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Nintendo 64 Emulations

  • The default emulator is the Retroarch Parallel 64 emulator; however, where compatible, the standalone mupen64plus with the rice video plugin is faster.

  • To change to mupen64plus:

    • Select Emulator Settings
    • Select N64
    • Change EMULATOR to STANDALONE-RICE

  • Mupen64Plus

  • Parallel 64

  • The in-game controls for both emulators are consistent.

Ergonomics

When using a real N64 joystick, there are three modes:

  • Analogue and Z Trigger (left).
  • D-Pad and Analogue (centre).
  • D-Pad and Left Trigger (right).

For this reason, Z Trigger is mapped to L1 and Left Trigger is mapped to L2. This mapping makes the G80CA-MB more ergonomic for playing most N64 games.

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Controls

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Emulator Game Controls

N64 Control G80CA Control
N64 A Button
A Button		 G80CA B Button
B Button (Bottom)
N64 B Button
B Button		 G80CA Y Button
Y Button (Left)
N64 Left Shoulder
Left Trigger		 G80CA L2 Button
L2 Button
N64 Z Trigger
Z Trigger		 G80CA L1 Button
L1 Button
N64 Right Shoulder
Right Trigger		 G80CA R1 Button
R1 Button
N64 D-Pad Up
D-Pad Up		 G80CA D-Pad Up
D-Pad Up
N64 D-Pad Down
D-Pad Down		 G80CA D-Pad Down
D-Pad Down
N64 D-Pad Left
D-Pad Left		 G80CA D-Pad Left
D-Pad Left
N64 D-Pad Right
D-Pad Right		 G80CA D-Pad Right
D-Pad Right
N64 Start Button
Start		 G80CA Start Button
Start Button
N64 Analog Stick
Analogue Up		 G80CA Left Analog
Left Analogue Up
N64 Analog Stick
Analogue Down		 G80CA Left Analog
Left Analogue Down
N64 Analog Stick
Analogue Left		 G80CA Left Analog
Left Analogue Left
N64 Analog Stick
Analogue Right		 G80CA Left Analog
Left Analogue Right
N64 C Up Button
C Button Up		 G80CA Right Analog
Right Analogue Up
N64 C Down Button
C Button Down		 G80CA Right Analog
Right Analogue Down
N64 C Left Button
C Button Left		 G80CA Right Analog
Right Analogue Left
N64 C Right Button
C Button Right		 G80CA Right Analog
Right Analogue Right

Mupen64Plus Emulator Guide for G80CA

Emulator Details

Emulator mupen64plus
Version 2.0
Plugin Rice
EASYROMS Folder n64
Linux Path /roms/n64

The Rice video plugin, while fast, does not support on-screen display of mupen64plus messages, including save state, load state, and increment state.

Emulator Hotkeys

These combinations allow quick access to emulator features like saving/loading states.

Default controls - R36S style (with function button mapped to emulator's menu)

Action Key/Combination
Pause Function
Quit PSP Select + Start
Reset PSP Select + R2
Save State Select + B (Bottom)
Load State Select + A (Right)
Next State Select + X (Top)
Screenshot Select + Select

No Function - configuration for devices with no function button

Action Key/Combination
Pause Select + X (Top)
Quit PSP Select + Start
Reset PSP Select + Y (Left)
Save State Select + B (Bottom)
Load State Select + A (Right)
Next State Select + R2
Screenshot Select + Select

Files and configuration

To support per-game configurations on first boot, the play_joystick entry is extracted from/opt/mupen64plus/InputAutoCfg.ini and copied to /roms/n64/control/Sample.ini. The file /opt/mupen64plus/InputAutoCfg.ini is copied to a separate file, deleted, and a symbolic link is created from /roms/n64/control/Sample.ini to /opt/mupen64plus/InputAutoCfg.ini

For detailed views of the configuration files (e.g., mupen64plus.cfg, Default-InputAutoCfg.ini), check the GitHub repository:

Retroarch Parallel 64 Emulator Guide for G80CA

Emulator Details

Emulator Retroarch32
Version 1.2.1
Core Parallel N64
ROMS Folder n64
Linux Path /roms/n64

Emulator Hotkeys

Retroarch hotkeys are found here

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