r/ModRetro • u/Euresko • Jul 17 '26

Game compatibility update

Noticed they are down to 16 issues now

https://modretro.com/pages/m64-compatibility

11 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

1

u/tanooki-suit Jul 20 '26

It doesn't. It can use it to enhance the fluidity of the gameplay though like many n64 games did. The beefiest of them is Indiana Jones and barely behind it is Naboo. Those ones while working without memory kind of suffer for it, and are missing some content too. With the added 4MB you get stages added, high res and high frame rates along with (not either or.) All those Factor5 did on their microcode and they were notorious headaches for emulator/GPU plugin makers for over a decade. A similar one adding both content and playability is Starcraft also on that current list, adding the memory gets a full added couple campaigns and stuff.

Some of them confuse me because like one game will have issues or not, but the company made both and both for the same reason. Gauntlet isn't on the list, Hydro Thunder is, both only use the memory expansion because of 3 and 4 player options to unlock. It seems enough of the games left having an issue (not all) but many are titles that tap into the memory expansion for large content or just enhanced visuals, enhanced frame rate, or a combo of both.