Recently, the Switch and PSVita scenes have been on fire when it comes to releases and so, there are a lot of great new homebrew releases to go around. This time,we have a beta version of the N64 RetroArch core with dynarec, OpenLara and pPlay 1.3!
OpenLara ported to the Switch
If you’re a Tomb Raider fan, then you’ll love this one as OpenLara is an open-source multi-platform game engine for the 1996 Tomb Raider game that started the whole Lara Croft franchise.
Want to play some original Tomb Raider at your Switch’s native screen resolution? Now, you can with OpenLara! Image taken from this video by OpenLara’s creator
The person behind this game engine is XPronger and it’s still in development but it seems to work pretty well since it runs buttery smooth, has audio support and also supports running at higher resolutions among other features.
The Switch port, which was done by OpenLara’s developer, landed yesterday (January 9) and from some videos showing it in action, it seems to run pretty well in both docked/undocked mode and it even supports touch controls for playing without the joycons!
In order to play some upscaled buttery-smooth Tomb Raider on your Switch, grab the NRO/NACP files from this link and copy your game files to /switch/OpenLara on your SD card. If you don’t have a Switch but still want to try OpenLara, you can check it out through a WebGL build found here.
Remember, the original Tomb Raider isn’t freeware even though it’s old so you still have to own it to get the game files! If you don’t own it, you can get it for little money off GOG or Steam.
RetroArch Mupen64Plus core with dynarec reaches BETA stage!
Thanks to the recently ported dynamic recompiler, Mupen64Plus can unleash the Switch’s potential so that even without overclocking it, you can get playable results in some titles!
A few days ago, m4xw, who is a Switch developer, told us about recent progress on the dynamic recompiler being ported for N64 emulation on the Switch. A short while later, he shared an NRO fileof the BETA Mupen64Plus RetroArch core the dynarec is implemented in so that you could try out the dynarec on your own device.
Obviously, the dynarec translates into great performance improvements due to more efficient CPU emulation. Furthermore, it could let you run games at a higher resolution while still maintaining good speeds so even if the games you want to play run well, the dynarec still has something to offer. Among the games that Reddit users have reported to be working pretty well we find:
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Mario 64
- Super Smash Bros
- Yoshi’s Story
- Some ROM hacks like Banjo Dreamie
- It’s important to note that some titles don’t work with the dynamic recompiler as it’s still in development so crashes/issues are to be expected!
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