Pizza Ninjas, a non-fungible token (NFT) platform, has made an exciting announcement. They have successfully launched a Nintendo 64 (N64) emulator on Bitcoin (BTC) using BTC ordinals. This innovative approach involves inscribing data on satoshis, which are the smallest units of BTC.
Emulators are a game-changer for gamers as they allow them to play video game consoles on different devices without actually owning or operating the console itself. Pizza Ninjas has utilized Google’s Brotli Compression method to inscribe larger items, like the N64 and its games, making it more feasible than ever before. The Brotli Compression technique reduces file sizes by approximately 80%. For example, the iconic game Goldeneye 64, which is 12.4 MB uncompressed, can be reduced to just 3.15 MB with Brotli.
This reduction in size allows the game to fit inside one Bitcoin block (4 MB) or be split across eight transactions under 400 kb. Additionally, network fees are currently at their lowest since the start of Ordinals, making the cost of inscribing this game at the current rate of 15 sats/vbyte only $6,000. This is a reasonable price for a community of gamers who are passionate about preserving these classic games for eternity.
The Nintendo 64 was launched in 1996 and sold over 30 million units throughout its lifetime, according to Statista, a data-tracking platform. In January, the popular first-person shooter game Doom was also inscribed on Dogecoin (DOGE) using “doginals,” which are Dogecoin’s version of BTC ordinals.
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