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NINTENDO 64 EMULATOR
Mupen64-RR Lua
A Nintendo 64 emulator focused on tool-assisted speedrunning, rerecording, and Lua scripting.
What Mupen64-RR Lua offers
Mupen64-RR Lua is built for people studying and refining Nintendo 64 runs. Its maintainers describe it as an advanced TAS emulator and provide the emulator, plugins, scripting tools, and documentation together in a public repository. It serves a different audience from a simple launch-and-play frontend.
The project recommends its packaged download for an ordinary first installation and makes newer development artifacts available for testing. Because plugins and emulator builds can affect a recorded run, keep the exact version and configuration with any TAS project, and treat experimental builds as potentially unstable.
Best for
Tool-assisted speedrunners and researchers who need rerecording and Lua tools for Nintendo 64 games.
Official project and downloads
Get Mupen64-RR Lua
Choose a build from the project’s own download page and read its notes before updating.
A sensible setup path
- Get the current repack from the official Mupen64 site and keep the included plugins together.
- Read the project documentation, then set up a small test game and confirm video, audio, and input.
- Save a copy of your plugin settings and emulator version before beginning a recorded run.
- Use development artifacts only when a specific new feature or fix warrants testing.
Software reminder: Mupen64-RR Lua does not supply commercial games or copyrighted system files. Use only material you have the right to obtain and run.
Sources and further reading
Release log
Selected major releases and changes will be added here. The weekly emulation roundup covers the wider build log.
Detailed guides and tutorials
Explore step-by-step Mupen64-RR Lua guides as they are published.