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Best format for N64 ROMs

The Khan Artist

The Khan Artist

Warrior for God
OK, I was just wondering what the 'best' format format for N64 ROMs is. I keep mine in big-endian (z64) format.

Does it really matter?
 
Smiff

Smiff

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it matters a lot if you're doing things to ROMs or playing them via a backup unit, but if you're playing in an emulator it doesn't matter at all - with most emulators.
 
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personally i use the v64 format, since ultrahle/suprahle only accepts .v64 roms, plus they work with any other emulator for that matter

if you want to change yours to .v64/.z64 i suggest you use tool64, probably the easiest tool around for correctly changing the crc order

but as smiff said, if you play them via backup units then they will be a different matter.
 
Smiff

Smiff

Emutalk Member
uHLE can load z64 fine it just doesnt list them for some reason. i hacked a version out that does (on my site).
 
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The Khan Artist

The Khan Artist

Warrior for God
Yah, I already use Tool64 to convert them. But I've noticed that whenever I load a ROM, PJ64 spends about half a second byteswapping it. Plus there's that odd bug with uHLE. So I'll prly convert them all to v64.

Thanks, guys.
 
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