The F-Zero Thread

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Not that I know of? Honestly, an actual N64 and a SummerCart64 might be your best option, but I know we all would like to keep things free if we can.

SummerCart64 is like an EverDrive that supports 64DD right?

(This is actually the main reason I rebought an N64: emulation for the console is just not perfect and it looks like it never will be 100% :p).

I have a N64 somewhere in my stash with Mario 64, Waverace and Banjo & Kazooie but since I don't have a CRT I feel like I wouldn't like it visually when on emulators I got upscaling and Antialiasing options.

PS: Okay so there's apparently a N64-ified rom for F-zero and its Expansion Kit (with the translation patch on top) to not have to bother loading a .ndd iso on top of your z64 rom file.

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I love the Climax one.

What Falcon and Black Shadow are doing during their spare time probably

 

[ciro64]

SummerCart64 is like an EverDrive that supports 64DD right?

I even got 64DD F-Zero working on my ED64plus, a Everdrive knockoff of sorts that comes with own OS. I had to install another one called called Alt64 to get it running if I recall correctly. Worked just fine except the game would take annoyingly 10 minutes to save upon pressing reset. There was a new open source OS under development last time I checked that was compatible with ED64plus, and that was a while ago, so I have to check again.

I've read somewhere that the 64DD acts just as a glorified cartridge. Which is why we can run these without the accessory, provided it has been converted to a standard rom format.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I've read somewhere that the 64DD acts just as a glorified cartridge. Which is why we can run these without the accessory, provided it has been converted to a standard rom format.

I thought that the 64DD cartridges had a disc inside.

But aside from the increased size it brought nothing much. The Expansion Kit was much more important.

 

[ciro64]

I thought that the 64DD cartridges had a disc inside.

But aside from the increased size it brought nothing much. The Expansion Kit was much more important.

They do indeed have a disc inside, but the bottom of the N64 which the 64DD connects to is basically just another cartridge port.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

To add one final note to the 64DD conversation: the DD is JUST a disc drive. All enhancements it brought were things inherent to the disc format (rewritable storage, larger storage, etc.) so all the code is run through the N64 anyway. A stock system can be fed the code and, if you can fake a disc drive with a flash cart, will run it all no problem.

It’s even easier than Genesis with SEGA CD, which had added scaling hardware alongside CD technology, and those games can be run off a stock Genesis with a flash cart now! Flash carts are some incredible technology.

(We got a little off topic.)

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

To add one final note to the 64DD conversation: the DD is JUST a disc drive. All enhancements it brought were things inherent to the disc format (rewritable storage, larger storage, etc.) so all the code is run through the N64 anyway. A stock system can be fed the code and, if you can fake a disc drive with a flash cart, will run it all no problem.

It’s even easier than Genesis with SEGA CD, which had added scaling hardware alongside CD technology, and those games can be run off a stock Genesis with a flash cart now! Flash carts are some incredible technology.View attachment 86270
(We got a little off topic.)

Removing the need for a specific add-on is really good!



Back to F-zero I'm legit sad that the only two games allowing for a track creator are stuck in Japan...

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

True! GX’s focus is on its machine editor and the story mode, but it would be cool if we got a track creator in an English release.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

True! GX’s focus is on its machine editor and the story mode, but it would be cool if we got a track creator in an English release.

In a perfect World GX could've gotten a "Plus Alpha" update but racing games aren't big outside of Mario Kart.

If there's any remasters I wanna see an Easy mode for the Story at the cost of no tickets or having no advantages finishing it.

But I'd love to see AX built-in from the main menu like Bowser's Fury.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Realization: F-Zero GX being on NSO means we aren’t getting a remake or remaster any time soon.

Monkeys paw…

 

[ciro64]

Realization: F-Zero GX being on NSO means we aren’t getting a remake or remaster any time soon.

Monkeys paw…

Maybe one of us should spend $40,000 in Nintendo stock to ask if there's going to be a new game in a shareholder meeting

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Realization: F-Zero GX being on NSO means we aren’t getting a remake or remaster any time soon.

Monkeys paw…

It makes me sad because even if the NSO is upscaled I would still like to see a proper remaster...


Same with Wind Waker HD.