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Nintendo 64 Disk Drive

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Overview

Introduced in 1999 by Nintendo, the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive was a console system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Same NEC VR4300 93.75 MHz core as the Nintendo 64 with the addition of magnetic disk interfacing logic.
  • Memory: Shares the N64's 4 MB RAM plus a 36 MB ROM module and 64 MB of magnetic disk storage; Randnet modem adds 28.8 kbps connectivity.
  • Display: Identical SGI RCP pipeline as the base console, with additional DMA buffers for streaming full-motion video from disk.
  • Sound: Uses the standard N64 audio subsystem with added DMA paths for CD-quality disk audio playback.

Supported ROM extensions

z64, n64, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • gopher64 (gopher64) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_GOPHER64
  • mupen64plus-next (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_MUPEN64PLUS_NEXT
  • parallel_n64 (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_PARALLEL_N64
  • glide64mk2 (mupen64plus) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MUPEN64PLUS_VIDEO_GLIDE64MK2
  • gliden64 (mupen64plus) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MUPEN64PLUS_GLIDEN64
  • rice (mupen64plus) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_MUPEN64PLUS_VIDEO_RICE

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml