This is probably the BEST thing I ever bought for the Nintendo 64! ED64 Plus Rom Cart Review

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2 жыл бұрын

Today I showcase this fancy little Nintendo 64 device called the ED64Plus. What is ED64Plus? ED64Plus is a Rom Cartridge Emulator, Flash Card and Backup Card for the Nintendo 64 system. The ED64 Plus has evolved a lot with time. Most of the new versions come with pre-loaded SD card installed in it. Hence, it is mostly plug and play. Watch the video as I explain what it is and how it works!
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@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

What is your top 3 favorite games on the Nintendo 64? I am interested in playing some of your recommendations!

@RealVladCrapula 2 жыл бұрын

Top 3 for non first party titles: Star Wars Episode I Racer, 007 The world is not enough, San Francisco Rush

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

@@RealVladCrapula excellent games. Especially SW Pod Racer!

@HCRAYERT. Жыл бұрын

1. Pokemon Stadium 2 with transfer pak 2. Wave Race 64 3. Super Smash Bros 64

@boxxwiition2928 9 ай бұрын

EXTREME G RACING 2 FIGHTING FORCE 64

@trinidad428 5 ай бұрын

Zelda

@Ryan-nj5ue 5 ай бұрын

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

@LivingwithPerks 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Callieforniiaa Жыл бұрын

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

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Great plan!!

@user-px1lh9sv9o 5 ай бұрын

Great background track selection, and thanks for making this video.

@LivingwithPerks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

@mickeyvee1327 Жыл бұрын

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.

@tehwarl0ck 7 ай бұрын

I love the paint job you've done on the N64

@artoisr2 8 ай бұрын

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.

@LivingwithPerks 8 ай бұрын

Thanks I'll try and find it!

@amiiboking569 29 күн бұрын

Sick paint job

@MyBurdenToBury Жыл бұрын

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?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

No - but glad you got the important thing down.

@Emm64x 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

Does holding down reset give you a save state to continue exactly where you left off?

@Emm64x 2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

@@Emm64x makes sense

@leonedandrewTumbaga Жыл бұрын

how about paper mario?

@freiteez 2 жыл бұрын

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

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

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

@freiteez 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@cloudrise Жыл бұрын

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.

@Curlyheart 5 ай бұрын

LEGO RACERS AND PUYO PUYO SUN 64!!!

@HardcoreOreider Жыл бұрын

Very helpful Video! I just wanted to know how to save with the ed 64 :) Subscribed

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped!

@twinkilla15 4 ай бұрын

Awesome review! I’m curious to know if WWF No Mercy is on the game list and if it was tested successfully?

@LivingwithPerks 3 ай бұрын

I'll try it out

@Ukysseus 2 жыл бұрын

Rocket Robot on wheels is amazing, maybe even better than Banjo in my opinion, it's really sad no one talks about it...

@dsmoothb Жыл бұрын

Yeah I love how it even comes on a red cartridge

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@kensickly542 6 ай бұрын

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!

@LivingwithPerks 6 ай бұрын

Awesome gift

@legokingcandy Жыл бұрын

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.

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Which one should I try?

@AdamSlice 4 ай бұрын

Yes! You can, try out Dark Hyrule Fantasy 🔥

@legokingcandy 4 ай бұрын

@@AdamSlice Ive had mine since may, great purchase!

@BrianAwesome 8 ай бұрын

@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 😔

@LivingwithPerks 4 ай бұрын

You might try a different rom file.

@90kyro Жыл бұрын

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?

@leonedandrewTumbaga Жыл бұрын

best bet is to make duplicate roms

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Yes

@ToddEberleSSJ4 3 ай бұрын

For the most part it still saves to a memory pack in your controller and not the SD card.

@AdrianMursec 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

I can't. Sorry. You should be able to contact their support page though!

@blastproces Жыл бұрын

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.

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Never heard of that.

@vawn4435 Жыл бұрын

Great review on this thanks for taking the time to make it

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you watching.

@ThatMellon 28 күн бұрын

After 2 years worth of use; how are the saves holding up? Do they save into the SD card?

