# simple64/simple64

Accurate N64 Emulator

Repository: https://github.com/simple64/simple64
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/simple64
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: emulation, n64
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-14T21:28:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2773, "days_push": 565, "days_rel": 613, "gap_med": 47, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 75 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.151657+00:00)

## What it is
simple64 is an accurate Nintendo 64 emulator written in C, available for Windows and Linux via Flathub. The project has been archived and development has stopped, with the author recommending gopher64 or RMG instead.

## Use cases
- play N64 games on PC
- accurately emulate Nintendo 64 titles
- run N64 ROMs on Linux
- emulate N64 on Windows

## When to choose
- you need an accurate N64 emulator on Windows or Linux
- you want a simple, ready-to-use N64 emulator

## When to avoid
- you need active development or new features
- you want macOS support
- you want the author's latest N64 emulation work (use gopher64 or RMG)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: game
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: n64, emulator, mupen64plus, archived, linux

## Member repositories
- simple64/simple64 (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.151657+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:26:03.765005+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/simple64/simple64 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.151657+00:00, sha 7bc2fdce3ab8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.