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Welcome to N64brew Wiki Homebrew Documentation!

N64 Homebrew Game development is getting better and this documentation is a key part of that.

Introduction

All of the individual parts are described in detail below and on their linked pages, but first let's describe what we can expect.

This is a great console if you want to do a 3D game with some constraints to challenge yourself.

The main CPU (R4300) runs at 93 MHz (not GHz)
The graphic processor (RSP) runs at 62 MHz
The system has 4-8 MB of RAM
The maximum commercial game cartridge is 64 MB, most games were 32MB or less
Maximum resolution 640x480 but most games were only 320x240
30-60 Frames Per Second

Detailed Overview

Hardware

Main CPU MIPS R4300

Is a MIPS R4300 64-bit Processor with a Floating Point Co-Processor

RSP - Reality Signal Processor

Is a MIPS R4000 32-bit Processor with an SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Co-Processor

RDP - Reality Display Processor

Is a dedicated hardware drawing process with a hard coded command set

Video Interface

Is the configuration of resolution and color depth and a few effects that are applied to the image before being displayed.

Audio Interface

This configures the Audio DAC (Digital Analog Converter)

Peripheral/Cartridge Interface

This is the memory area to read data/code from the cartridge

Serial Interface

This is how the console interacts with the 4 controller ports and EEPROM save type.

Boot Process - Including the PIF

Software

SDKs

pseultra

A homebrew N64 SDK. Still a work-in-progress but very feature-rich already;

BSD 3 Clause License
3D Graphics
2D Graphics
NO Audio
Controllers

libdragon

A homebrew N64 SDK for developing N64 games

Public Domain
NO 3D Graphics
2D Graphics
Audio
Controllers

Compilers

Build Tools

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 This is a great console if you want to do a 3D game with some constraints to challenge yourself.
-* The main CPU runs at 93 MHz (not GHz)
+* The main CPU (R4300) runs at 93 MHz (not GHz)
 * The graphic processor (RSP) runs at 62 MHz
 * The system has 4-8 MB of RAM
-* The maximum commercial game cartridge is 64 MB
+* The maximum commercial game cartridge is 64 MB, most games were 32MB or less
+*Maximum resolution 640x480 but most games were only 320x240
+*30-60 Frames Per Second
+[[Detailed Overview]]
 == Hardware ==
-==== Main CPU MIPS R4300 ====
+====[[Main CPU MIPS R4300]]====
 Is a MIPS R4300 64-bit Processor with a Floating Point Co-Processor
-==== RSP - Reality Signal Processor ====
+====[[RSP - Reality Signal Processor]]====
 Is a MIPS R4000 32-bit Processor with an SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Co-Processor
-==== RDP - Reality Display Processor ====
+====[[RDP - Reality Display Processor]]====
 Is a dedicated hardware drawing process with a hard coded command set
-==== Video Interface ====
+====[[Video Interface]]====
 Is the configuration of resolution and color depth and a few effects that are applied to the image before being displayed.
-==== Audio Interface ====
+====[[Audio Interface]]====
 This configures the Audio DAC (Digital Analog Converter)
-==== Peripheral/Cartridge Interface ====
+====[[Peripheral/Cartridge Interface]]====
 This is the memory area to read data/code from the cartridge
-==== Serial Interface ====
+====[[Serial Interface]]====
 This is how the console interacts with the 4 controller ports and EEPROM save type.
-==== Boot Process ====
+====[[Boot Process - Including the PIF]]====
-==== IPL1 ====
+==== Software ====
-==== IPL2 ====
+=== SDKs ===
-==== IPL3 ====
+==== [[pseultra]] ====
+A homebrew N64 SDK. Still a work-in-progress but very feature-rich already;
-===== PIF =====
-== Software ==
-=== SDKs ===
-[[pseultra]] - an open-source alternative to the official N64 SDK. Still a work-in-progress but very feature-rich already; the only important feature that is missing (at this time of writing) is audio output.
+* BSD 3 Clause License
-==== libdragon ====
+* 3D Graphics
+* 2D Graphics
+* NO Audio
+* Controllers
-===== Source: https://github.com/DragonMinded/libdragon =====
+====[[libdragon]]====
+A homebrew N64 SDK for developing N64 games
+* Public Domain
-===== Documentation: https://dragonminded.com/n64dev/libdragon/ =====
+* NO 3D Graphics
-<br />
+* 2D Graphics
-=== Game Development Libraries ===
+* Audio
+* Controllers
 === Compilers ===