.
     
    Reider, Mar 10, 2007
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    good point, I know the DS can run SNES games...
     
    Loonylion, Mar 10, 2007
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  5. Reider

    Reider Modereider

    I don't think running it would be so much the problem, as it would be the speed, since most emulators tend to need to run on something more powerful than the system it's emulating for decent speeds.

    Then again, I don't have a DS, or a flashcard for that matter, so it's just a theory.
     
    Reider, Mar 10, 2007
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that is correct in most cases. the emulating system usually needs to be considerably more powerful than the system being emulated (unless its built on/contains the same hardware)
     
    Loonylion, Mar 10, 2007
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  7. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Well the PSP can emulate playstation games because it's far more powerful, maybe the DS is more powerful than the N64? It's worth looking into.
     
    Seph, Mar 10, 2007
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  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Its possible. Some of the exceptions to the rule Asmadi mentioned are the PS3, which contains PS2 hardware in addition to PS3 hardware, and the SNES, which had a flag that set the CPU to emulate the NES CPU; This feature was never used, though. There may be others.

    EDIT: further research has indicated that it is theoretically possible to replace a NES CPU with a SNES CPU and get a working, overclocked NES :)
     
    Loonylion, Mar 10, 2007
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  9. Agerion

    Agerion Member

    Well, they ported Mario 64 to the DS, why not any other n64 games? Sadly, my flash cart doesn't even recognize then.
    And the DS ruined Star Fox! :mad:
     
    Agerion, Jul 22, 2007
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  10. dOoBiX

    dOoBiX New Member

    There are no N64 emulators on the DS... and I don't think there will be any.
     
    dOoBiX, Jul 22, 2007
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  11. zhou

    zhou Member

    y dont u just get a n64 emulator they work well
     
    zhou, Jul 23, 2007
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  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    zhou, please use full English words, that means writing 'you' instead of 'u' and 'why' instead of 'y'. It helps our members who are less confident with the English language
     
    Loonylion, Jul 23, 2007
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