DaedalusX64 Beta 1 Released: the N64 Emulator

Submitted by greg; November 12, 2008

You've no doubt heard or read about this over the past couple weeks, and today, here it is: Chilly Willy, Kreationz, and Wally's adaptation of StrmnNrmn's Nintendo 64 emulator -- DaedalusX64. Daedalus R13 vs. DaedalusX64 Beta 1 comparison test; Ocarina of Time.

DaedalusX64 Beta 1 changes:

[+] TV Out Support (Chilly Willy)
[+] ME Audio Supported (Small speed-up with sound on.) (Chilly Willy)
[+] Increased audio buffers for better sound quality (Kreationz)
[+] Changed logo and graphics to represent new name (graphic by SynGamer)
[!] Fixed screen shots (Chilly Willy)
[!] Fixed an OoT custom blend mode (Wally)
[!] Fixed shaking using double display lists (GoldenEye 007, others...) (idea Wally, code Kreationz)
[!] Pause Menu Reset not working properly (Kreationz)
[!] Fixed FPS Display and Framerate limiter (Kreationz)
[!] Optimized code generation for fragments which branch to themselves is now optional. Fixes games that broke from R12-13 (Kreationz)
[^] Improved thread communications in job manager (Hlide)

Leave your feedback/experience via the comments. Download: DaedalusX64 Beta 1 - source: sourceforge

Tags: Chilly Willy, Daedalus, DaedalusX64, Emulators, Kreationz, N64, Wally

TESTED: supersmashbros works great with no sound and good with sound and frame skipping on. character select screen is still slow but actual gameplay is nice and very playable.
Spacestation silicon valley, plays but with many glitches and issues.
Mortal Kombat 4. NON PLAYABLE _BLACKSCREEN
RAMPAGE WORLD TOUR_ RUNNING EXCELLENT with SOUND.

# knight07 2008-11-12 21:14

Just tested 007, zelda and mario kart, zelda is much better now but plays better without any sound pretty playable now. mario kart is very playable but i have not tried with sound yet. 007 froze on opening. great release!

# knight07 2008-11-12 21:36

Also tested turok 1-3 and all of them crash or restart the program upon opening.

# Fresh Bryce 2008-11-12 22:55

seriously!?

performance improvements?
support for more games without it crashing?

# life7801 2008-11-12 22:59

cant get it to work once i open it it just goes black??? any suggestions?

# pspdude(newbie) 2008-11-12 23:32

lol gavin ofcourse its for cfw

# GG-Xtreme 2008-11-12 23:43

Did anyone notice a difference with SM64? It DID run faster for me with, but it seemed very inconsistent with the new optimizations (both with and without sound, the game noticeably and rapidly variates between full speed with an excellent framerate and slow and choppy). R14 Beta, didn't do this (but it ran slower overall with sound on).

# m@g1k 2008-11-12 23:50

will this work on my slim? CFW 5.0 m33-3

# Skellionz 2008-11-13 02:24

why dont you stick on on your psp and find out. I know it will take like, 20 seconds...tough call

# jon 2008-11-13 03:11

i cant wailt to see whats next because i know it will be great!

# gregerson316 2008-11-13 05:05

The team said that the entire R14 is gonna say beta in case StrmNrmn decides to release an official R14.

# gregerson316 2008-11-13 05:07

Beta-2 is going to be for speed improvements.

# Return of the Mack 2008-11-13 05:59

Nice I was hoping that strnnnmrnnn was going to carry on with work on his emu. Well kudos to the new guys and respect to the founder.

If only the snes emu would be finalized, the last I saw was a cmcn version or so it ran pretty smoothly. Does someone recommend me a better version?

# AoD 2008-11-13 06:54

Still to laggy too bad...

# XGOS 2008-11-13 07:03

I use the ME version. CPU at 333 / PSP accel. + approx. soft. -- is good for many games especially if there is a speedhack. Frameskip at 1 and messing with the sound options helps too if the game is not up to speed. The Lsmcm Test 5 version (from what I remember) is faster with most games but not as compatible.

# Playboy 2008-11-13 07:53

Awesome work guys.Wally,nice one :)

# The Dude 2008-11-13 10:11

relax dude! why don't you give it a rest and leave the community then!

# TheKnightsWhoSayNi 2008-11-13 10:14

If you don't like it don't use it, no one said you had to, and nobody forced you to

# Daniel 2008-11-13 11:19

Yea you can't really run any unsigned code on any current official firmware.

# Razor Fox 2008-11-13 13:11

Um... you can hack a PS3.
Install Linux on it then run any goddamn emulator you want(provided you can find the versions that use Linux).
Also you can share all your PSN downloads with other PS3 owners really easily.

Plus LOL at the selfsucking comment.

# MastaG 2008-11-13 14:53

It is not faster...
The main purpose was to re-arrange the source code to modern standards so it's easier to maintain in the future.
Expect some good results :)

# Zphynx 2008-11-13 17:57

I've been waiting for something like this for almost a year now.
I've been checking StrmnNrmns blogg once a week since the last update which is like 1 year ago.
Thank you guys and keep up the excelent work!!

# dualkatanas 2008-11-13 18:44

yea don't be fooled by the gameplay of that cuz once u get out of the house it goes down to 5 fps. that happens to everyone else right?

