Just got mine and I love it. I’m still gonna collect real cartridges but I wanna keep them in boxes so they don’t get messed up. I’ll keep the ED64Plus in my N64 so no pins on the console or games get ruined
No offense, but that's a weird thing to be worried about in the preservation of cartridge consoles. The pins tend to hold out fine, barring you don't tend to spill your Starbucks on everything and try to keep the games clean and dry. I'd be much more worried about save battery degradation and capacitors going bad.
I have the same black cartridge as you do and i hold the reset button for 7 seconds every time i quit a game and i never lose my saves. You also have to wait for the main menu of the ed64 plus to load after hitting reset or it won’t save. After that you can turn the N64 off or just play another game.
@@LivingwithPerks unfortunately it doesn’t. You have to save in the game you’re playing before resetting the N64. In emulation you can have save states but this is running on real hardware.
About the hat, check Shifting Sand Land near the oasis with the palm tree. If it's not there check Snowman's Land near the entrance (where you land when you get blown off from the bridge on your way up the snowman). Last check Tall Tall Mountain, the monkey might have it. Hope you find it.
Lately its been a battle of manufacturers for these cartridges. Sure you can support one manufacturer that has a couple extra features for $200 more. Or you can get the cheaper brand that allows you to play the games as they were back in the day.
Diddy Kong racing, International Superstar Soccer 98, Mischief Makers, Geomons great adventure(and mystical ninja if you prefer open world over side scrolling). These are more of the obscure games that I liked. Compared to the ones on everyone’s list…aka goldeneye, wwf, Mario party
Love Diddy Kong racing and how it was treated almost like an rpg in a way. One of the the first games I got was mischief makers that one was weird but fun
@@LivingwithPerks loved “beating” diddy king then seeing the lighthouse turn into a ship and realizing there was a whole space area still. Mischief makers was weird but I liked it
Mystical Ninja and GGA remain to this day one some my favorite games of all time. It's a literal dream for me to see them either remaster or just plain re-release them on Switch.
Thanks for the video! I think I may order one of these after seeing this. Look into getting some s video cables for better. I had some for my ps2 that blew me away when I saw the difference. Keeping the original aspect ratio could increase sharpness a bit as well.
Nope, the PSX version was the worst port of Gauntlet Legends. Less content and worse graphics. The game does run great on my N64 with expansion pack. Never had slow downs. I even prefer it to the Dreamcast version!
Dude you are the best for sharing the info about resetting then powering off, I can finally save in Zelda!! I'm still looking for a method to return to game menu from your controller, any luck with that?
when selecting a game, there is options to choose how it saves. press the l and r buttons can allow you to save to the ram or a real memory card. and u do hafta hold the reset for 10 seconds (i've heard less but only 10 works for me). also i can't figure how to get gameshark to work. or do i need a physical cartridge for that?
I just got this! My question is, do I seriously need to hit the reset button every single time I want to play another game? I can't figure out how to back out of a game to the main menu.
@LivingwithPerks, The only drawback, is that my No Mercy file has a stuck savestate. Not too long after completing 100%, I can't make any further changes At All 😔
What moron would frown upon this? it's one thing to play all of your games. I did the same with my ps2 with the mcboot and mc4sio. It's awesome. I ended up just selling my physicals. Its still just as nostalgic being able to play all of these. It's a just a more smart and simplified way to do it.
Does this cartridge allow for multiple saves? Like can you save Mario 64 and gauntlet or can you only save in one game at a time? Does it not really matter since you can hold the reset button for 7 seconds to make the save state?
I think there’s a way to do that. Honestly I’d just keep the console on if you’re playing a story game that way you don’t lose your save. The cartridge isn’t that well and I kinda wished I had bought an actual Everdrive 64, I may just do that later in time.
@@LivingwithPerks No problem, looks ace, will hope one day to do the same! I’ve just picked up a retro brawler controller which you mentioned in the video, a great controller!