@LivingwithPerks 28 күн бұрын

Yup! Still works like a charm. I don't play it daily but every few months I will boot up my old saves.

@cypher2365 2 жыл бұрын

Listen, getting some of those physical copies are expensive to just play em.

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@joshuaB.Nicholas Жыл бұрын

This is why I might buy this

@-ritz-5082 2 жыл бұрын

Hey just wondering how the ED64 still working out for you 4 months later?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Works like a charm!

@CanadianCustomRetro 9 ай бұрын

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

@gr00vinRuben 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still wondering if I can add NES games since there is an NES.EMU folder???

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

I think you can. If you want I can try!

@blastproces Жыл бұрын

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

@ALi-yi9mg 11 ай бұрын

Hi, do you have the wwf no mercy save file that has everything fully unlocked?

@LivingwithPerks Ай бұрын

not yet

@cupofjoe222 Жыл бұрын

That DK snes music, slowed down as the bgm 😂

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Did u like?

@cupofjoe222 Жыл бұрын

@Living with Perks yessir! The snes dk trilogy has some the best video game music of all time

@mattgraves6576 2 жыл бұрын

Does multiplayer functions still work?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Yes maam

@thelostmotel209 3 күн бұрын

Is it possible to export the games on ED64 Plus to use them on an Everdrive X7?

@LivingwithPerks 3 күн бұрын

Probably. They're just ROM files.

@lilchrisbenoit 2 жыл бұрын

did you get that n64 custom painted?

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

I custom painted it myself!

@karimlopez2276 5 ай бұрын

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 ?

@HamzaRafique777 5 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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.

@CmPuke101_ 2 жыл бұрын

Confers Bad fur day, banjo kazooie, and kirby and the crystal shards top 3 games

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

nice selection. the only one I really got into from those 3 was kirby!

@gr00vinRuben 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh I screwed up and accidentally formatted my SD card/lost everything. Link me to how to install ev everything lol???

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

U made an oopsie.

@CmPuke101_ 2 жыл бұрын

So u can play dk64 without the expansion pak?

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

oooh I might have to try that.

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

bummer. DK64 does require expansion pak :(

@blastproces Жыл бұрын

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

@doninhacrazy 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@getembob7107 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need a memory card to save? Or does it save automatically

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

The memory card is included with the games! 😎

@getembob7107 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingwithPerks is it like a save state or a regular save file?

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

@@getembob7107 regular save file. This is as close your gonna get to playing an actual N64 cartridge

@MarkyJayTX 2 жыл бұрын

games that require a memory pak (controller Memory card) will still need one to save

@allenross3050 3 ай бұрын

How fast do each of the games boot up

@LivingwithPerks 3 ай бұрын

Check out the 6 minute mark.

@sonyson 11 ай бұрын

Hey, have you a video on how you custom painted your N64 and the colours used? I love it!

@LivingwithPerks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! I do not have a video, but i took it apart and spray painted each piece.

@sonyson 11 ай бұрын

@@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!

@sinith57 3 ай бұрын

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.

@TheJackal342 2 ай бұрын

I just ordered a few for gifts

@LivingwithPerks 2 ай бұрын

Excellent gifts!

@OkraPlutonium 2 ай бұрын

Is that a widescreen hack on Mario64?

@LivingwithPerks 2 ай бұрын

No. My TV has a "stretch" setting

@sifu2858 Жыл бұрын

Please tell me mario party 2 and goldeneye worked perfectly cz im about to buy this 😭

@don2547 Жыл бұрын

did it work i might get this soon lol

@cosmicsvids Жыл бұрын

Golden eye does work his controller just malfunctioning in can confirm as i have this and played golden eye on it.

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Works like a charm!

@bitgoblin8497 2 ай бұрын

How is this running 2years later ?

@LivingwithPerks 2 ай бұрын

Bout to boot it up right now!

@boxxwiition2928 9 ай бұрын

I THINK N64 GAUNLET IS THE BEST VERSION.NOT THE PRETTIEST BUT THE BEST!

@LivingwithPerks 4 ай бұрын

Agreed 100%

@cyrex6519 Күн бұрын

How did you get sd card to shoot out like that?

