A New Game... For The N64?
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There's a new game out for the Nintendo 64. Matter of fact, there are quite a few. Let me introduce you to the world of N64 Homebrew.
PORTAL 64: • How I optimized Portal...
N64BrewWiki has documentation
also n64[dot]dev
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Kind of disappointed you didn’t mention Kaze Emanuar, who wanted to make custom levels for Mario 64, discovered the engine lagged way too much on the levels he wanted to make, and proceeded to spend the next few years rewriting almost the entire Mario 64 source code to load and process much more detailed levels and textures than any official N64 game ever could.
Edit: I guess it’s technically not homebrew
Kaze tends to hack existing commercially released games so it doesn't really fall under homebrew but rather rom hacking. It should also be mentioned that there's a bit of contention when it comes to rom hacks being sold on physical cartridges as many of them are not manufactured by said hackers not to mention the questionable legality of it.
There's a Ship of Theseus joke in here somewhere.
On the topic of new N64 releases that may not technically be homebrew, don't forget the Portal64 demake! The fact that it's even possible is impressive, and it's looking like it might end up being feature-complete by the end!
@@Bro3256I don't know, I think he's gone far beyond just "rom hacking" at this point. Return to Yoshi's Island 64 (his main title in development) has done so many things to set it apart from its source material being Super Mario 64, new physics for Mario, completely new levels, new textures, fully original music and completely original models.
Now for older Rom Hacks I'd tend to agree since many of them reused many of the assets from SM64, but Yoshi's Island is a total source code rewrite
@@ilonachan did… did you not watch the video?
Gotta love the idea of making new games for old consoles
Wonder if this will be possible with digital-only consoles. I have a sick feeling we'll one day be forced to only buy digital because it's cheaper for the console manufacturers (and only the console manufacturers. No more cheap, second-hand physical games to buy). Maybe so long as the console can get online, you can use the browser on most modern consoles to get to a site (that isn't the provided store on the console, like Sony or Microsoft) that will allow you to still download games.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValleyif the 3DS Homebrew community is any indication, as long as you can get the console to connect to a custom server, it should be possible.
Also portal 64
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley such old consoles will be very jailbroken
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Online only works amazing for steam. Theres no 2nd hand market so sales are great.. 50% off a full RRP game? Sure!. 80% off a old title? Awesome.
Nintendo 64 actually had a tiny library of 388 games compared to the Playstation's 7,918 games. It's impressive that so many N64 games were so high quality and memorable since it was so difficult to make and publish a game on the system.
But how many of those 7,918 are actually good? More doesn't always mean better
7,918?? that's crazy! *_*
Since when did the PS1 have nearly 8,000 games?! You must be including homebrews or repeated iterations of the same game released in different regions.
The official library number has results ranging from 2,883 to 3,061 but even Wikipedia's list of every single game across every region tops out at 4,105 releases. The only way I found the number you referenced was Google's wiki blurb, but then that page doesn't even contain about half that number.
Considering North America sold the most PS1's (41 million) & had 1,284 individual PS1 games released + Europe at number 2 with 31 million sold & 1,644 releases (many being the same titles released in North America), it's unlikely Japan accounted for 5,000+ additional, unique titles for only 21 million PS1's in the region.
Rare was a top studio for sure. Rare 9 games va Nintendo top games. Be a great match
To be perfectly honest, many N64 titles don't hold up that well tbh like Castlevania 64 and lots of movie tie in titles, and stuff like the Tony Hawk games are much worse than on PS1 or Dreamcast.
There's classics like the Rareware games, Mario 64, Zelda and Smash Bros but the rest? Naaaah
FYI at 4:33: the term ‘demake’ is often used to refer to modern games remade for older hardware. Portal 64 is indeed a demake
I think it's more of a port or adaptation, since a demake usually means the graphics are intentionally made to look old/low-res
fake news
It's genuinely impressive how well the N64 can depict 2D games like that, genuinely mastered even that early on
I didn't even know there Were 2D Games for the 64. I thought everything on that was 3D.
Nintendo 64 was the most powerful console in the 90s. Nintendo 64's CPU is so advanced that it can technically boot *modern normal Linux kernel* (without enough RAM to run even the most basic programs though) and is the oldest console to be able to do that.
Playstation 1's Linux is technically "ucLinux" which isn't a normal Linux kernel, it puts Playstation 1 into the category of "microcontroller" while Nintendo 64 is just advanced enough to meet the criteria of "microprocessor"
@@tacokonekoThis just isn't true. The Dreamcast was leagues ahead of the N64.