I think an expansion pak is essential I thought same but looks like it’s relied on for most games I’d of thought the flash would of lended a pitiful few mb but It don’t do that’s 30 quid for a damm pak
Create a folder on the root of the SD card called ED64P and throw OS64P.V64 in that folder. Roms just go into the root but you can make folders for them if you want to split by genre. You can find OS64P.V64 easily on google. Cheers
I get the odd freeze and sound fails in some games in just random places and have to reset. Daikitana is one , I don’t have memory expansion though so maybee this is the blame as I tried different sd cards and apart from that it runs well so anyone know the reason I have a pal console and use Europe roms most part.
was great until I keep having to lose all my data on Zelda oot ... I hit the hard reset on the console to save the game. even after a manual save... I've lost over 10 hours in saves due to this Ed 64 ... and I'm tired of having to keep starting over....just because of that one reason I rate it a 1 out of 10
Retro fighters "Brawler 64' is greatest N64 gamepad ever made i really hope you enjoy it fully , it really shines with WARGODS MK-TRILOGY and Killer Instinct Gold , , 🏆😸👍👍
Maybe I'm just weird but I don't want my n64 upscaled I want to play on original resolution on a tube TV. For me even playing widescreen or on a flash cart is kinda sacrilegious.
@@LivingwithPerks now that I've seen the prices of some cartridges I definitely agree sir. I do want to collect the ones that are special to me but the rest can go on a flash cart. I think my main reason I wanted to dislike them is I felt like If you're going to do all of that you might as well just run an emulator but then I realized running on the original hardware especially on N64 is actually very crucial to the original experience. That combined with the price of some of these cartridges I can easily see why people want them now.
@@LivingwithPerks I know there is a level with a Mountain and a secret slide in a wall. If you climb up / go up to the Mountain on the way there is also a monkey. Maybe this monkey still have Mr Marios hat
Disappointed. I bought this for $80 thinking I could back up saves (and roms) from my authentic carts and rewrite them to the carts if they got deleted. And so I can play my saves on my smart phone on the go without starting over buuut that is not the case.
Yeah pretty sure you need computer hardware to rip your own roms from your own authentic carts. This is purely for playing roms and saving new saves or using the N64 memory pak. I'm sure you can do what you want to do but just need more hardware and cables than just this device. It's not the ED64's fault.
@@anthony.jr.chornes I agree, the cartridge itself isn't illegal, but it becomes illegal when someone jailbreaks or emulates copyrighted games into the cartridge without the permission of the person or company who made the game. It's like buying a stolen TV with a bunch of cable channels in it.
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Great background track selection, and thanks for making this video.
Thanks so much
I love the paint job you've done on the N64
Just got mine and I love it. I’m still gonna collect real cartridges but I wanna keep them in boxes so they don’t get messed up. I’ll keep the ED64Plus in my N64 so no pins on the console or games get ruined
Great plan!!
No offense, but that's a weird thing to be worried about in the preservation of cartridge consoles. The pins tend to hold out fine, barring you don't tend to spill your Starbucks on everything and try to keep the games clean and dry.
I'd be much more worried about save battery degradation and capacitors going bad.
I have the same black cartridge as you do and i hold the reset button for 7 seconds every time i quit a game and i never lose my saves. You also have to wait for the main menu of the ed64 plus to load after hitting reset or it won’t save. After that you can turn the N64 off or just play another game.
Does holding down reset give you a save state to continue exactly where you left off?
@@LivingwithPerks unfortunately it doesn’t. You have to save in the game you’re playing before resetting the N64. In emulation you can have save states but this is running on real hardware.
@@Emm64x makes sense
how about paper mario?
So you need to have a physical memory pak in the controller in order to save?
About the hat, check Shifting Sand Land near the oasis with the palm tree. If it's not there check Snowman's Land near the entrance (where you land when you get blown off from the bridge on your way up the snowman). Last check Tall Tall Mountain, the monkey might have it. Hope you find it.
Thanks I'll try and find it!
I don’t see why people get bent out of shape with this. Nintendo doesn’t manufacture the games or the consoles anymore all bets are off
Lately its been a battle of manufacturers for these cartridges. Sure you can support one manufacturer that has a couple extra features for $200 more. Or you can get the cheaper brand that allows you to play the games as they were back in the day.
Sick paint job
You get your hat back from the bird at the sand level
Diddy Kong racing, International Superstar Soccer 98, Mischief Makers, Geomons great adventure(and mystical ninja if you prefer open world over side scrolling). These are more of the obscure games that I liked. Compared to the ones on everyone’s list…aka goldeneye, wwf, Mario party
Love Diddy Kong racing and how it was treated almost like an rpg in a way. One of the the first games I got was mischief makers that one was weird but fun
@@LivingwithPerks loved “beating” diddy king then seeing the lighthouse turn into a ship and realizing there was a whole space area still. Mischief makers was weird but I liked it
Mystical Ninja and GGA remain to this day one some my favorite games of all time. It's a literal dream for me to see them either remaster or just plain re-release them on Switch.
