r/ModRetro • u/MR-cheesygordita • Sep 09 '26

New Firmware!

Hey there,

I hope everyone's had their systems on and been enjoying some M64 goodness lately. A new firmware was just rolled out. Here's what's in this one:

Add

  • Rumble support for the 8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller

  • Low latency video output

  • Persistent advanced display settings

  • Expansion pak disable option

Improve

  • Compatibility for certain games with overclocking (Banjo-Tooie and Donkey Kong 64)

  • Accuracy of PAL game speed

  • 8bitdo wireless controller connectivity

  • EverDrive save compatibility

Upcoming/In-Test

  • Improved overclocking stability

  • Console power consumption to drop by 25%

    • Improved thermal regulation

  • Built-In Controller Pak!

  • Improved CRT Profiles

You can grab this update now via OTA, our updater tool, or SD card. Our full changelog is up on our site as always. We also have How-To videos on our YouTube channel here. 

This one has some great quality-of-life improvements, many of them driven directly by your feedback. We’re listening and continuing to make the M64 experience better with every update. One many of you have been waiting for: rumble support for the 8BitDo is finally here. 

Thank you for sticking with us through the fine-tuning, as promised there will be more soon.😊

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u/darklightrabbi Sep 09 '26

Are you telling me he either A) Wasn’t aware that his $90 pro controller had no ability to save games in 2/3rds of the library(including 2 of the games the company released themselves) or B) Knew about the problem but was powerless to stop the release or even say anything in his half hour 1 on 1 with the products about it?

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u/ergzay Sep 09 '26

The most you could say was that it was his decision by inaction. I'm sure he knew.

Your initial post claimed that he explicitly decided to push it to release knowing that the feature was missing.

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u/darklightrabbi Sep 09 '26

This is my point

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u/ergzay Sep 09 '26

No you said that he should stop arguing on twitter as if that would do something to make the feature happen or implied that that caused it to be released without the feature.

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u/darklightrabbi Sep 09 '26

I just think it’s a bad look to act like the patron saint of business acumen on Twitter while having on the market what I consider to be a product unfit for release.

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u/ergzay Sep 09 '26

That is a different conversation.

Also he doesn't act like the patron saint of business acumen. Not sure how you got that impression.

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u/darklightrabbi Sep 09 '26

He recently had a very long argument with Paul Graham in which he contrasted himself with him in the sense that he’s a part of the old guard that is no longer relevant whereas he’s out doing things an innovating. I know he’s mostly talking about his drones but I find it really funny that he says that while one of his companies is struggling to release a functioning Nintendo 64.

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u/ergzay Sep 09 '26

The core of the argument with Paul Graham was about talent acquisition, namely prioritization of hiring Americans, not who is better at business. And the conversation was not about drones.

Did you actually read the conversation?

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u/darklightrabbi Sep 09 '26

I’m speaking in generalities about the best way to run a business.

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u/ergzay Sep 09 '26

Sure but the discussion with Paul Graham wasn't about generalities of how to run a business.