- 1964 (emulator)
Infobox Software
name = 1964
logo=
caption = The interface of the 1964 emulator
developer = schibo and Rice
latest_release_version = 0.9.9
latest_release_date =December 31 ,2003
operating_system = Windows
genre =Emulator
license =GNU General Public License
website = [http://1964emu.emulation64.com/ 1964emu.emulation64.com]1964 is a
Nintendo 64 emulator for the Windows operating system, written in C and released asfree software . Versions prior to 0.9.9 are released under theGNU General Public License . It is one of the oldest and most popular N64 emulators and has support for many of the commercial N64 games released up to this date.Fact|date=June 2008 The name consists of "19" (as in 1996, the year theNintendo 64 was released) and "64" (as in Nintendo 64).When using the
Rice Video Video Plugin, 1964 can load high resolution textures and use them in place of textures used in an N64 game.History
1964 is known to have been around since at least May 2001, the month it joined
SourceForge .cite web
url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/schibo
title = Project summary for 1964
work = SourceForge.net
accessdate = 2008-06-02 ] Its last release is 0.9.9, and is offered at the official site.cite web
url = http://1964emu.emulation64.com/download.htm
title = 1964 - Download
work = 1964emu.emulation64.com
accessdate = 2008-06-02 ] 0.9.9 is the first release with Netplay support.cite web
url = http://1964emu.emulation64.com/index.html
title = 1964 - News
work = 1964emu.emulation64.com
accessdate = 2008-06-02 ] The oldest release still available is 0.7.0, released on Friday, November 23, 2001.1964 currently is a Windows only N64 emulator with typical features like a dynamically recompiling CPU emulator. 1964 supports
plugin s written atop Zilmar's N64 Plugin Specifications.Fact|date=June 2008The peak of 1964's popularity was in 2004, around the release date of 1964 0.9.9. [cite web
url = http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=27710&ugn=schibo&mode=alltime&type=prdownload
title = SourceForge.net Download Statistics for 1964
work = SourceForge.net
archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5YHhLcecL
archivedate = 2008-06-02 ]System Requirements
The minimal recommended hardware specifications for the emulator are:Fact|date=June 2008
* An AMD Athlon XP 2200 or better, or Intel Pentium 4 class 2.0GHz or better
* 512MB of RAM or more
* Windows 2000, XP or VistaHigher CPU requirements may be imposed when attempting to emulate resource intensive games such as Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. Older versions of 1964 are known to run on the Windows 95, 98, and ME Operating Systems.Netplay
1964 is the only Nintendo 64 emulator with built in Network Play support.Fact|date=June 2008 Like many emulator implementations of netplay,Fact|date=June 2008 it uses the now inactive
Kaillera networking library.References
External links
* [http://1964emu.emulation64.com/ Official 1964 Webpage]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/schibo/ Official 1964 Sourceforge Hosting Page]
* [http://www.ngemu.com/n64/1964.php?action=plugins NGEmu 1964 Plugins Page]
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