Developer Darío Samo unveils RT64, a Nintendo 64 emulator plugin that adds ray tracing to Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and more, all running at 60FPS in widescreen. Since this is a plugin rather than a full-fledged N64 emulator, not all of the features will work straight away for every title you run.
I’d like to reveal that RT64, the path tracer behind sm64rt, is evolving into an N64 emulator plugin.
Here’s a small reel of footage I’ve captured from games that are already showing results.
Ray traced lighting, object motion blur, widescreen, DLSS and 60+ FPS. pic.twitter.com/qLJHzGfKUc
— Darío (@dariosamo) June 3, 2022
Unfortunately, this will not be released to the public anytime soon, as there are hundreds of issues that first need to be solved as well as additional features that Darío wants to add. As of now, the compatible games library is extremely limited, but by the time a public release is ready, it should be greatly expanded. Aside from 60FPS mode, there will also be the option to add raster scan lines. Does Darío Samo sound familiar? If so, it’s the same developer behind this Super Mario 64 ray tracing mod.
Nintendo Switch with Neon Blue and Neon Red Joy‑Con – HAC-001(-01)
- 3 Play Styles: TV Mode, Tabletop Mode, Handheld Mode
- 6.2-inch, multi-touch capacitive touch screen
- 4.5-9 plus Hours of Battery Life will vary depending on software usage conditions
- Connects over Wi-Fi for multiplayer gaming; Up to 8 consoles can be connected for local wireless multiplayer
- Model number: HAC-001(-01)
A very interesting side effect of this project has been researching a method to interpolate the rendering commands sent by an N64 game without actually modifying the game at all,” said the developer.