Thread 11996120

>want to play Quake on N64
>"you don't have a controller pak and cannot save!"
>try to play Doom 64
>"no controller pak? no save!"
>try to play Hexen
>"you're not fucking saving without a controller pak..."
>try The World is Not Enough
>"lmao, guess what?.... yep, no saving til you fucking get a controller pak!"
Jesus
fucking
Christ

brokey

buy one they're like 10 burgers

>>11996120 (OP)
lol, third parties are so niggardly

>>11996125
The point is, cartridge games should have saves by default, they're not CDs.

>>11996174
Having save RAM in the cart adds up.

Man up and play through the entire games without the memory card

>>11996120 (OP)
Just emulate them

Doom 64 and Quake 2 64 also got native PC ports

>>11996174
Did not stop ASCII from creating external save memory devices for Famicom and Supa Famicom.

>>11996120 (OP)
Guess what? The coin cell battery in your controller pak is out of juice. You cannot use it to save.

Third-party FPS games never put out the cash for saving to the cartridge because "hurr durr multiplayer best when you can bring your profile and settings with your controller!"
It'd be neat and useful as an option, but not the only method of saving the game.

>>11996405
Any newer fanmade devices that can plug into the N64 controller and function as a controller pak + vibration?

Nintendo and Rare had flirted with Controller Pak saving additional data in games, as seen in Mario Kart 64 and Blast Corps, but they quickly realized that the whole thing is stupid.

>>11996497
Rare even wanted to try hot cartridge swap for extra content but then abandoned the idea.

>>11996120 (OP)
Doom 64 has a password system for if you don't have a memory pack.

>>11996174
Just admit you're broke

>>11996405
Just install a new one, dumbass

>>11996120 (OP)
Better than a console having a full ass hard drive like the Xbox or PS3 that'll go dead in ~7 years.

>>11997113
you can easily clone it and replace it on the ps3

>>11996120 (OP)
The Cartridge Is Not Enough

Nintendo would really rather make money off an accessory than put a battery in their cartridge like they did every other system.

>>11996120 (OP)
I 'member geting to bed while my n64 was turned on all night, just to play the area 51 level (thps) during daylight because I was a afraid os aylmaos

>>11997191
Nintendo always put a battery in their games, it was always the 3rd parties making cheap ports that would jump at the chance to save 50c per cart.

>>11996120 (OP)
It's worse because sometimes the Japanese version lets you save on the cartridge like a normal person, but for some reason the PAL and US versions really wanted you to invest in a controller pak.

>>11996431
>controller pak + vibration
literally impossible.
the controller pak protocol doesn't allow it.
now, if you mean a device that can do both but has a switch to work as mem pak or rumble pak. the tremor pak plus kinda does that.
it has a slot to plug an extra pak and a switch to passthrough whatever you plugged there.

>>11996120 (OP)
Quake 64 and doom 64 have password systems, the controller pak save is only for convenience

>>11997871
Games absolutely did support both. You would load your game from the controller pak, and then the screen would alert you that you could take it out and insert the rumble pak. You would leave the rumble pak in for as long as you wanted and then swap for the controller pak as needed.