LEGO RACERS AND PUYO PUYO SUN 64!!!
ISS 98 was one of my favorites! The soundtrack was great and it handled so well. My family is from Colombia so Valderrama on the cover was so cool
Gauntlet legends was the first game I’ve ever played because of my dad and this crazy because I got him an ED64 so he’s about to go crazy!
Awesome gift
Perfect thing to have especially when some of the games we love to play are being sold for hundreds
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Thanks for the video! I think I may order one of these after seeing this. Look into getting some s video cables for better. I had some for my ps2 that blew me away when I saw the difference. Keeping the original aspect ratio could increase sharpness a bit as well.
What is your top 3 favorite games on the Nintendo 64? I am interested in playing some of your recommendations!
Top 3 for non first party titles: Star Wars Episode I Racer, 007 The world is not enough, San Francisco Rush
@@RealVladCrapula excellent games. Especially SW Pod Racer!
1. Pokemon Stadium 2 with transfer pak
2. Wave Race 64
3. Super Smash Bros 64
EXTREME G RACING 2
FIGHTING FORCE 64
Zelda
Nope, the PSX version was the worst port of Gauntlet Legends. Less content and worse graphics. The game does run great on my N64 with expansion pack. Never had slow downs. I even prefer it to the Dreamcast version!
Dude you are the best for sharing the info about resetting then powering off, I can finally save in Zelda!! I'm still looking for a method to return to game menu from your controller, any luck with that?
No - but glad you got the important thing down.
Listen, getting some of those physical copies are expensive to just play em.
Exactly
This is why I might buy this
when selecting a game, there is options to choose how it saves. press the l and r buttons can allow you to save to the ram or a real memory card. and u do hafta hold the reset for 10 seconds (i've heard less but only 10 works for me). also i can't figure how to get gameshark to work. or do i need a physical cartridge for that?
@@sonicsega1699 check out my new video for the summercart 64. It will blow your mind.
There's two things I need to know before I buy this:
1)Can it play romhacks such as Super Mario Star Road?
2)Can it use Gameshark codes?
1. No
2. Maybe
3. Check out my review of the Summercart 64.
Rocket Robot on wheels is amazing, maybe even better than Banjo in my opinion, it's really sad no one talks about it...
Yeah I love how it even comes on a red cartridge
Interesting
I just got this! My question is, do I seriously need to hit the reset button every single time I want to play another game? I can't figure out how to back out of a game to the main menu.
@@jimmystokes1407 yes
@LivingwithPerks,
The only drawback, is that my No Mercy file has a stuck savestate.
Not too long after completing 100%, I can't make any further changes At All 😔
You might try a different rom file.
Great video! I am curious though, does this work with romhacks? some unofficial carts do, some dont, and im wondering if this one can play them.
Which one should I try?
Yes! You can, try out Dark Hyrule Fantasy 🔥
@@AdamSlice Ive had mine since may, great purchase!
Very helpful Video! I just wanted to know how to save with the ed 64 :) Subscribed
Glad this helped!
What moron would frown upon this? it's one thing to play all of your games. I did the same with my ps2 with the mcboot and mc4sio. It's awesome. I ended up just selling my physicals. Its still just as nostalgic being able to play all of these. It's a just a more smart and simplified way to do it.
Awesome review! I’m curious to know if WWF No Mercy is on the game list and if it was tested successfully?
I'll try it out
Great review on this thanks for taking the time to make it
Appreciate you watching.
That DK snes music, slowed down as the bgm 😂
Did u like?
@Living with Perks yessir! The snes dk trilogy has some the best video game music of all time
Not sure I understood correctly can you use a rumble pak?
yes
When i try to play Nintendo games the color glitches off and the screen sometimes moves.
Does anyone know why? The n64 games work great
@@TheSkinnerdawinner it's a crappy emulator or bad rom file.
Does this cartridge allow for multiple saves? Like can you save Mario 64 and gauntlet or can you only save in one game at a time? Does it not really matter since you can hold the reset button for 7 seconds to make the save state?
best bet is to make duplicate roms
Yes
For the most part it still saves to a memory pack in your controller and not the SD card.
