Hey all!

I'm trying to make the switch from emulator to playing on an N64 and my computer is a Mac. I've read and watched a few setups on being able to record my runs and stream, but it all seems so overwhelming and I don't wanna buy something or download something that doesn't work or is not optimal.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or show me their setup so I can better understand how to do this? this may seem trivial to some but im not very technically savvy and kinda struggle with these things.

Another question I have is where do y'all get Mario 64 cartridges that you can trust? I see a lot of people selling theirs and different listings online but how can I know the one I'm buying is legit and not some bootleg copy?

Again im sorry to those who find these questions dumb as they may very well be but Im new to all of this and just want to have an authentic setup like the top players do. I appreciate any feedback or guidance on this and I wish you all well.

Hey everyone!

So I got into watching speedruns of mario 64 in the last year and began trying it for myself in the last couple months.

Ive practiced A TON and got comfortable with a lot of newbie movement for the 16 star run and have gotten to a point where I might want to start submitting my runs and have my name along with eveyone else on here.

I want to make sure I go about it correctly and had a question: so Im currently playing on emulator. A bad habit which i havent gotten situated is that I "save and continue" after I collect a star bc too often I hit that damned "save and quit" option and ruin my runs. Bc of that everytime I restart I have to first go in and delete the file which gets annoying.

To circumnavigate that I created a save state in my emulator that essentially functions as a restart button and restarts the game with that play file empty so that I dont have to, as I said, keeping deleting the progress of the previous run before every run attempt.

the thing is it shows the prompt "loading file 0" when I do that, and when I go to submit a run that I think is worthy of it, I dont want the verifiers to think Im loading a clipped run to cheat. my runs are still pretty bad comparitively so wiith all the mistakes i still make (currently my 16 star is around 28 minutes lol) so i dont think theyd think I was doing that, but I wanted yall opinion or knowledge as to whether using this save state to restart my runs is kosher. I should just learn the "dont save and continue" strat and I likely will soon, but If i get a good run before then Id like to share it and do so with within the rules and guidlines of the community.

I appreciate any knowledge as to this or any other concern yall might think I should know while running emulator. I love this game and this community of runners and if Im going to be apart of it I want to make sure Im submitting runs that follow all the rules and doesnt waste anyones time.

Thanks for anything feedback or tips you have!

-Jo