@LivingwithPerks 17 сағат бұрын

I clicked down on it and it ejected from the spring loaded mechanism. Pretty fun!

@johnnyappleseed9568 Жыл бұрын

Fresh beard bro

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

@deznuts2421 Жыл бұрын

bird has hat in pyrimid world

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Wut???

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Mario's hat is there? Ong

@fatmansbellybutton Жыл бұрын

Being in the UK, can I play the US versions on my PAL console? Noticed for some games there’s only the US versions.

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Yes you can select between NTSC and PAL

@knowledge3913 4 ай бұрын

How many games does it come with

@LivingwithPerks 4 ай бұрын

All of the NTSC N64 titles!

@bee2377 Жыл бұрын

Blast corps. Turok. Extreme g 2.

@goma-gamingpage6609 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to get super ever drive hopefully soon end of month

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it is. Too expensive for my taste.

@goma-gamingpage6609 Жыл бұрын

@Living with Perks can't buy from Ail express my friend doesn't have account Amazon sold out ready can't buy either

@giorgiom.3833 3 ай бұрын

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!

@terenc3439 Жыл бұрын

Does it work with GameShark ?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

There is a cheat menu programmed in the cartridge!

@terenc3439 Жыл бұрын

I can’t seem to access it. It comes stock with GameShark?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

@@terenc3439 not sure what cheat program it uses.

@terenc3439 Жыл бұрын

How do you access the cheat menu?

@alubaldini 9 ай бұрын

It have a kind of virtual ganeshark but you need expansion pack

@zachfutv9986 Ай бұрын

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.

@LivingwithPerks Ай бұрын

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.

@zachfutv9986 Ай бұрын

@@LivingwithPerks It doesn't have an in game clock so the day night cycle won't work correctly.

@LivingwithPerks Ай бұрын

@@zachfutv9986 I guess I haven't checked after a couple play sessions

@ItsdadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time Legend of Zelda Majoras mask Star wars shadow of the empire

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

Shadow of the Empire is my favorite Star Wars game of ALL time.

@ItsdadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingwithPerks so very great. I also loved rogue squadron. I think that was N64. Flying around Hoth.

@ItsdadGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@LivingwithPerks also makes sense that that would play them fine since its running on original hardware

@LandonIW Ай бұрын

I'm curious, is it still working well?

@LivingwithPerks Ай бұрын

Yes just played it the other day with my saves still intact!

@LandonIW Ай бұрын

Awesome!

@michaelvaleone Жыл бұрын

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

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you got a defective cartridge or console! Good luck pal!

@tlew1988 11 ай бұрын

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.

@knucklestheechidna5718 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

I definitely want to get myself a tube tv for the original visual experience. But flash carts are the bees knees!

@knucklestheechidna5718 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@SwoffeX Жыл бұрын

Did you find your hat?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

I did not. I think its on the 2nd snow level or something

@SwoffeX Жыл бұрын

@@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

@alubaldini 9 ай бұрын

Gameboy color emulator don’t save

@LivingwithPerks 4 ай бұрын

At least it can play the gameboy games. Thats wacky.

@goma-gamingpage6609 Жыл бұрын

There no cheat builds in I have same one I have red one

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

The red one is junk.

@leonedandrewTumbaga Жыл бұрын

does anyone have problems with paper mario?

@LivingwithPerks Жыл бұрын

Nope. Works like a charm

@Sylentsy18 2 жыл бұрын

first?

@Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@LivingwithPerks 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@El_Lobo_y_luna Ай бұрын

Your hat was stolen by the monkey

@TravelGuy9834 2 жыл бұрын

This gaming cartridge is illegal.

@lilchrisbenoit 2 жыл бұрын

miyamoto will personally come to your house to arrest you

@TravelGuy9834 2 жыл бұрын

@@lilchrisbenoit Or personally come in and destroy the game system, the controllers and the pirated cartridge.

@vengeancetube2718 Жыл бұрын

@@TravelGuy9834 frog train

@anthonyrchornes Жыл бұрын

There is nothing illegal about owning the cartridge itself

@TravelGuy9834 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyrchornes 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.