# edogg032346 2008-11-13 22:52

i get decent spped outside definitly slower but not entirly unbearable i guess

# The Rock 2008-11-14 00:56

Simply Electrifying

# stokie101 2008-11-14 01:31

until its got goldeneye working im giving it a 6/10. it doesnt play starfox very well either. but who knows kudos to the team hope it gets better

# codemasterda 2008-11-14 05:52

Well this one has come a long way, I tried zelda 64 which has graphical glitches and is barely playable, but it is an improvement from earlier releases. mario 64 is a bit jerky with the audio on but it is playable.

I hope that this emulater can be fully functional soon, though that will take time, I do want to be able to configure my control settings man ually so I can have a comfortable setup I dont really use the d pad so I never really map that.

# J-man 2008-11-14 12:30

no. it's not that slow all the time. i've reached past full speed in some areas. it's very playable.

# J-man 2008-11-14 12:38

awesome beta! i actually use DaedalusX64 more than i do other emulators on PSP. great job, dudes. i already beat the dungeon on Zelda OoT. yuh!!!

# Anonymous 2008-11-14 13:53

Hmmm, maybe he has a job and was working night shift and didn't have his PSP to hand?

Would be a bitch to look forard to playing it only for it not to work don't you think!

Help the guy by saying yes or no to his question which would take less than 20 seconds, or be a prick...tough call!

Yes m@g1k, it works a treat ;)

# Mac2468 2008-11-14 17:48

Would ya look at that Goldeneye still doesn't work, oh well mario kart runs at %100 now.

# haxxmax 2008-11-14 20:44

Isn't it time to face the fact that psp's processor is to slow for n64 emulator working propperly, atleast without software coders that code for a living. Next gen of PSP with better processor will surely make it.

# Gavin 2008-11-14 23:19

thanks pspdude (noobie) works on my psp 5.00 m33-3

# matt 2008-11-15 04:27

Exxxcelent work. Speed that up. I would pay (no joke) to have the Zeldas and Super mario on my psp.

# deluxemh 2008-11-15 15:13

how you play the games

# deluxemh 2008-11-15 15:14

it needs the game how you get them

# Alex 2008-11-15 19:59

becides 1.50... heheh :)

# luther 2008-11-15 20:42

well n64 isnt the only emu for psp with speed issues. try playing the snes starfox game and you cant tell me the psp is to slow to use fx mode when i have a 10 year old pc using the same specs using zsnes and it plays starfox fine.

# obelisk79 2008-11-16 01:38

I bet some native, optimized code would go a long way towards improving speed.

# Kevin 2008-11-16 21:21

haxxmax..No

# Satch 2008-11-17 21:33

Love it. Great addition and looking forward to the next updates. Banjo-Kazooie runs pretty good, no serious complaints. Although i think it would be pretty cool to figure out some button configuration to incorporate the C-Buttons with the regular buttons (necessary for some BK moves) and if and when Goldeneye is up and running i know i love to use the C-Buttons to sidestep etc.
Great work. =]

# pegu 2008-11-18 18:36

Does this work on slims yet?

# matt 2008-11-19 02:39

Yea it does but its still kinda slow. The problem is the N64 cartridges have their own graphics accelerater inside of them. The PSP has to match that which requires a shitload of special code for each game to make up for the missing graphics accelerater

# skelator 2008-11-19 12:52

put in UMD

# qwerty 2008-11-20 14:33

in theory, the psp can actually emulate the ps2.

ps2 cpu-Emotion Engine clocked at 294.912 MHz

psp cpu-MIPS R4000-based; clocked from 1 to 333 MHz

see thats why they are making a direct ps2 gran turismo 4 port for psp cos the specs are so similar.

# qwerty 2008-11-20 14:37

one more thing the psp cpu pwns the n64's so i dont see why there are speed issues.

psp cpu-MIPS R4000-based; clocked from 1 to 333 MHz

n64 cpu-93.75 MHz NEC VR4300

maybe u people should change cpu clock speed to 333mhz instead of default 222mhz

# pegu 2008-11-23 01:39

Where can I get the roms?

# pegu 2008-11-23 01:46

Where can I direct download the roms? All I can find are torrents.

# Havenchild 2008-11-23 17:08

Its getting better thats for sure. Maybe in the next year we'll see true, perfect emulation oof N64 on the PSP.

# HyperHacker 2008-11-24 22:45

No they don't. You might be thinking of the RSP microcode, which is a program for the graphics processor in the N64. There aren't many different RSP microcodes, so most emulators use high-level emulation instead - implementing the same program in native code instead of emulating it. This cuts the amount of work for the CPU nearly in half.

# HyperHacker 2008-11-24 22:51

That's interesting. The PSP CPU is an R4000? The N64 is an R4300 so you're right, it is kind of surprising the speed isn't a bit better. Unless the R4000 isn't binary-compatible with the R4300, it should be possible to virtualize most of the code, and running it above 93mhz should make up for the speed loss in doing so. Hm.

Typically it takes 5 to 10 times the CPU speed to emulate something, but when they're both the same architecture, that figure can drop substantially using virtualization. But maybe CPU isn't the bottleneck here.

# noob 2008-12-04 07:44

noob question... how do i install the emu?

# Ty 2009-03-04 01:16

The legend of zelda rom is way too big. how can anyone play it on their psp? do you just play little pieces of it?

# Player863 2010-06-24 18:12

hey ppl i was wonderin where 2 find roms w/out havin 2 extract them. btw i hav an older 1 that works fine 4 me til i can extract da special version 4 hbl r85 by Wololo. sry 4 off topic.

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