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Software

Physical Components I/O Interfaces VR4300 CPU FPU - CP1 SysAD Interface Reality Coprocessor - RCP Reality Signal Processor - RSP Reality Display Processor - RDP RDRAM Rambus DRAM shared by the console PIF-NUS A 4-bit microcomputer used to communicate with the controllers and EEPROM Audio DAC Video DAC Memory map MI - MIPS Interface VI - Video Interface AI - Audio Interface PI - Peripheral Interface RI - RDRAM Interface SI - Serial Interface Joybus Protocol Communication protocol between the PIF, game cartridge, and connected controllers Controllers Paks Addons / Miscellaneous Tri-Wing Controller Train Controller Used exclusively for Densha de Go Mouse Randnet Keyboard Voice Recognition Unit Dance Pad Fishing Rod Game Pak (Cartridge) Controller Pak (Memory Pak) Rumble Pak Transfer Pak Expansion Pak Jumper Pak 64DD (64 Disk Drive) Doctor V64 Flashcarts

Programming Tools / SDK's Game Development libdragon Homebrew SDK, Public Domain, 2D & 3D, Audio and Controller support, OpenGL 1.1 (unstable) pseultra Homebrew SDK, BSD 3 Clause License, 2D & 3D, Controller support but no audio libultra Nintendo's Official SDK, Partial source available iQue SDK Development library for the iQue Player SGI Audio Tools SGI Workstations using IRIX Partner N64 Game Jams List of homebrew game development events Development Troubleshooting Memory Allocation Instruction Cheatsheet Includes CPU and FPU instructions and opcodes Building GCC Guide to build a GCC cross-compiler for N64 development MIPS Assembly Notes about MIPS assembly programming