@@penguinreloaded7756 I mean at that point you can start drawing comparisons to the PS2 and the point is lost.
I love this. As much as people want better and better graphics or games with a retro style, I LOVE the idea of just making a game for an older system.
As someone who grew up with the Nintendo Gamecube, I can't believe I didn't know this kind of thing existed. I might try my hand at it myself... such an awesome concept!
its friggin whack dude. the graphics are previous gen. the n64 was 3d. this is so stupid.
you would love gb studio
i stopped caring about graphics a while ago. stick fight for example, that game is amazing but gameplay is 100
Get Austin.
Or get Austout.
The N64 Portal knocked my socks off! Can't believe that's even possible.
Can't wait for Atlas: The Animated Movie 64
It certainly can't be worse than Superman 64.
Plot twist, it's a reskinned Wii Fit port.
@@LiMe251 Considering the amount of effort required to backport a Wii game to the N64, that would actually be impressive.
When it comes to new games on older hardware in my opinion you cannot beat the amount that's been made for the Famicom and NES as official support for the Famicom ended in 1994 with the NES following a year later. Despite that every single year since games have been developed on this hardware from weird bootlegs to genuinely impressive hoembrew. The rabbit hole for this hardware goes a lot deeper too as after the patents for said hardware expired in 2003 you started seeing it everywhere such as with licensed plug & plays and other video game gadgets like the MyArcade mini arcades.
Austin should make his own game.
Based on his movie!
Yes he should
In the Superzeros universe
austin would make a banger ass game i guarantee it
He is currently working on one Movie, a Book and a TV Series. Plus his CZcams Channel and Personal Life, I think he has enough on his plate atm
So what you're saying is?
Six Gun Gorilla on Gameboy Advanced
Someone should make a DOOM mod for SIX GUN GORILLA
Hey Austin, I'm not sure if you pay much attention to the comment section on your CZcams videos, but I'd just like to give you a quick thanks for shining a light on all the incredible work that the N64 homebrew development community has been putting together these past few years! Especially all of the awesome work that has been put into the n64dev wiki and the N64brew Game Jams!
It would be so fun if someone made a game on a cartridge that looked just like any 90's game but made some weirdly accurate, just slightly off predictions about the 2010's and 2020's only to mess with your friends' brains. :-> Maybe even make it a (unlicensed) Simpsons game for that matter.
That sounds like the beginning of a classic creepypasta: "i bought this labelless game at a garage sale from a house that doesnt exist. when I turned it on, a skull with blue lightning flashed on screen, and then it turned into the spiderman game! but THIS version of new york was different. I looked over the map for 24 hours straight, BUT i couldn't find the WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!!!! In its place, there was trump tower, and a sign that said 'president" on it. I turned it off, but it was too late. my life was now cursed! AND SO IS YOURS!!!!!"
@@mackandsneeze3748 must include Six Gun Gorilla.
Purposely working with limitations can be so much fun in art and really help devs think outside the box, this is a great idea ❤
The Sega Genesis also has a huge plethora of homebrew games, new games appearing even as recent as this year.
This takes me want time travel to be real, so I can take these homebrew games back to the N64's heyday and give them to some kids, telling them that they are secret lost games Nintendo *doesn't* want you to see. They'd go insane.
I still have my old N64. It was my very first console.
the portal port for the system has to be the most impressive. Id like to see a version of half life on the system, that would be cool.
There was a Dreamcast port. Don't see why Half-Life couldn't work on the N64.
half life was released in 1998 so it couldve actually released on the n64, you probably wouldnt even need to rework the game much at all
@participatoroftomfoolery oh I imagine it would involve QUITE a rework.
The Dreamcast Half-Life I get because those things were produced on proprietary GD-ROMs (the G stands for Gigabyte), and even when hackers found the MIL-CD exploit for self-booting games, they still had 700MB. Fitting that game onto an 64MB cartridge would probably involve cutting a ton of content, would probably require the Expansion Pak, and would probably still run at the speed of molasses.
Basically if you compare some of the N64 VS Dreamcast ports, you can see what sacrifices had to be made to make it work.
