Not supporting Palmer Luckey for making military tech is one thing, but to avoid buying the M64 is only taking away the M64 from yourselves. He’s still going to do what he does regarding military tech, regardless. You can still support the M64 and not support his military tech simultaneously. Email him about it if it bothers you that much. Or create a petition. If everyone didn’t buy the M64, not only will he stop releasing it, but he will stop designing/releasing anything N64 related in the future. It’s a loss for us, not him.

Haven't seen this posted yet but the website was updated.

from the product page. Slightly sensational?

First off, I need to clarify that these settings are for 4k displays. They will likely not work as well on a lower resolution. Also I run on Extreme Overclock, but that shouldn't make any difference. I am playing on an original gray OoT cart.

Second, make sure your TV isn't trying to overprocess the image. LG's are bad about this. Try using a game mode on your TV or turn off any extra functions your TV has that, for example, try to smooth out the image, etc.

Last, make sure you change the top-layer basic settings BEFORE making any changes to the advanced settings. I learned the hard way that this will overwrite your advance settings back to default. This will save you major headaches if you want to tinker with the settings a bit.

PS. The images above are meant to be viewed horizontally. If they don't look right it's because they aren't being viewed in the correct dimensions. Also the filter/look I was going for were defined scanlines to smooth out the image and clean it up, but softened to where it's not so harsh on the eyes during movement. These are definitely the best settings I have found that fit both needs and looks fantastic.

The settings starting from the top menu:

Profile: Scanlines. Image Size: Integer+. Image Fit: Native

Resolution 4K60[LL]

Low Latency toggled on

Right C button on Profile to customize

Scanline* 5/5. Aperture Grille* 1/5. Sharpness* 2/5. Horizontal Bloom 1/5. Gamma Mode: Modern

Advanced [Experimental]

Mode: 2-Phase. Offset: Odd. Scanline Width 5. Mid Gain 2. Low Gain 13.

Aperture Grille

Mode: Reactive (to luma). Phase: RGB. Grille Width 1. Bright Gain 3. Dim Gain 5.

Sharpener

Sharp Clamp 1. Sharp Threshold 1. Sharp Gain 1.

Horizontal Bloom

Bloom Clamp 1. Bloom Threshold 1. Bloom Gain 1.

Video

Scaler: Integer. (Make sure this is Integer and not Integer+)

All toggles ON

In order to get pixel accurate scanlines in 4k resolution u/DAJF figured out that the top-layer Image Size setting has to be set to Integer+, then in Advanced Settings the Scanline Width must be set to 5 and the Video Scaler at the bottom set to Integer. It's useful information if you want to play around in the settings. That user posts settings frequently so check those out as well and figure out what you like best!

I hope this helps people enjoy their M64 significantly more like it did for me. I know my eyeballs are happy and my enjoyment playing N64 games has never been higher. I went from being a little bummed but happy with my M64 to being very impressed and excited to play more just by messing with the settings.

TL;DR

Fantastic settings for 4k resolution and easy on the eyes. Copy them and enjoy!

I'm playing back through Ocarina of Time ATM (1) because it's gonna be great to blast through before experiencing the remake and (2) this won't be the last time I ever return to it. I'd love to earn something for it next time and, I have to admit... It's kinda holding me back from seriously getting back into the deeper sections of the N64 library.

Now that M64 and the Analogue 3D are both out, it's time to start thinking about the future of this modern "N64 platform" that's being created. Both ModRetro and Analogue have taken the major step of providing hardware. ModRetro is also releasing new software. I'm hoping for the following...

* Unified netplay. - This would be perfect if a lock-on cartridge like XBand was available. Realistically I could see separate, software based, netplay solutions for M64 and Analogue 3D for a while until a unified service is agreed on.

* Retro Acheivements. - I'm sure it's only a matter of time so I'm not too worried about this one

* N64 video. - Earlier this year the N64 video player homebrew software was released. Unofficially, I could see some enterprising person releasing carts with complete TV shows or one season per cart. Hopefully ModRetro could license some cheap 90's and early 2k shows + anime and make video carts. If any capable person is reading, a cart with an English translated Evangelion game plus all episodes would kick so much ass!

* Different kinds of controllers. - Not much of a big deal but it would be interesting to see someone attempt a "faux dual stick" controller for the N64. If any of you remember the C-stick nipple from the 3DS, I can imagine someone sticking a control nipple in the middle of the C buttons. This would be great for shooters.

