A technical deep dive into one of revolutionary features of the Nintendo 64. Split screen of up to 4 players was a first for video game consoles. And the N64 was powerful enough to run 4 separate viewports at good speeds. In this episode we take a look at the split screen feature in the games and fire up a C compiler and show you how it’s done with a working code demonstration. Please enjoy!
N64 Split Screen Demo – https://github.com/lantus/N64-Splitscreen
Perfect Dark Footage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj-S98y-uM
Next Generation Magazine #14 – https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-014/page/n47/mode/2up
N64 High Res Texture Demo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEo0aQkGnU
Timestamps :
00:00 – Introduction
03:07 – Building a 4P Split Screen Demo in C
08:15 – How it works
09:57 – The Games/Legacy
13:07 – Outro
