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Best N64 Emulator?

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Hey guys, I want to play N64 games on my laptop but there are a few different emulators I am looking at. I heard that Project64 and mupen64plus are good emulators to use, but there is also project64k and modloader64 for online games. I am wondering what the differences between all of these are and where I can get Project64 safely because I had heard that the emulator used to be packaged with malware a lot (and I had tried this myself on a spare PC and it did have malware bundled, however this was a few years ago). Any help is appreciated.

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I have a hacked version of 1964 that only works with Goldeneye and Perfect Dark and allows you to play with mouse and kb. I just wish someone could extract the ROM of the 2010 HD remaster of PD but hey, it's better than nothing. At least we're getting a new game.

Ya I'm hyped for the new PD. I did look into that emulator but idc about keyboard and mouse controls too much so I'm gonna get project64 probably.

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Well that is convenient thank you.

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As multiple users in that discussion rightly state the mupen64plus-next core in Retroarch with the parallel RDP+RSP option using the Vulcan backend is the most accurate and compatible option for N64 emulation, all of the four options listed in that link are inferior.

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I think you're better off just finding one and actually playing a real game on a TV.

Yeah I looked around, a lot of people overpriced like crazy because it's retro. I wanted to get an everdrive to go with it but they are based in Ukraine so prices shot up with the war.

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