I'm struggling to see how this would be more than just an expensive novelty. The weak point in accurately reproducing retro games isn't in the ROMs themselves, but in the emulation of the hardware. Surely loading the games from the original cartridge does not improve the quality of the emulation in any way? Yes it might enable you to rip the ROMs yourself, but are there any N64 games left to be ripped? If you want a totally accurate, nostalgic experience, including the tactile experience of plugging the cartridge in, then why would you use anything other than the original console, maybe with the addition of an upscaler for a monitor or modern TV. If you don't mind it not being pixel perfect, why would you want a PC peripheral that runs N64 cartridges, unless it maybe contains something like a FPGA that does something your PC hardware can't?
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Re: RetroArch Is Working On Hardware That Allows You To Run N64 Carts On Your PC
I'm struggling to see how this would be more than just an expensive novelty. The weak point in accurately reproducing retro games isn't in the ROMs themselves, but in the emulation of the hardware. Surely loading the games from the original cartridge does not improve the quality of the emulation in any way? Yes it might enable you to rip the ROMs yourself, but are there any N64 games left to be ripped?
If you want a totally accurate, nostalgic experience, including the tactile experience of plugging the cartridge in, then why would you use anything other than the original console, maybe with the addition of an upscaler for a monitor or modern TV. If you don't mind it not being pixel perfect, why would you want a PC peripheral that runs N64 cartridges, unless it maybe contains something like a FPGA that does something your PC hardware can't?