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Super Mario 64 for the PS1

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300 points LaserDiscMan | 8 comments | 10 Dec 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.025s | source | bottom
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Larrikin ◴[10 Dec 25 19:24 UTC] No.46222319[source]▶
Are there any pictures or video of it running? I understand why they are not on the GitHub page
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platevoltage ◴[10 Dec 25 20:04 UTC] No.46222969[source]▶
here's another video that showed good gameplay shots that I happened to see last night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kscCFfXecTI

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ginko ◴[10 Dec 25 20:18 UTC] No.46223146[source]▶
The distorted textures and weird triangle clipping issues are exactly what you'd expect from an unoptimized port to a platform that doesn't support perspective correct texturing or depth testing.
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bluedino ◴[10 Dec 25 21:49 UTC] No.46224353[source]▶
It looks pretty decent but seeing the texture warping and glitching reminds me of why I was team N64
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1. krispyfi ◴[11 Dec 25 01:37 UTC] No.46226611[source]▶
I had the opposite reaction. As someone who was on team PSX, the wobbly jank is pleasingly nostalgic. Didn't someone say that the limitations and artifacts of the obsolete media of the past become the sought-after aesthetics of the future?
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2. mpyne ◴[11 Dec 25 02:05 UTC] No.46226793[source]▶
They are certainly sometimes a key part of the retro look that makes things nostalgic.

But even during the PSX era I found it distracting and annoying to look at so I can't say I have any nostalgia for it even now in the way I do for N64-style low-poly 3-D games or good pixel art.

3. nmz ◴[11 Dec 25 06:15 UTC] No.46228242[source]▶
This is all subjective so I suppose I should add an IMO, Even back then many games were preferable on the N64 like megaman legends, what the PS1 offered that was superior was storage, which allowed for more music and FMVs, and also allowed for voice acting and probably why MGS is still talked about to this day, my guess is the lack of detail helps immersion the same way you would read a novel, and I imagine the PS1 with its storage would've been the perfect vehicle for Visual Novels, but that still is not popular anywhere but Japan.

Even with realism, ports to dreamcast were better overall and considering the latest port of Final Fantasy Tactics does not emulate any of its PS1 limitations, I don't think a lot of people strive/like the aesthetic.

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4. eru ◴[11 Dec 25 06:36 UTC] No.46228342[source]▶
> [...] and I imagine the PS1 with its storage would've been the perfect vehicle for Visual Novels, but that still is not popular anywhere but Japan.

I guess you can pretend that the JRPG or Resident Evil are Visual Novels with some action game play (or turn based combat) thrown in?

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5. ginko ◴[11 Dec 25 08:52 UTC] No.46229091[source]▶
>Even back then many games were preferable on the N64 like megaman legends

Huh, I generally see megaman legends cited as an example where the PSX version looks better due to the crisper textures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lravGmPPQ

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6. ginko ◴[11 Dec 25 09:01 UTC] No.46229141[source]▶
As someone who was team N64 I do agree PSX has more of a "trademark look" compared to the N64 which is pretty much just a very limited version of a modern graphics rasterizer.
7. nmz ◴[11 Dec 25 20:58 UTC] No.46237060{3}[source]▶
I stand corrected.
8. nmz ◴[11 Dec 25 21:04 UTC] No.46237134{3}[source]▶
That's what I do with sons of liberty