I can imagine a Half: Life 1 working on N64... except it would probably have to be split onto 2 games. I mean I don't know for sure, whoever knew that ALL of RESIDENT EVIL 2 could've been ported to N64 whole and complete (nothing cut out**), but... maybe now during homebrew, something can be done that was an IMPOSSIBILITY for the N64 because of costs, namely, splitting a game into 2 game cartridges, the way bigger playstation games (like RE2) were released on multiple CD's cause CD's were cheap. But now that we're in the Homebrew era ... maybe it could be done.. I imagine maybe the first Cart will be HL1 up to Xen? And then the Xen levels be a second Cartridge? Kinda like how the Black Mesa mod was split? Again this is all ASSUMING that it would be impossible to cut things down enough to fit it all onto 1 64MB cart
**except for a SHIT TON of bitrate/resolution for the cg/FMV cutscenes haha
Xeno Crisis is a multi platform game that if I know correctly started off as a homebrew Neo Geo game, giving it's arcade likeness a better home. It also has a robust Mega Drive/Genesis version before apparently landing on N64, where likely it's controller is main reason to pair N64 with more Xeno Crisis versions, as "digital twin stick" is a very good way to play the game. There is also ports on several modern platforms, even Vita.
Correction but leaving my personal L:
Mega Drive version is the first version with PC/ Steam in 2019 - > 2020 had a Dreamcast version - > 2021 Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD versions -> this year, 2023 where not only N64 version released, but also GameCube and SNES.
Because of the very custom nature of the work needed, Neo Geo MVS/AES cartridge for Xeno Crisis costs hundreds of dollars. Neo Geo even in year 202X is not effing around.
This is the last thing I ever expected you to cover, but I love N64 stuff. That's crazy.
I hate to make Austin feel old, however I gotta do it to him. If the last n64 game was released in August 2002 that means I was born 2 months after the last n64 game... I cam legally drink
He made himself feel old in the video. That look... You could just see the realization that he is no longer "young" descend upon him
Time is a harsh mistress.
Im a little upset you didn’t mention Kaze Emanuar, but it was still a great video anyway.
Might be a little out of the scope of this vid since he's a rom hacker. Don't get me wrong, Kaze is a genius, but he hasn't done a homebrew... yet.
@@KetsubanSolo fair point, but his current return to yoshi’s island project he’s been working on is teetering on the edge between romhack and homebrew, just because of how much it has been rewritten. I just wanted him to be mentioned because of the crazy stuff he’s been able to do on the limited power of the n64
This is SO BAD ass man. It would be such a nice thing for the world if tons of companies started making games for older consoles.
A 64MB game cartridge has a limited capacity but full of fun
they did mange some pretty amazing feats like for example the port of resident evil 2 almost seems like magic which is dissapointing that it seems like it was not recreated.
its not even the limit, the max size (without bank switching) of an N64 cartridge is 4GB not 64MB as the PI bus has a 32 bit wide address bus, emulators and flashcarts are usually at most 64MB because they are primarily used to "backup" (pirate) commercial games which the largest was 64MB or those grey area ROM hacks.
additionally with modern tech you can easily read from an SD card so technically the limit is currently around 2TB, although there is unlikely to ever be an N64 game that would practically be either size.
I'd have loved to hear you expand on the point at 3:30 onward about how game developers didn't have to follow standard practices. Nintendo weren't the only publisher on the console, third parties did exist. Even if fully voice acted real time cutscenes and 2 player co-op modes are unconventional, there are examples of both in games published on the console so they're clearly not limited by any standard practices there.
Homebrew games feel like the same situation as indie games in general - a lower barrier for entry means there are more people out there who want to and are able to voice their creativity. You see these unconventional practices in homebrew games now because that's what people wanted to try, not because of any nebulous limits that may or may not have been put on developers in the 90s and 00s.
Oh my gosh this is great. Now if only I could purchase another 64 that works with my computer. I've never been able to get that to work.
Most people use emulators since original vintage console hardware is pretty costly in good condition.
Same with decent CRT TVs.
@@internetuser8922the problem with the N64 is that it's such a weird console that no one emulator is currently the best. It's easier to get reliable Switch emulation than it is to get N64 lmao.
To OP: Another option if you have a regular TV is to look into a Retrotink2x. It basically lets you use the original output cables and convert it to an HDMI output with almost non-existent input lag. I use it for my N64 with S-Video cables, and the output is very nice.
3:55 Sounds like a journey into a wonderous land whose bounderies are that of imagination!
I find this kind of thing so cool, wish you would have mentioned that it is not just the N64 that this is done with, a good example I can think of is Micro Mages, a modern game made for the NES, where if you buy it on Steam, it will include the ROM so you can put it on a cartridge and play it on the actual hardware. I bring them up since the devs of this game is who made me aware of this side of the gaming community, and they have made some great videos about tricks they did to make sure the game would work on the NES while still having as much content as they could get.
