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Consoles and Emulators: Ares

Ballaam edited this page May 11, 2026 · 1 revision

This article covers how to run DK64 Randomizer on Ares. Ares is a cross-platform, open source, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservation and also works without any additional setup needed.

If you are on Linux, there are no builds available for download so this must be built from source. Build instructions can be found here

Troubleshooting

My game looks super pixely

In Settings -> Video, switch to 4x native. This does have a tradeoff of additonal N64 lag

My game pauses everytime I click out of the window

In Settings -> Driver, switch When focus is lost to Allow input

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