Today's game is Super Mario 64. I saw that there was a de-compilation in the same vein as SoH and Spaghetti Kart, and i believe it's maybe even done by the same team, and i wanted too try it.
I turned on the original resolution, framerate, and everything to get as close as possible too the original hardware and played from there. Honestly playing this way made me nostalgic. My first exposure too Mario 64 was on the Wii VC, and too this day it's one of my favorite ways to go back and replay it. Something about booting into it from the virtual console menu just feels so special.
All though this was running at i believe a lower resolution than the Wii VC, it still illicits similar memories. I think playing with a control with a similar form factor too the classic controller helped, but definitely the fuzziness helped too. On original hardware i always feel like TVs attempt to do weird things with the composite signal and it comes out looking funny.
I ended up going too Jolly Roger Bay and just chilling there for the day. I did the star in the cave and then chilled on the shore while i ran through some homework on Assembly. I'm not one for letting a game run in the background but the ambience it provided was something nice. I feel like i was back sitting on the living room floor again with the Wii running and trying too learn my multiplication tables and cursive.
I don't think i'm going too pick this up in my currently playing right now, i know i have more than enough, but it was fun too revisit one of my favorite games of all time in a format that is nostalgic too me.
