Rare Replay N64: Xbox One Back-Compat vs Xbox 360 Frame-Rate Test [Perfect Dark/Banjo Kazooie/Tooie]

Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie analysed! We're gradually working our way through Rare Replay, and we wanted to show how the compilation's excellent N64 catalogue is handled. Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie all utilise the existing Xbox 360 remasters, powered via the new backwards compatibility feature. The virtualisation is pretty much bang-on, with complete parity evident with the Xbox 360 versions. Just like the 360 versions, we get full 1080p resolution with 4x MSAA - and in the case of Perfect Dark, 60fps action.

Games tested:

00:02 - Perfect Dark
02:11 - Banjo Kazooie
04:37 - Banjo Tooie

[Snoozie]

Also, for everyone asking why the games are capped at 30fps, it's because the game was programmed to function at 30fps on the N64, that means they'd have to completely rework the games from the ground up to work at 60fps. Making a game run faster then it's initial framerate will cause it to actually go faster (As in the game is not in real time). Emulation is not easy guys, stop complaining about it, at least you got your banjo kazooie games on xbox now.

[marekvrbka]

Original N64 version: 10 FPS when more than 1 enemy is on screen (Perfect Dark)

[CampionBun]

They forgot to show an explosion on perfect dark. That's when the game goes to shit.

[lalalabababa]

God, the shark music in Banjo gave me nightmares all over again.

[BLACKBND]

Perfect Dark Zero was such a disappointment compared to the original which was a straight up beast.

[VividMac]

3:43 When I was a kid that music always got me

[GruntAttack]

Digital Foundry should have tested out the rocket launchers in Perfect Dark XBLA. The explosions causes massive slow downs just like N64 version did. But I believe the frame rate doesn't actually drop although on PD XBLA.

[AlphaZeroX]

I wish 4J would add the option to use the N64 graphics for Perfect Dark, and they should had brought back features that were in the original.

[hardcorgamer]

perfect dark is perhaps the greatest FPS ever

[Mk-jhws]

Definitely a step in the right direction!

[ElricSowrd]

4:17- There's this giant crab. And it's weird looking. XD

[projectikaruga]

Wow, Banjo runs at 30fps??? The animation is so smooth, that i thought it was running at 60 fps...

[MrDerOutsider]

Perfect Dark = the only game with 1080p @ 60 fps on xbox one :D

[Anubiss]

I'm still very much confused over RR. So is it worth playing Rare Replay games or not? Is it better or not?
Please just a simple answer on this one, at most explain why.
Sick of just seeing videos of frame rates with little noticeable difference in

[Timotheeee]

Omg the Xbone can run an N64 game at 60fps ? better make a video showing off that next gen power.

[richardw.]

hey DF, can you test those games on the OneS/OneX, please?

[onastacknocap]

Xbox can run them at 60 but they stuck to original fram rate but put the native resolution at 1080p

[leftyfourguns]

There should really be no differences because they're the same versions

[haloshadowsnipe]

LOL!!! I could run N64 games on an emulator on my damn android phone with 60FPS XD

[NoahThomas]

No GoldenEye 64 in this collection? What the heck!