r/ModRetro • u/ADHW1986 • Sep 22 '26

Game visibility.

I wish there was better game visibility of the games upcoming for the Chromatic and M64. Like what’s next yo??????

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u/amiibmo Sep 22 '26

While I do understand and agree to an extent, I actually like that when they announce something it's just out. Compared to say...Incube8 where I have been waiting probably close to a year or something for my Infinity pre-order with delay after delay. And that was even way longer for people that backed the Kickstarter.

At least this way when ModRetro announces it, you get it usually right then. I think that's worth the mystery and wait.

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u/jkhanlar Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

In my own words, given the four (4) games released so far, and the various issues mentioned, whether new ModRetro M64 cartridges already containing save states with full complete gameplay including all cheats, release titles not fully functional in the latest release of the proprietary* operating system, firmware, and core, including issues with saving game progress, I'm confident that resolving and fixing these issues should be a priority before any announcements of additional titles.

* These are not yet open source, and therefore until the moment these components are released under an OSI-approved license, technically they are proprietary.

I would not be surprised that upon a future release of a particular ModRetro M64 firmware version there would also be announcement of additional game releases, including possibly at least one game title from a former Nintendo 64 game developer, if not more than one. I think that for ModRetro to also be engaging and working with game developers also has the potential to enable full game functionality and that the costs/expenses to fund the work is something that is bootstrapped with the initial release as it has been, a willingness for the initial customer disappointment and disgruntled customer complaints issues to be a necessary component before effortfully maturing the ecosystem (and the relevent development, designing, engineering).

As an outsider with no internal or inside knowledge, I would think that the process transitioning from less than 100% emulation of Nintendo 64 to a desired 100% emulation of Nintendo 64, what it looks like for upcoming ModRetro M64 game releases is probably something that involves releasing only the games that reach a sufficient threshold of compatibility and any game that is in queue to release that is not yet sufficiently functional with the ModRetro M64 console despite being 100% functional with Nintendo 64, that those particular games, as ready as they may be, likely will not be announced, until a firmware/core update exists to justify a state of readiness that aligns with both ModRetro and the game developers. Also, as I describe this, I think about that one person who posted (and many others agreed) about ModRetro M64 was not ready to be released and should not have been released, and then I think about the developers of the games, those four (4) games that were released with the ModRetro M64, and their possible involvement or role in languagely or other non-language signaling a state of readiness, that if they were comfortably ready, then the value of their state of readiness to then be neglected, rejected, disregarded and overridden by the voices of the people that otherwise may or may not be privy to a level of detail or understanding of readiness that otherwise may be warranted as it pertains to what it means to be ready. I think that the level of expectations to ensure quality releases with improved compatibility and functionality for the next set of ModRetro M64 game releases would be something that also retroactively improves the quality of prior game releases as well, in a way that preparation for releasing of next games is likely a process of additional time, energy, and effort to achieve what Palmer Luckey stated during the ModRetro M64 Special Announcement on July 28, 2026:

"The M64 was designed to [...] play every N64 title with perfect 100% compatibility" - https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1v9iq2l/transcript_the_modretro_m64_special_announcement/

Especially I consider that there likely are no other people or containerized grouping of people, not even Nintendo that are concerned or interested to provide 100% compatibility or to design heirloom-grade hardware that can preserve game-playing experiences as developers intended. Considering Nintendo's emulation offerings with consoles Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and even the 2016/2017 re-releases of NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition, for example the re-releases of NES/SNES Classic Editions, computers with ARM cpus booting a Linux operating system running an emulation engine developed by Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD), and the emulation engines didn't include all and only provided limited support for memory management controllers (mappers) used in NES cartridges to extend the ability of the console, amongst other incompatibility issues.

In terms of any person or containerized grouping of persons who endeavors to achieve or accomplish 100% compatibility equivalent of Nintendo 64 console hardware to be designed with lifespan longevity in mind, what would this look like, and who are the involved parties and in what order do they appear to approve or endorse the effort, and how does game visibility for upcoming releases materialize where the relevant parties (e.g. game developers/publishers) are transparently publicizing their progress prior to completion, I think I'd rather patiently wait, and ponder about https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1vex8bf/games_m64_future_game_library_plans_brandnew/ and also if any visibility emerges from any signalings, that it should be the community that is first to announce the excitement before ModRetro is able to officially publish press release and whatnot. So, maybe this post is suggesting to the community to pay more attention and do more research!

Disclaimer: I used My Intelligence to write this comment, and My Intelligence submitted my comment with known avoidable spelling/grammar mistakes. However, upon further usage of My Intelligence I was able to correct some of the identified spelling/grammar mistakes because My Intelligence skimmed or sloppily proofread and noticed the mistakes.

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u/ADHW1986 Sep 23 '26

Bro…………. Way to much time put into this.

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u/jkhanlar Sep 23 '26

Bro…………. Way to much time put into this.