I can't wait for the Bargin Bin Cinematic Universe game to be released for the SNES
40 Winks isn't a homebrew game. It's an official PS1 game from 1999.
For real, the video makes it sound like it's this game that's never been playable before but I played it ages ago.
"That was over twenty years....uhhhhh"
And the icy hand of death creeps up a little closer.
I love how an example of a "modern AAA game" is six years old....
Still modern, just not brand spanking new.
I did not see this coming. But I never see any Austin video coming, so it's basically regular
Always love hearing people talking about N64 homebrews.
This was a great video. The topic of game preservation, but also the innovations that comes with accessible information on the internet, is so vital to this mediums growth and development. 💙
I wish we could get more 2D games and 2.5D games for the 64 and just other consoles in general. It's such a unique untapped game niche ever since 3D came around. They should both be able to thrive at the same time
It's interesting because the N64 isn't/wasn't known for 2D sprite art, I immediately assumed the game was in 3D
4:32 - I hate to be that guy, but that is exactly what a demake is. It's literally a demake.
Remake: A videogame redesigned for a new console.
Demake: A videogame redesigned for an old console.
Every N64 game could fit inside a 32GB microSD card. The cartridge is orders of magnitude bigger than it now needs to be.
Lateral thinking with withered technology at its finest... I'd like to think Gunpei Yokoi would be proud.
You should play planet x16 if you’re looking for more games, released nowadays for old systems. The people that made that game have created another one that has been ported to like 15 different things it’s crazy.
I cannot overstate how amazing Portal 64 is. You can actually see through the portals, even though it is running on original hardware.
Strongly recommend you go watch some of the developer videos.
That's so awesome! I still have my n64 that i grew up and now i feel like I'm in an exclusive club when i can play those new games
I grew up with the PS1 and PS2. I would like to develop a game to show how much I love my childhood consoles.
I hope someone makes a new game for the ps2
People do. Every console apart from the PS5 has a very active homebrew community. I'm very involved in the Switch homebrew scene but a friend of mine is working PS2 stuff.
@@compsciorbust9562 The fact that Microsoft has "developer mode" for both the Xbox One and Xbox Series takes away a big incentive to hack the system since now anyone can write and run their own code on the thing. PS4 and PS5 on the other hand, you can't do that so there is incentive for the hackers to break the thing open (which then potentially helps those who want to crack the hardware open for piracy reasons).
Sony removing OtherOS from the PS3 was a big mistake because then people had an incentive to crack the system open which lead to piracy.
My favorite oddity of homebrew is N-Warp Daisakusen on the SNES, as it's the only 8-player game for the console.
How did they get 8-players to work? It's apparently very easy, and we only never saw it because SNES devs just assumed no one would ever buy two multi-taps.
I just want to clarify that a demake is EXACTLY what portal 64 said and what you said a demake is, is exactly what a demake ISNT.
A demake is the opposite of a remake, it’s creating a new version of a game to be able to play on an older system instead of a new one, and instead of improvements it often removes aspects in order for it to work.
If it’s released on PC, well that kinda defeats the whole purpose doesn’t it? That’s no demake that’s just a retro looking version of a game, which is completely different then a demake.
Always happy to see you postin Austin, ever since the LG15 days
Wondering when we're gonna get a new song released on 8 track now
good idea; I will! Merry Christmas! 🌟
so this game at comiccon, homebrew games are so unique
I found this as I am staying up late getting a set of retro consoles setup for my kids for christmas
I like how the platform is almost the same as total carnage and smash t.v
James Lambert is working on porting Portal onto the 64 and documenting it on his CZcams channel
i wishlisted this on steam, i probably buy it during the winter sale. i'll play it on my steam deck with my other n64 games...
I would love it if companies made a modern day consol that allowed you to play any old games on it
What a cohencidence! Yesterday I just downloaded a n64 emulator and just now I was playing sm64 with yt autoplay in the background and THIS comes up!
I've always wanted to play my fav custom cod zombie maps on a N64 emulator
I mean it's not like the console completely shuts off any new games after its production gets discontinued
I hope that this video gives Xeno Crisis more publicity, I don’t see enough people talking about this!
There are a lot of interesting home brews for the n64 some I would love to get for my n64
Thanks for the upload
I got THPS 3 for 2 reasons... last N64 game and because I love that game SO much. I also got "Dobutsu no mori" (Animal Crossing) for N64 for being the last Nintendo game for the N64, and because is amazing.
