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Mario 64 On PlayStation? Spyro On N64? Modders Advance Impossible Retro Ports

by Chris Harper — Monday, November 24, 2025, 08:36 PM EDT It's an interesting time in the retro gaming world. Thanks to ongoing decompilation efforts, games formerly exclusive to a given platform are ...
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If you’ve ever dreamed of playing Super Mario 64 co-op between an N64 and PS2, one modder made it happen

Last week, YouTuber Carl Does Tech Things uploaded a video highlighting a rather fascinating mod he created: a Super Mario 64 ...

Modder puts Super Mario 64 on PS2, hacks in co-op, and adds online multiplayer with the N64 version, all through the power of Sony's secret PS1 chip: "It works much better than ...

It's similar on the N64 end, where Carl uses a customized N64 cart he previously built with another Pico built-in. From there, he 'simply' adds a second instance of Mario to each game, and transmits ...