Kaizen

Rewrite of my Nintendo 64 emulator "shibumi".

Pre-built binaries

Socials

We have a Discord server

Sister projects

• n64: Low-level, fast, accurate and easy to use Nintendo 64 emulator
• Panda3DS: A new HLE Nintendo 3DS emulator
• Dust: Nintendo DS emulator for desktop devices and the web, with debugging features and a focus on accuracy
• SkyEmu: A low-level GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS emulator that is designed to be easy to use, cross platform and accurate
• NanoBoyAdvance: A Game Boy Advance emulator focusing on hardware research and cycle-accurate emulation
• melonDS: "DS emulator, sorta"; a Nintendo DS emulator focused on accuracy and ease-of-use
• n64-emu: Experimental N64 emulator
• ares: ares is a multi-system emulator that began development on October 14th, 2004. It focuses on accuracy and preservation.

Build instructions:

First clone the repository: git clone --recursive https://github.com/SimoneN64/Kaizen

Linux

Dependencies:

• GCC or Clang with C++17 support
• CMake 3.20 or higher
• SDL2
• Vulkan API (including the validation layers) + SPIR-V tools
• Qt6

cd path/to/kaizen
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S ../src
cmake --build . --config Release

Running:

./path/to/kaizen [ROM] [Mupen Movie]

Your GPU needs to support Vulkan 1.1+, because the RDP is implemented via ParaLLEl-RDP.

Roadmap

• [x] Full R4300i emulation
• [x] Full RCP emulation
• [x] Full TLB emulation
• [x] Full joybus emulation (but it's not configurable by the user at the moment)
• [x] TAS replay (using Mupen's format)
• [x] Qt for native GUI
• [ ] JIT, with support for x86_64 and ARM (using an IR).
• [ ] Debug tools: disassembly, breakpoints, single-step and memory editor
• [ ] TAS tools: TAS input, recording (using Mupen's format), save-states, rewind and frame-advance
• [ ] Cheat support
• [ ] Allow to optionally pass a PIF image for the boot process (it's HLE'd at the moment)
• [ ] Windows support when it stops being a pain in the rectum.

This list will probably grow with time!

Special thanks:

• ares for being the cleanest and most accurate Nintendo 64 emulator out there. It served as a reference time and time again. Especially regarding FPU accuracy.
• Dillonb and KieronJ for bearing with me and my recurring brainfarts, and for the support :heart:
• WhoBrokeTheBuild for the shader that allows letterboxing :rocket:
• Kelpsy, fleroviux, Kim-Dewelski, Peach, kivan, liuk and Skyler for the general support and motivation :heart:
• Spec for being an awesome person in general :heart:

Copyright

Nintendo 64 is a registered trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd.