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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards | |
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Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Kirby |
Platform(s) | Virtual Console, Nintendo 64 |
Release date(s) | Nintendo 64 JP March 24, 2000 NA June 26, 2000 EU June 22, 2001 Virtual Console NA February 25, 2008 EU March 7, 2008 JP April 15, 2008 KO September 16, 2008 |
Genre(s) | Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (4) |
Input methods | Classic Controller, GameCube Controller |
Compatibility | 4![]() ![]() Playable |
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See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, known in Japan as 星のカービィ64 Hoshi no Kirby 64 (Kirby of the Stars 64), is a Nintendo 64 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo, a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land 3, and one of few Kirby titles not directed by Masahiro Sakurai who voiced King Dedede in the game, and where Meta Knight never appears.
Emulation Information
No Controller Rumble
As was the case in the official Wii Virtual Console release, there is no support for the original Nintendo 64 release's Rumble Pak functionality, even when emulating or connecting a GameCube controller.
Problems
There are no reported problems with this title.
Configuration
No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
4.0-3260 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 | Minor graphic and audio problems. Cutscene borders are slightly glitchy and audio skips intermittently. | Net_Bastard |
4.0-3471 | Windows 7 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 | Minor graphic and audio problems. Still very playable and better than an actual N64 emulator. | Net_Bastard |
5.0-6004 | Windows 10 | Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.5 GHz | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | Didn't play extensively, but only remaining issue seems to be with OpenAL audio. | Kolano |
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- HAL Laboratory (Developer)
- Nintendo (Publisher)
- Kirby (Series)
- Japan (Release region)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- Korea (Release region)
- 2000 (Initial release year)
- Platform (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Multiplayer (Game mode)
- 4 (Players supported)
- Classic Controller (Input supported)
- GameCube Controller (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- Tested On (Release): 4.0
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): AMD
- Tested On (GPU): NVIDIA
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 5.0
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Virtual Console games
- Nintendo 64 games