Old Sk00l Gaming & Emulation
I don’t know if it’d technically fall under “Old School”, but I’ve been playing the hell out of some Nintendo64 games the past week or so out of sheer boredom for the current batch of PC Games.
I’ve played GTA:SA to death and taking a break from Need for Speed Underground 2, and I had to cancel my City of Heroes account due to lack of funds and interest (don’t worry Unlimited peeps, i’ll be back soon), so I’ve been desperately searching for ways to kill my time.
At first I thought of playing the SNES Legend of Zelda: Link To The Past, but honestly, I’ve beaten that game like ten times in my life and it’s just too easy now. It’s like trying to play the first Leisure Suit Larry and trying not to beat it in 30 minutes.
I had dabbled with the old UltraHLE Nintendo64 emulator way back in 1998-1999, but back then it was really jerky and the controls weren’t perfect. Now flash forward to 2004 and I discover a couple new emulators that promise 99% working games. I tried three, and found that Nemu64 is by the best one of the bunch.
I can use my RumbleForce Dual Analog controller with Nemu64, which means I can finally use the controls properly to play the games, and the video support is awesome. It takes the N64 engine and applies all the latest DirectX techniques to it, so you get nice anti-aliasing and triple buffering added.
Lately i’ve been stuck on both of the Legend of Zelda games on the N64: Ocarina of Time & Majora’s Mask. Ocarina is one of the best games ever made, IMO, and before now, I had never really played Majora’s Mask. I discovered I really like it, which is no surprise as it’s very close to the same gameplay as Ocarina. (The image above is from Majora’s Mask, with the bunny ears :)..)
I also have Super Mario64, Super Smash Bros, and about 30-40 other N64 games. So far i’ve found that only about 10-15 of those games is actually worth playing. Boy Nintendo cranks out some crappy games.
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