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1964js

This is the first Nintendo 64 emulator for JavaScript. Visit the blog on 1964js.com to see videos and to download the original Windows version of 1964.

To build 1964js, run ./compile.sh from the root folder.

Prerequisites:

  • Slim
  • Sass
  • CoffeeScript
  • Java

To setup your Linux environment:

``` sudo apt-get install ruby sudo gem install slim sudo gem install sass sudo gem install coffeelint sudo apt-get install nodejs sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy sudo apt-get install npm sudo npm install -g coffee-script sudo npm install -g coffeelint sudo npm install -g java sudo apt-get install default-jre ```

To setup your Windows environment (TODO):

``` install ruby install slim install sass install coffeelint install coffee-script install nodejs install npm install java (may cause security issues on Windows, be cautious [06-03-2015]) ```

The script is known to work on Mac OS X Yosemite and Ubuntu 14.04 64bit. It should work on other platforms that have a Bash shell. We are working on Windows build instructions.

1964js is (kind of) a port of our Nintendo 64 emulator for Windows called 1964. 1964 was written in C and C++ for Windows. You can still grab that here.

This project is still in the early stages. The initial goal of this project was to see how well Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript compiler performs.

Instead of building a traditional dynamic recompiler (JIT compiler) as we did for 1964 on Windows, which translated MIPS directly to x86, 1964js dynamically writes JavaScript to the web page by reversing MIPS code to JavaScript. This JavaScript represents blocks of ROM code. Then, if using Chrome for instance, Google's V8 compiler compiles the JavaScript to native code for us automatically.

For updates, please check 1964js.com and visit the Emutalk forums.

Be sure to check out n64js as well!.

Greets to StrmnNrmn, author of n64js and Daedalus. By pure coincidence, we started JavaScript N64 emulators around the same time!

Super Mario 64 boots. You need to hit enter a couple times after the title screen.