Hi , my reset button works 1/10 times , is there a way to force the game saves onto the sd card for super mario 64 for example ?
I think there’s a way to do that. Honestly I’d just keep the console on if you’re playing a story game that way you don’t lose your save. The cartridge isn’t that well and I kinda wished I had bought an actual Everdrive 64, I may just do that later in time.
You might need to hold the reset down for longer than a split second. Don't listen to the Hamzandwich guy. He doesn't know.
Confers Bad fur day, banjo kazooie, and kirby and the crystal shards top 3 games
nice selection. the only one I really got into from those 3 was kirby!
I THINK N64 GAUNLET IS THE BEST VERSION.NOT THE PRETTIEST BUT THE BEST!
Agreed 100%
After 2 years worth of use; how are the saves holding up? Do they save into the SD card?
Yup! Still works like a charm. I don't play it daily but every few months I will boot up my old saves.
Is it possible to export the games on ED64 Plus to use them on an Everdrive X7?
Probably. They're just ROM files.
Hey, have you a video on how you custom painted your N64 and the colours used? I love it!
Thanks! I do not have a video, but i took it apart and spray painted each piece.
@@LivingwithPerks No problem, looks ace, will hope one day to do the same! I’ve just picked up a retro brawler controller which you mentioned in the video, a great controller!
I think WarioParty offers these with 400+ titles instead of 340+ titles in Canada. The one I have has a WarioParty sticker on the back so there you go
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Hi, do you have the wwf no mercy save file that has everything fully unlocked?
not yet
So u can play dk64 without the expansion pak?
oooh I might have to try that.
bummer. DK64 does require expansion pak :(
I think an expansion pak is essential I thought same but looks like it’s relied on for most games I’d of thought the flash would of lended a pitiful few mb but It don’t do that’s 30 quid for a damm pak
Loooks awesome I want to get a n64 but don’t have the money for all the games I want is Mario and smash and 007
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could you share the files from the SD card, mine has gotten corrupt and I cant find the right files to boot this version of the cart?
I can't. Sorry. You should be able to contact their support page though!
Create a folder on the root of the SD card called ED64P and throw OS64P.V64 in that folder. Roms just go into the root but you can make folders for them if you want to split by genre. You can find OS64P.V64 easily on google.
Cheers
did you get that n64 custom painted?
I custom painted it myself!
I'm still wondering if I can add NES games since there is an NES.EMU folder???
I think you can. If you want I can try!
Yea it runs nes games and smb1 is fast not sure about Mario 3 but not all I don’t think it plays light gun games or loads image/photo roms
Is that a widescreen hack on Mario64?
No. My TV has a "stretch" setting
Fresh beard bro
Thank you so much 🙏
Please tell me mario party 2 and goldeneye worked perfectly cz im about to buy this 😭
did it work i might get this soon lol
Golden eye does work his controller just malfunctioning in can confirm as i have this and played golden eye on it.
Works like a charm!
How did you get sd card to shoot out like that?
I clicked down on it and it ejected from the spring loaded mechanism. Pretty fun!
Hey just wondering how the ED64 still working out for you 4 months later?
Works like a charm!
Does multiplayer functions still work?
Yes maam
I just ordered a few for gifts
Excellent gifts!
I get the odd freeze and sound fails in some games in just random places and have to reset. Daikitana is one , I don’t have memory expansion though so maybee this is the blame as I tried different sd cards and apart from that it runs well so anyone know the reason I have a pal console and use Europe roms most part.
Never heard of that.
bird has hat in pyrimid world
Wut???
Mario's hat is there? Ong
Ahhhh I screwed up and accidentally formatted my SD card/lost everything. Link me to how to install ev everything lol???
U made an oopsie.
Hi how do you save games on this
I explain how to do that halfway through the video.
Do you need a memory card to save? Or does it save automatically
The memory card is included with the games! 😎
@@LivingwithPerks is it like a save state or a regular save file?
@@getembob7107 regular save file. This is as close your gonna get to playing an actual N64 cartridge
games that require a memory pak (controller Memory card) will still need one to save
I'm going to get super ever drive hopefully soon end of month
Let me know how it is. Too expensive for my taste.
@Living with Perks can't buy from Ail express my friend doesn't have account Amazon sold out ready can't buy either
The only problem is there are some games it can't play like pokemon stadium and animal crossing. So if you wanted to play those you are out of luck.
