Tutorials

Project64 Beginner’s Guide: Relive the Magic of Nintendo 64 Gaming

Project64 is more than just another emulator — it is a doorway back to the golden age of the Nintendo 64. By downloading it, you are not simply playing old games, you are experiencing the same excitement those titles gave us in the late 90s, now enhanced for modern computers. With today’s advances in emulation technology, Project64 faithfully recreates the hardware and software environment of the original console. That means …

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Newbie Guide: Revisit Childhood with a Super Mario 64 Emulator

So you are coming here looking to revisit your youth with a “Super Mario 64 Emulator”? Funny. That is what my kid calls it too, a Super Mario 64 emulator. Ha! Let’s clear this up right away. The correct term is not actually “Super Mario 64 Emulator.” What you are looking for is a Nintendo 64 emulator. That is the software that makes it possible to run Super Mario 64 …

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My Arcade: Sneak Peak

I plan on building an arcade cabinet this fall. Here is a sneak preview of some of the artwork. I plan on creating a tutorial as well as review of the project when complete. Its going to be using the hyperspin front end. I cant wait to start work on it. If anyone is interested I can send the pdf files for others to use.

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Making a Hyperspin theme for unsupported systems

I have recently been inspired by the video I placed below.  So to be very clear, my theme will NOT be as nice as this theme.  I do not have the time nor attention span to make such a nice theme.  The theme that I do end up creating will be will fit the theme of the other themes already available. I also hope to create other art sets that …

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How to Make Hyperspin Lists: The quick and easy way

So I spent months trying to figure out how to make lists for Hyperspin. I tried using dir2xml like everyone kept suggesting. It never worked. I grew frustrated and left Hypersin for a while. I went back and thanks to Lashek and Badboybill now know that I was using the wrong dir2xml file. I’m posting this just to make this resource more accessible. I didn’t know that you could do …

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How to set-up CP Wizard

CPwizard is a great program that allows you to do add several options to your current mame project.  One of the most interesting options, at least to me, is the ability it has to automatically launch art and other information on a 2nd screen when you launch a game in mame. I hope this guide is helpful. (image borrowed from headsoft) Cpwizard was hard to set up, but thanks to …

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