Notes:
The game doesn't run on the Nintendo 64 runtime, but it does run under the Windows release of Gopher64: https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64 (The Linux version doesn't seem to launch at all no matter what I try so feel free to experiment with that.)
You'll need to create an empty text file titled "portable.txt" in the same folder as the Gopher64 executable if you want controller support. Then with a controller plugged into your main PC, launch Gopher64 through Proton (Wine on its own doesn't load the GUI font) and under 'Controller Config' select 'XInput Controller #1'. You can also add controllers to the remaining three players here if you plan on playing the game with others. You can also edit the new "config.json" file in the newly created path '(Name of cartridge)/portable_data/config' manually to force nonexistent players for future-proofing your game.