Mupen64

Getting Started

stablenightly

Get up and running with Mupen64 in minutes.

1. Extract

Extract the downloaded ZIP file (repack-stable) to a folder of your choice.

Extracted folder

Open the extracted folder and navigate to repack-main/stable. You will see the emulator files including mupen64.exe.

Stable Version

2. Add ROMs

Mupen64 pulls its roms from the rom folder.

  1. Locate the rom folder in your Mupen64 directory.

  2. Drag your .n64, .z64, or .v64 ROM files into the rom folder.

  3. Mupen will list every ROM found in that folder once started.

Move Rom

3. Launch

Double-click mupen64.exe to start the emulator.

ROM list

When it has started, double-click a game to load it. The TAS Input window appears alongside the game.

4. SM64 Lua Redux (Optional)

If you're TASing Super Mario 64, you can use SM64 Lua Redux to visualize data and guide your inputs.

4.1 Add the Script

You can use scripts:

drag and drop SM64Lua.lua directly from the SM64LuaRedux/src folder onto the Mupen64 window.

Drag and drop Lua script

The overlay now displays live game data on the right side of the game window.

SM64 Lua Redux active

Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Action
Ctrl + O Load ROM
Ctrl + S Settings
Ctrl + N Show Lua Instances
F1 - F10 Save state to slot 1-10
Shift + F1 - F10 Load state from slot 1-10

You're now ready to use Mupen64's TAS capabilities.

Please note that the Mupen64 ecosystem is geared towards Super Mario 64 and its romhacks - other games might not be emulated accurately.

To learn more, join the Mupen64 Discord Server.