HOW TO PLAY ROM HACKS ON N64 HOW TO

I look forward to enjoying the wide variety of games that all of your love and dedication has made available to us players. Sincere thanks to everyone and anyone who is able to help me out. So, what emulators or other programs do I need to run them? Where do I find these emulators/programs? Is there anything I should know before using them? The platforms I have gotten downloads for so far are NES/Famicom, Famicom Disk System, and SNES/Super Famicom, with a few specific titles I intend to find for GBA, N64, and GameCube.

Plus, there's the fact that some of the translations I downloaded are patches, and I have no idea what I need to do differently for those.

HOW TO PLAY ROM HACKS ON N64 HOW TO

Now for the stupid noob question how do I run them? I think I probably need an emulator (?), but I don't know where to find one or how to use it. To that end, I have downloaded numerous translations of previously untranslated games and a few ROMhacks based on some of my favorite games. So, while I do have a few ROMhacks in the planning stage, my primary reason for being here is as a gamer who loves to play. Plus, the information may be useful to others who are new to the world of ROMs, ROMhacks, and fan translations, so I decided to go ahead and post my question anyway. I apologize if such a page still exists, or if there is already a topic about it, but (as I said) I am unable to locate it. I'm also fairly certain I once saw a page covering it on here, but I can't find it now.

Okay, I'm absolutely certain this is a total noob question.

How to play rom hacks on n64