Best new game for an older console I have seen is micro mages for the NES. This video also raised a question for me. We are on the brink of going digital only for games. When this happen how will people make retro games for these consoles 20 years after they have come out? How will you be able to publish a game for PS6?
making new games for old consoles has always been super interesting to me. you can tell me "this game i made is inspired by games on the [insert console]" and ill be like "oh thats cool" but if you follow up with "and it/an official version of it works on real hardware" i go apeshit. theres actually a puzzle game i love thats getting a real-hardware GBC port and might even get a real cartridge if they can find and afford a manufacturer and lemme tell you that is WONDERFUL to hear. put the petal crash onto my game bouy
This kinda reminds me of Star Tropics 0:53
I bought a newly released NES game back in 2019 called Micro Mages. I was enamoured in their dev videos making their game fit a cartridge file size of 32KB. I've never used it however as I got no NES and have not had one for 25 years.
You bought it and ran it on their EXE or a different emulator tho, right?
I love the idea so much. I'm not even a bullet hell gameplayer, but this is so awesome. Might just buy it.
Nintendo is unlocking their lawyers and preparing the cease and desist letters.
40 winks was a real game on the PlayStation. It was one of my families favorite games back in the late 90s and early 00s
If you think the N64 homebrew scene is wild, just wait till you look into the PSP/PS Vita homebrew scene. They even have their own web conference now.
I played 40 winks on ps1 20 years ago, I was so scared when playing it :O
Can you do a video? On the comic cold cutter
Think the reason a lot of these new games for old consoles come out so good are because of two reasons: foresight, and passion. They have the foresight to see what past developers did wrong or right with the hardware, as well as identify new methods to maximize its usage via programming, and they have the passion to work with a console that’s almost 30 years old, where as past developers were just working with what they had available on the market at the time.
Some mad lads put Super Street Fighter II Turbo on a Virtual Boy cartridge. Never doubt fan communities.
We need "CAT MAN" the game
Man, i really love your videos, its a chame that YT kind hide them
I remember hearing about people still making dreamcast games, but not about n64 ones! Cool!!
Of a certain age? I bet I am about 6 or 7 years younger than that certain age and still have a great nostalgia for the N64
Lib ultra [The Nintendo 64 SDK] as it is seen in ocarina of time has been completely reverse engineered and parted to the PC as part of ship of harkinian, the PC port of the aforementioned ocarina of time
Gonna look for homebrew PS2 & Wii games now...
Imagine that's gonna ignite a Trend
have you heard of kaze emanuar? he's still developing for the n64 too.
I'm curious how many of the newer side scrolling or, 2D games will work on N64
Sad Micro Mages NES wasn't mentioned, guess you only explored this for the N64. Not sure if it was the biggest but it was the first one on my radar. I've also seen some New Super Mario games remastered for the SNES, mixed 2/3D and all.
Well 64MB of storage was laughably limited even for the time, PS1/Saturn was 2 years old by the time it launched.
how interesting. thanks austin!
It's not just N64. Commodore PET, C64, Atari, NES... Pretty much every retro system has at least some people still making games for it.
While watching this, I remembered that the trigger on the N64 controller is pulled with the left hand because it's on the back of the middle handle where the analog stick is. And I can't stop thinking about how weird that is now because PlayStation and Xbox games always have the trigger for guns and the throttle for vehicles on the right trigger. Could I even play an N64 now? Would it feel natural? I haven't tried since about 1999. I bet it would feel strange.
I would love to see an ACTUAL Superman game or Batman or an M rated DeadPool Deathstroke, Wolverine, Blade game imagine the possibilities, I would love to voice act some characters for some of those god this has me so inspired
Batman Arkham series.
Deadpool game from 2013.
Deathstroke has a dlc in batman Arkham origins.
And Wolverine has had a few good games most notably x2 Wolverine’s revenge and x-men origins Wolverine uncaged edition
Is this the set up for telling us Six Gun Gorilla is going to have a Nintendo 64 game?
You should do more game concept videos please
I've heard of people doing this as well with SNES games.
I can't wait for CATMAN 64 🐱
Hey Austin, 100% unrelated but could we get some Missing Mozart Publishing merch?
Game play looks alot like total carnage even. Main bad guy designs
This game is giving me Metal Slug and Metal Gear vibes.Damn,I miss my N64 game console.
I was really hoping this was going to be a game from the BBCU
These graphics make me wish that someone would make more SNES style 2d top down games with the power of the n64
You gotta check out what Kaze Emanuar is doing
I remember when it was new. It was 19 years ago today actually that I bought my n64 at the blockbuster in Loveland Ohio for 20 dollars.