18th November 2010, 7:34 PM
PC N64 emulation is... not exactly perfect, to say the least, and there's been zero progress on it in years now. You need the original hardware for a bunch of titles. And even for the others, getting games looking good is quite difficult... the N64 was probably the first system I got into emulating, back in '01 or '02 or so, and I've never liked the look of up-resolution N64 or Playstation graphics. They look better at their original resolution, on a television, unless you get the settings just right... and even then stuff like 2d sprites on top of those enhanced backgrounds look AWFUL.
Anyway though, sure I have a huge amount of roms and stuff. Have for years. It just doesn't make me not want the real thing too.
Also, Bio Freaks isn't as bad as I was expecting. It's decent, actually. It's got a few things I didn't expect from a Midway N64 fighting game -- it saves (Mace and War Gods do not support saving), it has a complete ingame move list on the pause screen (very rare in fighting games on any system that generation!), and the gameplay's alright and a little bit different -- you have a hovering jump and a projectile attack on buttons, as well as four standard attacks. That's different. The framerate's tolerable too. Simple gameplay, but decent.
Oh yeah, and Fittisize, yes the game does have a character named ZipperHead. The cast is ... odd. That reminds me of War Gods, which also has a weird cast, but these aren't quite as stupid looking, more just strange. This game's supposed to be set in the future, so people have random blades coming out of their backs and many of them are cyborgs and stuff. The game's definitely not great, but for its time it's alright.
Anyway though, sure I have a huge amount of roms and stuff. Have for years. It just doesn't make me not want the real thing too.
Also, Bio Freaks isn't as bad as I was expecting. It's decent, actually. It's got a few things I didn't expect from a Midway N64 fighting game -- it saves (Mace and War Gods do not support saving), it has a complete ingame move list on the pause screen (very rare in fighting games on any system that generation!), and the gameplay's alright and a little bit different -- you have a hovering jump and a projectile attack on buttons, as well as four standard attacks. That's different. The framerate's tolerable too. Simple gameplay, but decent.
Oh yeah, and Fittisize, yes the game does have a character named ZipperHead. The cast is ... odd. That reminds me of War Gods, which also has a weird cast, but these aren't quite as stupid looking, more just strange. This game's supposed to be set in the future, so people have random blades coming out of their backs and many of them are cyborgs and stuff. The game's definitely not great, but for its time it's alright.