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Welcome to the N64brew Wiki Homebrew Wiki!
This wiki is a collaboration among the homebrew community. Everyone is welcome to contribute! Our goal is to provide accurate documentation of the entire N64 system, including peripherals and all related software. Please keep pages topic-based, and provide source references or evidence where necessary.
Motherboard

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

PIF - Peripheral Interface

Handles reading/writing to/from the cartridge and interacts with the 4 controller ports using the Joybus Protocol

Digital Analog Converter

Responsible for converting digital signals from the console to analog audio and video signals.
SDK's

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

libultra

Nintendo's official SDK library.
Compilers
Accessories

PAKs

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