sixtyforce
Version: 0.9.2 ||
Release Date: 2007-12-21 ||
License: Shareware
($15)
Developer: Gerrit Goossen
sixtyforce is an emulator that runs Nintendo 64 games. It does this by dynamically translating the code that a Nintendo 64 uses into something your Mac understands. Nearly every part of a Nintendo 64 has been painstakingly recreated entirely out of software to pull off such an amazing feat.
Tags: emulation , nintendo64 , game , n64 , nintendo
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5 Opinions:
0.9.1 has brought some long-awaited compatibility improvements. Majora's Mask is now playable, although I got stuck in the Goron City part due to some graphical glitches (the lens of truth doesn't work.)
Gerrit has rewritten the save functionality, but this time around it is a members-only feature. I decided to register Sixtyforce just for this, and I found out that the extra goodies (freeze states, joypad support) make it worth the money. Playing through Ocarina of Time in fullscreen with a joypad is amazing (especially compared to a tiny window and keyboard in 0.8.0 unregistered.) It's almost as good as a real N64 and it looks sharper to boot.
I hope more people register Sixtyforce so Gerrit can spend more time improving it.
This is the best N64 emulator available for Mac OS X. I haven't had that much luck with certain point releases, I think I was running 0.8.0 or 0.8.5 for the saving capabilities. However, the emulation is constantly getting better.
Currently, it can't run advanced titles like Majora's Mask, but I got it to run Ocarina of Time beautifully.
Project64 on Windows is one of the few reasons I still have for keeping my PC around- to play the titles sixtyforce can't.
And I think that the author deserves to ask for some money to use certain features. I doubt that maintaining this program singlehandedly is much of a cake walk.
What are the parts that have not been "painstakingly recreated entirely out of software" created with then? Food for thought.
Quite effective, runs quickly, I like it. Made even better by a game controller (actually an XBox controller, but meh) attached for just this purpose ;)