I actually played Animal Crossing (animal forest) on here... I dunno about stadium as I don't like that game but I feel like that rom was on here too.
@@LivingwithPerks It doesn't have an in game clock so the day night cycle won't work correctly.
@@zachfutv9986 I guess I haven't checked after a couple play sessions
Why would I choose this over an everdrive?
@@sockpuppet7881 price and more
Does it still work for you?
@@thevenom2731 yes, however I recently got a new one that has some added features. Check out my recent review of the summercart64
How many games does it come with
All of the NTSC N64 titles!
was great until I keep having to lose all my data on Zelda oot ... I hit the hard reset on the console to save the game. even after a manual save... I've lost over 10 hours in saves due to this Ed 64 ... and I'm tired of having to keep starting over....just because of that one reason I rate it a 1 out of 10
Sounds like you got a defective cartridge or console! Good luck pal!
Hold down the reset button for like 10 seconds to save. Then u can go to another game or turn it off and back on.
Do you have a link where I can get one?
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Nice
Retro fighters "Brawler 64' is greatest N64 gamepad ever made i really hope you enjoy it fully , it really shines with WARGODS MK-TRILOGY and Killer Instinct Gold , , 🏆😸👍👍
Absolutely. I love my custom controllers!
Blast corps. Turok. Extreme g 2.
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time
Legend of Zelda Majoras mask
Star wars shadow of the empire
Shadow of the Empire is my favorite Star Wars game of ALL time.
@@LivingwithPerks so very great. I also loved rogue squadron. I think that was N64. Flying around Hoth.
@@LivingwithPerks also makes sense that that would play them fine since its running on original hardware
Does it work with GameShark ?
There is a cheat menu programmed in the cartridge!
I can’t seem to access it. It comes stock with GameShark?
@@terenc3439 not sure what cheat program it uses.
How do you access the cheat menu?
It have a kind of virtual ganeshark but you need expansion pack
Hey have you ever heard of this game named uh.....Fallout?
@@BlackPopeye44 I think so
Maybe I'm just weird but I don't want my n64 upscaled I want to play on original resolution on a tube TV. For me even playing widescreen or on a flash cart is kinda sacrilegious.
I definitely want to get myself a tube tv for the original visual experience. But flash carts are the bees knees!
@@LivingwithPerks now that I've seen the prices of some cartridges I definitely agree sir. I do want to collect the ones that are special to me but the rest can go on a flash cart. I think my main reason I wanted to dislike them is I felt like If you're going to do all of that you might as well just run an emulator but then I realized running on the original hardware especially on N64 is actually very crucial to the original experience. That combined with the price of some of these cartridges I can easily see why people want them now.
I'm curious, is it still working well?
Yes just played it the other day with my saves still intact!
Awesome!
Did you find your hat?
I did not. I think its on the 2nd snow level or something
@@LivingwithPerks I know there is a level with a Mountain and a secret slide in a wall. If you climb up / go up to the Mountain on the way there is also a monkey. Maybe this monkey still have Mr Marios hat
There no cheat builds in I have same one I have red one
The red one is junk.
Gameboy color emulator don’t save
At least it can play the gameboy games. Thats wacky.
Disappointed. I bought this for $80 thinking I could back up saves (and roms) from my authentic carts and rewrite them to the carts if they got deleted. And so I can play my saves on my smart phone on the go without starting over buuut that is not the case.
Yeah pretty sure you need computer hardware to rip your own roms from your own authentic carts. This is purely for playing roms and saving new saves or using the N64 memory pak. I'm sure you can do what you want to do but just need more hardware and cables than just this device. It's not the ED64's fault.
does anyone have problems with paper mario?
Nope. Works like a charm
Your hat was stolen by the monkey
first?
This gaming cartridge is illegal.
miyamoto will personally come to your house to arrest you
@@lilchrisbenoit Or personally come in and destroy the game system, the controllers and the pirated cartridge.
@@TravelGuy9834 frog train
There is nothing illegal about owning the cartridge itself
@@anthony.jr.chornes I agree, the cartridge itself isn't illegal, but it becomes illegal when someone jailbreaks or emulates copyrighted games into the cartridge without the permission of the person or company who made the game. It's like buying a stolen TV with a bunch of cable channels in it.