An experimental N64 emulator
My main goal with rokuyon is to learn about the N64's hardware so I can write homebrew like sodium64. If it ends up being more than that, I wouldn't mind making a modern, accurate N64 emulator with built-in software/hardware rendering and no messy plugins.
rokuyon is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Switch. The latest builds are automatically provided via GitHub Actions, and can be downloaded from the releases page.
No setup is required to run things in rokuyon, but right now it only supports NTSC ROMs in big-endian format. Save types are not automatically detected, and must be manually selected in the file menu to work. Performance will be bad without a powerful CPU, and you'll probably encounter plenty of emulation issues. At this stage, rokuyon should be considered a curiosity and not a dedicated emulator for playing games.
This is a personal project, and I've decided to not review or accept pull requests for it. If you want to help, you can test things and report issues or provide feedback. If you can afford it, you can also donate to motivate me and allow me to spend more time on things like this. Nothing is mandatory, and I appreciate any interest in my projects, even if you're just a user!
Windows: Install MSYS2 and run the command
pacman -Syu mingw-w64-x86_64-{gcc,pkg-config,wxWidgets,portaudio,jbigkit} make to get dependencies. Navigate to the
project root directory and run make -j$(nproc) to start building.
macOS/Linux: On the target system, install wxWidgets and
PortAudio. This can be done with the Homebrew package manager on macOS,
or a built-in package manager on Linux. Run make -j$(nproc) in the project root directory to start building.
Switch: Install devkitPro and its switch-dev package. Run
make switch -j$(nproc) in the project root directory to start building.
- N64brew Wiki - Extensive documentation of both hardware and software
- RSP Vector Instructions - Detailed information on how vector opcodes work
- RCP Documentation - Nice reference for a subset of RDP functionality
- RDP Triangle Command Guide - Covers everything related to RDP triangles
- n64-systemtest - Comprehensive tests that target all parts of the system
- n64dev - A collection of useful documents and source code
- Hydra's Lair - Blog where I may or may not write about things
- Discord Server - A place to chat about my projects and stuff
