Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 adds controller hotkeys and auto-reconnect

By Liam Dawe - 8 May 2026 at 9:36 am UTC

The free and open source Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 has another useful new release out now, bringing a few more features to make it easier.

The developer has been making some pretty rapid improvements to it. Over the last month they've added Achievements support, SDL3, an improved speed limiter, VSync, drag and drop ROM loading and more. With the new version 1.1.20 out now there's these additions too:

Controller hotkeys (see here and here)

The button that was bound to "pak change" (Select, by default) is now the hotkey activator. To change paks, you now do: hotkey activator+B.

Auto-reconnect disconnected controllers

Added option for SSAA downscaling

Minor bug fixes

It's quickly becoming my favourite way to run Nintendo 64 games on Linux / SteamOS.

See more on the GitHub.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Emulation, Misc, New Release, Nintendo, Open Source

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