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<blockquote data-quote="RAHelllord" data-source="post: 10273282" data-attributes="member: 454782"><p>From top to bottom:</p><p></p><p>Expansion is recommended if you don't have anything, the console doesn't work with nothing in that port and as far as I know there are no downsides to having the expansion pak inserted at all times for all games. No idea about third-party ones, best to Google the specific brand you're looking at and see if anyone reported anything. If not that one is probably fine outside of defects due to age. That shouldn't happen for a while, though.</p><p></p><p>The X7 is really only worth it for the writing the saves without reset. Personally I'd say it's worth it, but you know your finances best so go with what makes more sense to you. Both will play all romhacks and games otherwise, apart from the lack of RTC. The USB port might be worth it for some hacks as it can adjust the game that's playing live, for the nes version someone made a tool that allows streamer's chat to affect the game via sending power ups or random events for donations. This could be used in the future with other stuff, like real hardware retro achievements, but none of this actually exists yet so I would strongly advise against considering this as an argument to pay extra.</p><p></p><p>The Everdrive will automatically make a copy of your memory pak and save it to the SD card for every game, effectively giving you unlimited memory paks. You can disable this functionality but I'd keep it intact. You can also manually dump and write the contents of the memory pak from the menu of the ED, and then edit it further on a PC.</p><p></p><p>Most reputable adapters are fine, Retrotink has a few cheap ones that are very high quality, but external ones like that also need decent cables, but can be used with more devices. If you don't want that something like the radx2 from retrogamingcables will work with almost all Nintendo consoles using the same AV out port.</p><p>That said with how old the N64 is they do look best on a CRT, if you have the space I'd recommend getting one from somewhere.</p><p></p><p>Edit: One important thing to note for the N64 is that the joystick on the controllers is very unique. I would highly recommend you get at least one good original N64 controller, lube up the bowl with some white lithium or silicone grease, and use it for games that need precision.</p><p>For games where precision isn't the biggest concern many modern third-party controllers will do just fine. The tribue64 or brawler64 for example. Another great option would be to get a blueretro64 adapter and combine that with the official NSO N64 controller, comes with a built in memory pak and is wireless to boot, plus newly manufactured. But that does need an active NSO subscription, but free trials also work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RAHelllord, post: 10273282, member: 454782"] From top to bottom: Expansion is recommended if you don't have anything, the console doesn't work with nothing in that port and as far as I know there are no downsides to having the expansion pak inserted at all times for all games. No idea about third-party ones, best to Google the specific brand you're looking at and see if anyone reported anything. If not that one is probably fine outside of defects due to age. That shouldn't happen for a while, though. The X7 is really only worth it for the writing the saves without reset. Personally I'd say it's worth it, but you know your finances best so go with what makes more sense to you. Both will play all romhacks and games otherwise, apart from the lack of RTC. The USB port might be worth it for some hacks as it can adjust the game that's playing live, for the nes version someone made a tool that allows streamer's chat to affect the game via sending power ups or random events for donations. This could be used in the future with other stuff, like real hardware retro achievements, but none of this actually exists yet so I would strongly advise against considering this as an argument to pay extra. The Everdrive will automatically make a copy of your memory pak and save it to the SD card for every game, effectively giving you unlimited memory paks. You can disable this functionality but I'd keep it intact. You can also manually dump and write the contents of the memory pak from the menu of the ED, and then edit it further on a PC. Most reputable adapters are fine, Retrotink has a few cheap ones that are very high quality, but external ones like that also need decent cables, but can be used with more devices. If you don't want that something like the radx2 from retrogamingcables will work with almost all Nintendo consoles using the same AV out port. That said with how old the N64 is they do look best on a CRT, if you have the space I'd recommend getting one from somewhere. Edit: One important thing to note for the N64 is that the joystick on the controllers is very unique. I would highly recommend you get at least one good original N64 controller, lube up the bowl with some white lithium or silicone grease, and use it for games that need precision. For games where precision isn't the biggest concern many modern third-party controllers will do just fine. The tribue64 or brawler64 for example. Another great option would be to get a blueretro64 adapter and combine that with the official NSO N64 controller, comes with a built in memory pak and is wireless to boot, plus newly manufactured. But that does need an active NSO subscription, but free trials also work. [/QUOTE]
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