MIPS 64-bit RISC CPU (customized R4000 series) - Clock Speed: 93.75 MHz

256 x 224 ~ 640 x 45 dots, Flicker-free interlace mode support

32-bit RGBA pixel color frame buffer support, 21-bit color video output, Z buffer, Anti-aliasing

Realistic texture mapping: Tri-linear filtered MIP-map interpolation, Perspective correction, Environment mapping

Width 260mm (10.23') x Depth 190mm (7.48') x Height 73mm (2.87') - 1.1kg (2.42 lb.)

Software

Cart based, with a variable size for data that ranges from 32 megabits (4 megabytes) up to 512 megabits (64 megabytes). Save data can be stored internally, in the cart (again with variable sizes) or on a memory card to be inserted in the back slot of the Controllers or in a combination of both.

The Controller Pak was released with the debut of the console on the market. It wasn't different from other Memory Cards for other consoles except for its particularity of plugging into the controller instead of the base unit. This way, game producers could have the possibility to develop a game by implementing game save data on the cartridge, on the Controller Pak or in a combination of both. Apart from 3rd and 2nd party developers, Nintendo didn't include support for it in games after the initial period. This is still, however, the most supported peripherial after the Rumble Pak.

First introduced by Nintendo 64!

The Rumble Pak was first introduced with StarFox 64, which in the first edition came in a bundle with it. It offers force feedback for software devloped with it in mind. Even if it does connect in the controller's slot, it is completely interchangable with the other peripherials at any time. It has been the FIRST attempt ever to offer force feedback on the home market, so it was developed separately from the controller; Nintendo didn't know if it would have bben succesful or not. Soon after that Sony followed the wave with its Shock controller for Playstation (but didn't planned it for a relelase outside Japan - the first analog controllers in Europe and USA were not giving vibrations of any kind, but after seeing they were selling only Japanese ones they changed their minds) and after that PC gaming devices makers and Sega with the Dreamcast. Another record for Nintendo and the Nintendo 64.

First introduced by Nintendo 64!

The Memory Expansion Pak is a small cartridge that fits in the top cover of the Nintendo 64. It takes the place of the Jumper Pak; which is a similar cartridge shipped with every console. The Jumper Pak is simply a terminator for the RIMM bus, and it isn't much different than the terminators used in Pentium 4 machines nowadays. The Expansion Pak is an expansion for the 36 mbits of RIMM system memory built inside the Nintendo 64: it adds 36 mbits more, bringing the total to 72 mbits (9 mbytes). This added memory can be used to increase graphic resolution, add more polygons, ecc. First games to employ this extra memory didn't require it to work properly, they simply were able to detect it automatically and increase the resolution of the game. As further as we go into the evolution of the console the game started requiring it, and hardware bundles started to show. This memory does no harm if you leave it in the console any time. It shouldn't give you any improvement in games that don't officially support it, but if you are experiencing slow-downs this could help you a little, a bit of extra memory can make the difference. It ships with a small tool to remove both paks and is bundled with the 64 DD unit; all 64 DD titles require it to work. Please note that Nintendo started to sell a gaming console with Rambus Memory 6 years before it was succesfully employed in computers, with an unbeatable price of around 100$ for a whole unit. Think how much a 64mb Rambus bank costs today... This has been the first memory expansion released for a gaming console. Before, additional RAM memory was added on the game cartridges' boards (Super Famicom, Famicom, Game Boy, Genesis, Master System, etc.).

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