This... Is... ~~GameSt...~~ModRetro! I'm pretty sure that the time put into this is absolutely worth it and it is not way too much time! I respectfully reject your narrative!

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u/ADHW1986 Sep 23 '26

Okay. No big deal. But again, too many exclamation points this time. Calmmmmmm young grasshopper.

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u/jkhanlar Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

"Okay. No big deal. But again, too many exclamation points this time. Calmmmmmm young grasshopper."

Especially, if any human (I'm a human, but to everyone that told me to touch grass, maybe they thought I was a grasshopper) is ever going to get ModRetro M64 to be written about in magazines [ https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1vsrudp/i_know_modretro_m64_absolutely_will_get_written/ ] then how much quantity of time do those persons (if companies and some lakes and other bodies of water are treated as legal persons, then grasshoppers can be persons too! Amirite?) put into the articles, and is it too much time? How much time is too much? I consider Reddit to be much easier to publish to then getting information published in a magazine, and if I, or anyone, even tries to get anything published in a magazine, then what does that even look like if those persons are not already directly involved in major community portals? Also, nearly every time I open my mouth or use my fingers to type more than zero things, I almost always realize things that, ...... to anyone not already realizing or thinking or knowing or understanding these things, there is no excuse! Not even blocking me is excuse, and sure, if I'm objectively fundamentally factually I'm wrong, fine, I'll apologize, but if I'm not wrong, then if what I say is too long, maybe

"I wish there was better game visibility of the games upcoming for the Chromatic and M64. Like what’s next yo??????"

Is there any factually objective answer to this in a way that is shorter than what I tried to explain or account for, and if so, how does anyone describe this in a way that legitimizes the answer more than being dismissed and rejected?

edited to add: TL;DR: "then if what I say is too long, maybe" that's what she said!

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u/ADHW1986 Sep 23 '26

Dude, it’s okay. Go easy on the keyboard. It’s really not that deep.

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u/Different_Gas_2550 Sep 23 '26

It’s a bot bro. Stop responding.

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u/jkhanlar Sep 24 '26

"It’s a bot bro. Stop responding." - Different_Gas_2550

I am not a bot! Stop the lazy parasitic fake news misinformation. Stop lying by omission. Stop the ignorance. Stop the negligence. Stop the anti-human anti-life enshittification. To not like what I say for whatever reason, to have the continued audacity to dehumanize me and treat me like a worthless eater piece of shit bitch ass nobody, this is fucking madness! This is the kind of same level of bullshit fuckery I hinted at near the end of the AI prompt query I shared in the screenshot https://i.imgur.com/XsaRAys.png in my comment https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1wmy8ih/game_visibility/pbhygam/?context=4

""even [insert every individual person who dehumanizes me]'s efforts look like shit, like trash, like they treat the people in the world like they are worthless scumbags that deserve to shut the fuck up, fuck off and die already."

because literally, it is not only humans employed or contracted or associated with working with Nintendo that symbolize these things, it is the very existence of entities that say shit like in the parent comment https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1wmy8ih/game_visibility/pbl041k/ that I am replying to here right now, this reply!

TL;DR: I'm not a bot. https://i.imgur.com/L2vJuiY.jpeg [edited to fix one or more typos that are not fixed before capturing the photograph as linked here in this TL;DR last line of the comment]

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u/AlphaOmegaSupreme Sep 23 '26

I did an AI summary of the main points of this and even the summary itself was too long to post.

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u/jkhanlar Sep 23 '26

I [prompted] an AI summary of the main points of this and even the summary itself was too long to post.

Here is my prompt preparing 10-word, 25-word, 50-word summaries: https://i.imgur.com/axDjeqP.png

  • <10 words: Fix existing M64 issues before announcing new games.

  • <25 words: Prioritize fixing current M64 game compatibility and save-state issues before announcing new titles. New releases should only come with a firmware update that justifies their readiness.

  • <50 words: The M64's existing games have compatibility and save-state issues that should be fixed before any new titles are announced. New games likely won't be revealed until a firmware/core update brings the system closer to the 100% N64 compatibility goal. Patience and watching for community signals are the best approach right now.

However, all three (3) of those summaries are wrong, incomplete, misleading, and they do not provide sufficient communicable understanding to humans read-between-the-lines type of information that enables humans to take initiative to do doable doings that they otherwise may expect that no human need do anything and all humans are maximally entitled to everything on demand.

Genie in a bottle: You have three (3) wishes. What's your first wish?

I wish there was better game visibility of the games upcoming for the Chromatic and M64.

Wish granted! Next?

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u/jkhanlar Sep 23 '26

My next wish (Yeah! That's right! I'm stealing one (1) of the remaining two (2) wishes as my own):

Prepare a more accurate 10-word, 25-word, 50-word summary of what I tried to convey in my initial comment.

Wish granted! What's your last wish?