N64 Emulation not possible?

[Elven6]

So I was looking through the Nintendo 64 specs because Im hoping to do a N64 emulator port for Dreamcast. The Dreamcast has 200MHZ while the N64 has about 95MHZ from what I heard to be emulatable you would need about 7* the systems specs. So does that mean it won't be able to run games?

[JKKDARK]

there's already a Nintendo 64 emulator for Dreamcast but it only runs few homebrew demos

[oosername05]

there could be a n64 emulator for the dreamcast, the problem exists with the games because some games have extra ram in the cartridges. The Dreamcast has a Very limited amount of ram, maybe it could run the emulator but no actual games would play. (someone correct me if anything in this post is unaccurate)

[Elven6]

there could be a n64 emulator for the dreamcast, the problem exists with the games because some games have extra ram in the cartridges. The Dreamcast has a Very limited amount of ram, maybe it could run the emulator but no actual games would play. (someone correct me if anything in this post is unaccurate)

I know their is a emulator out but that can't run any games. And if you find a way to tell the system to load it on part by part it will work. The same system is used in Neo Geo emulators for DC.

[oosername05]

Yes, i know how the neo geo emulator works. That type of emulator works well with a game such as metal
slug but many games for the n64 would not be enjoyable that way. I have also seen the n64 emulator for the xbox and some games strugle to play correctly.
I would get just the console which im going to do sometime this week. Im going to buy the n64 from a friend... it has smash brothers, fifa, mario 64, turok and some other games i cant rememer.

[Masta-G]

The dreamcast has 16mbytes of ram and 8mbytes video ram (correct me if I'm wrong). In order to emulate the rom cartridges they have to be loaded into ram, so I think it would only work with the 64mbit (8mbyte) roms like mario64, leaving 8mbytes left for the emulation process. I think it's not worth the effort, unless its possible to break the roms apart and load only small parts like the neogeo emulator.

[Christuserloeser]

Technically it would be possible to emulate the N64 on a Dreamcast. The RAM problems aren't that much of a problem too. The actual problem is the insane amount of work needed.

[Elven6]

Man coding without engines is harder then I though it would be. O well I guess until a easier method comes up like with the PSP I won't be doing much. So is anyone working on a N64 emulator for Dreamcast?

[Masta-G]

I would eat my shoe if someone was working on a N64 emulator :P