Whether or not it’s your favourite programming language, or your favourite beverage, there’s no denying Java is in all places. Now, it’s even on the Nintendo 64, thanks to the valiant efforts of [Mike Kohn]. Even higher, he’s coded a demo to indicate off its capabilities!
The challenge took loads of work. [Mike] went all the way in which all the way down to the meeting degree to get Java code operating on the N64. The challenge builds on the work that he did beforehand to get Java running on the PlayStation 2. Notably, each the Sony and Nintendo consoles do have some similarities — each are primarily based on MIPS CPUs.
The demo itself is a murals. It options the standard “3 billion gadgets run Java” display, adopted by some actually chunky bass and wailing guitar sounds. It’s adopted by all of the dancing shapes, sinusoidal textual content, and brilliant colours you possibly can shake a stick at.
For these within the nitty gritty, [Mike] delves deep into the main points of what it took to get the whole lot operating. That features each utilizing the code in an emulator, in addition to get it happening actual Nintendo {hardware}, something we’ve looked at before.
