No game in the world has been able to arouse as much passion as Portal. The brilliant creation of Valve, released in October 2007, was a before and after for a genre like action developments with touches of logic and puzzles, intelligence titles where you have to put more than adrenaline to solve each phase . And now we have good news for lovers retro of Nintendo 64.
Now you may be wondering what this has to do with Portal defraud Nintendo 64? The Nintendo console, launched in Europe in 1996, arrived almost a decade before the classic Gabe Newell so they shouldn’t be related, but they are. The reason ? A uncheck
How’s it going for Portal on Nintendo 64?
This is a community project, led by a user who decided to create a fully playable version of the classic game. Valve. At first glance, we might think it’s crazy, but by removing some graphic elements from the PC original, we can assure you that the concept, its fun and the main style lines can be preserved. Even if everything seems more pixelated.
Plus, it helps a lot joystick of Nintendo 64perfect for managing 3D environments since it was the first to provide, as standard, a stick analog to control cameras and perspectives in three-dimensional environments. So, as the classic would say, “hunger is accompanied by the desire to eat”. Now, do you know how you can test it now on the original console hardware? See.
First of all, it must be said that the creator of this uncheck of Portal For Nintendo 64 He did NOT release a working ROM of the game, but opted for a much more legal alternative. Or rather, at the limit illegal, because this avoids any maneuver that Valve could make to block its project. The idea he used is that we are the ones creating this file that we are then going to use in the console.
How to create your Portal ROM for Nintendo 64?
Before creating the ROM you must be able to run it in the console, and for this you will need a Everdrive cartridge type, or similar, compatible with this type of files. This way when we generate the file we can copy it to the microSD card. If this is you, go for it. These are the steps you need to follow.
- Access the link below.
- In the web page, search your computer for the file “portal_pak_000.vpk”which you can find in the installation of Portal In Steam (indeed, you need the original game).
- Choose the ROM version (we recommend the latest).
- Download the resulting ROM for Nintendo 64.
- Copy the ROM file you created to the cartridge Everdrive of your Nintendo 64.
- Turn it on and…let’s play!
You could be one of the first few to enjoy this timeless classic on a machine before its release date.