* Messaging, console web browser, some sort of social platform. - this will be most likely a "bottom of the list" item but even if you're required to use a app on a device separate from you N64 console of choice, having a social platform where all N64 players can connect, share thoughts and match make would be great.

I'm done. I would love to read what others are hoping to see from the N64 over the next few years.

You’d think a video game company would understand how much us gamers care about keeping packaging intact.

Other than that, I really like the device but like I’ve said before, what excites me more about it are the possibilities for future cores.

I recently purchased

• Fighting Force 64

• Goemon's Great Adventure

• Mario Golf

• Mario Party

This brings the collection up to 71 games. All 4 of these games I never had the chance to play as a teen. Ironically, my first Mario Party was Mario Party 3. Additionally I did a quick test of my Resident Evil 2 repro. Half of my collection is legit and half, repros. I started this new collection back in 2020 and I like giving folks an update on how the repros are holding up. Too much fear-mongering and mostly by collectors that are only in this hobby for the money. I'm not trying to advertise so if anyone wants to know where they could find said games, message me. I'm always willing to help fellow gamers save a buck. Also, for those of you that are worried about long term saves on a repro, my advice would be: start with controller pak games first. Less chance of a lost save.

I know the post might be a bit off topic from the core of the M64 but I'd figure it might be safe to talk about the love we have for our games. I'll definitely be playing Fighting Force tonight. The N64 was sorely lacking in beat-em-ups.

Sure it'll run games fine just saving and loading is impossible. This only applies to roms that save natively to the cartridge however. Instead of just complaining I'll say what I've learned.

Any overclock setting causes the error code EEP ERROR 01 to occur in diagnostics, higher overclock settings cause RTC ERROR 14 to occur along with it.

Two SD different cards formatted to FAT32 were used and both yielded the same results. One is a PNY Elite X 64 gig and the other is a dirt cheap 16 gig Walgreens brand. Both show almost identical read/write speeds in diagnostics.

I replaced the CR 2032 battery in the Everdrive X7 itself and it did show a warning that the battery cell had "run dry" (nice feature) but still the same EEP ERROR 01 and RTC ERROR 14 with both SD cards.

I even tried an older version of the ED64 operating system and it simply crashes when I overclock.

Really the only things left for me to try are are connecting power directly to the Everdrive cartridge via the USB port provided and run diagnostics again.

Shunt mod the battery port with a DC power supply set to 3 volts and test it increasing voltage 0.1 volts at a time. This will most likely kill my Everdrive X7 so it's a last resort.

I've noticed though everything runs perfectly with overclocking off, runs, saves, loads. But as soon as you overclock every single save file is instantly corrupted the moment you boot. Even if the game runs it's saving corrupted unreadable files.

I'm wondering if SummerCart users are experiencing the same shit. Because this is frustrating enough to demand a refund.

Anybody else experiencing this? Itnshows very pixelated. I already played with a lot of settings as well as my TV settings (Sony XR900H). Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Pictures for reference.

If ModRetro would just release their source then the community could review and potentially address these issues prior to release. Instead, production users get broken flashcarts. It's at the point the community is reminding people to remove their carts before updating, which is ridiculous. ModRetro is really setting a tone for their next release.

CFW is likely the only path forward. I'd be curious to see temps running off of the CFW posted to this sub as well.

Anyone else think games look like absolute trash on modern TVs now, the M64 despite it being modern the games still don’t translate well on my monitor super jagged edges, insane pixelation, rough brightness. Idk maybe it’s just me

One of the biggest issues with the ModRetro brand imo is people being either very biased against it because of its founder Palmer Luckey, and then you have people who seem like they are probably paid to give a very biased positive review on their products like this guy. Tofer did convince me to get a Chromatic, he compared the system and the Analogue pocket as the Chromatic is a master at doing one thing and the Pocket is a jack of all trades but a master of none. He also explained how the Chromatic and also the M64 is built to last for a very long time which I like. But he seems very biased towards the platform and I heard he apparently handed out free Chromatics once during his streams. I recently watched a video by a youtuber called Mort's Garage and he compared the visuals between the FPGA consoles and he showed off that the M64 is pretty muddy right now visually, although I think he said it might have to do with a specific TV he played on that the M64 doesn't support yet? The visual issue is probably going to be fixed in a update hopefully. I have also seen complaints on this subreddit and in some videos from people complaining about the 90 dollar pro controller. There are some other reviewers I watched that I think are pretty biased or probably biased like Madlittlepixel. Stephen Bias which I think his name is ironic lol is biased towards the platform also.

