A trip down homebrew lane: DaedalusX64 (PSP)
This is probably one of the most… peculiar homebrew for our PSPs. The PSP isn’t a slow poke but an N64 on that device? Not even an Apple A5 device can run it let alone a device that was released back in 2004! DaedalusX64 is truly an engineering feat that is a tad more than a PoC.
What’s DaedalusX64 and why is it remarkable?
Emulating the Nintendo 64 on such an old device is no easy feat but it was done, sort of. This homebrew was a continuation of the original Daedalus emulator by developer ‘StrmnNrmn’ a few years back. Daedalus has various great features such as a nice UI, audio support, 16:9/4:3 video mode switching and various speedhacks (enabled at your own discretion).
Various games had issues but on a PSP Slim (extra RAM), you could play Super Mario 64, Super Smash Bros and Super Mario Kart 64 (and probably a few others games) at a playable framerate. After that, it was noted that the PSVita via VHBL (or any PSP exploit) ran the emulator better than the system it was designed from! The latest version was released back in June 2014 and its version number is R1909.
Conclusion:
DaedalusX64 is an interesting PoC that evolved into a bit more than just a PoC. With some playable games, it’s the closest you can get to an N64 emulator on a non-Android portable console. We can now look forward to N64 emulation on the PSVita as it’s being developed over at libretro. We can’t forget that developer ‘xerpi’ is playing around with libGXM (the Vita’s graphic library) so that he can help pit with the N64 emulator!
Compatibility list: http://daedalusx64.wikia.com/wiki/DaedalusX64_Compatibility_List
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/4hhmaa52i67onca
fist, farts, first
Shut up old man! You smell like farts!
Second but not last me thinks! Defo looking forward to Vita futtute irs bright.and looking good.
Looking a heck of a lot brighter than the ps4 scene. They had a public hack they knew was gonna get patched over, and sat on their hands. Fast forward to 4.05 private hack…..”Uh lets keep it private while sony develops more firmware updates that might patch over it!”. Great idea failoverflow and whoever else had a 4.05 exploit!
Actually, the GPD Win runs PJ64 great and runs N64 Titles perfectly. With a 200GB or 250GB MicroSD Card and a Compact USB Thumb Drive of 128GB or have a Portable SSD, it can run a good amount of Emulation, and Games. Will be Light enough, Portable, and most importantly, run N64 Games with no problem.
However, you need the very latest Release due to the poorly designed DInput/Mouse/XInput Switch. The latest Version or close to the latest Version, you can leave in Mouse Mode, set everything the way you want, and has a XInput Option so you do not have to Map the Controls, then when the Game is running, set it to XInput and you are good to go. But most Emulators do not have this Feature. Most Games/Emulators you need to Set the Controller Mode 1st then activate the Game/Emu. Not a very efficient Design if you ask me.
wow , this will be the most amazing thing since august. gotta love these guys
daedalus sucks ***!
Nonsense post, even the original Xbox can emulate the N64. Don’t compare the Apple cpus just makes you sound ignorant.