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Name: | WinBack |
Console: | Nintendo 64 (N64) |
Release Date: | 1999 |
Publisher: | Tecmo Koei, Koei |
Genres: | Shooter, Third-person Shooter, Action, Strategy |
Winback is a third-person shooter video game developed by Koei's Omega Force studio for the Nintendo 64 in 1999 and PlayStation 2 in 2001. A second game with no related storyline, WinBack 2: Project Poseidon, was produced by Cavia for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox game consoles, was released on April 25, 2006. The story follows one Jean-Luc Cougar, a secret agent infiltrating a laser satellite's command center. Gameplay revolves around its innovative cover system, where the player takes cover behind corners and then ducks out to shoot. The player cannot move while shooting; instead, the control stick is used to aim, a task made easier by the fact that every weapon is equipped with a laser sight. The game was influenced by Metal Gear Solid and, in turn, WinBack's cover system eventually went on to influence several later shooters, including Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Kill Switch, which in turn influenced games like Gears of War. The cover system has since become a staple of third-person shooters. |
There are two components for playing a n64 WinBack rom on your PC. The first component is the emulation program which can imitate the n64 OS and software.
The second component is the WinBack rom itself to play on the emulator.
Step 1: you can start by downloading a reliable and bug free emulator. We’d suggest Mupen – it’s open source, fast and one of the most frequently updated.
Once you have finished downloading Mupen, extract the downloaded .zip file to a location, for example your Desktop. After, double click the mupen64.exe file in order to start the emulator.
Your emulator will now be ready to play WinBack rom. But now you’ll need to find the correct ROMs online. A ROM is essentially a virtual version of the game that needs to be loaded into the emulator.
Step 2: return to Mupen and hit File > Open. Navigate to the downloaded .exe file and double click it to open it. The game will now run on the emulator and you can play the game freely.
Tip: Saving games on an emulator functions a little differently. The integrated save system will not save your progress.
Instead, you’ll need to click File > Save State and then choose an empty slot. You can save your progress in whatever point you like within the game, not only on the official checkpoints offered by the game.
When playing in the future and you want to continue from your saved state, you can use File > Load State to load up the game from exactly where you last saved it.
Emulator | Console | Platform | FileSize | Emulator |
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1964 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | Windows | 1.4MB | Download |
TRWin 2.3.6 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | Windows | 0.1MB | Download |
Mupen64Plus FZ 3.0.142 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | Android | 10.5MB | Download |
Nemu64 0.8 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | Windows | 4.7MB | Download |
SupraHLE 1.1.3 | Nintendo 64 (N64) | Windows | 2.3MB | Download |