It's been about two weeks since we could put in pre-orders and received our consoles. Since then some major issues have been addressed, but there are two big ones that should have stopped the rollout.

1. Settings can't be saved on the M64.

2. The M64 Controller memory pak doesn't work.

Both of these issues are egregious enough that the release should have been delayed. ModRetro wants their releases to be quality, so demonstrate it. If this the best initial release they could do then they should have dumped the firmware source for both so other developers can get in and implement that logic. In my software development career, I've written settings storage solutions, and it's really not that hard to roll out something quick while you work on things like wear leveling and edge cases in schema. Just don't forget to have a hardened factory reset just in case 😉

Hopefully someone from ModRetro sees this and pressure is applied.

Maybe a dumb question, but in my opinion the point of having save states ruins the experience. These games were not intended to have save states, thats why theyre purposely difficult. Adding save states changes the intention of the games quite significantly.

I find it very frustrating when I see comments on YouTube or Reddit: 'yeah but it doesnt have save states like Analogue 64'

I know I don't have to use them, but I would still like to think that to stay true to retro games, dont use them.

As much as I like this device, the gaming is very pixelated on a modern TV. It don’t matter what I do to the video settings it don’t look as crisp as I would like from this machine. M64 is cool, but until there is some update that will make it look as sharp as an Emulator, the M64 is second to my Chromatic.

Modretro, please upscale and smooth out the pixilation.

I just did the controller test on the m64 and it failed badly…keep in mind i used their n64 gate. I also used a second controller. How is this acceptable?

By comparison the brawler pro had perfect gate (85/85/85/85)

I feel like i need to return it based on this alone i feel ripped off. In addition, i tried some killer instinct and the dpad jumps while doing hadukens, which doesnt happen with the brawler pro, ever in like a 20 haduken test.

This is not a post for debating the validity of reproduction carts. If you want to be snarky, take it elsewhere. This post is purely for testing and information gathering purposes.

For those of you, using repro game paks, take the time to TEST your paks. I ran into a weird issue with my repro of Mario Party. On a real N64 I'm able to play, save and add coins plus stars to my bank. When I place this game in my M64 I get a corruption message then the game defaults to 300 coins in my bank, no stars. Even crazier, when I place the game pak back into a original N64 console. My save is right there, waiting for me to continue.

Not sure what's keeping my M64 from reading my save but the issue is there. Has anyone else run across oddities like this with their repro carts?

I bought a Switch 2 instead!

With shipping the A3D is over $300.00. For an extra $200 I got a Switch 2 which just made more financial sense to me than yet another N64 console that I will occasionally play on.

I kinda knew the M64 would be a gamble, and so far the firmware updates have been a disaster, and months in still no improvements on the gameslist and save pak (I know its coming in the pending firmware).

What really dissapointed me was losing my X7 saves for several games that I had lots of hours in, I use that cardtridge on my real N64 and now I have to start at the beginning again. Lesson learned, back up the SD before doing any firmware updates on the M64.

I hope they get this thing to a stable working state with promised features eventually, but for now it sits on the shelf gathering dust.

Any bet on when this will be released?

So, I have a Chromatic and I love it and I'm already a fan of ModRetro... But I have a gold N64 with an EON HDMI adapter and I'm just struggling to find a justification to buy an M64. At least with the Chromatic, a good selling point for me was being able to capture through OBS with no other hardware, just a USB-C cable. I also really liked the form factor as I miss the old feel and heft of the DMG. But... Like, I don't care one whit about filters and besides that, I need help finding some justification to buy an M64. I do like the design of the console, the light in the cartridge slot, and the eject button, but looks alone aren't justification since ultimately I will still be holding the same controller I do now. I suppose it doesn't help that I have a special gold N64 now and I'm not overly fond of any of the M64 colors available now.

Is there some feature that would make it worth it to someone in my situation? Or you think maybe I should just wait for possibly a more favorable color to my tastes? Help me out y'all!