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Super Mario 64 for the PS1

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300 points LaserDiscMan | 3 comments | 10 Dec 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.021s | source
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zamadatix ◴[10 Dec 25 19:38 UTC] No.46222536[source]▶
If you like this port, you may also enjoy this ground-up effort to clone SM64 on the GBA https://youtu.be/nS5rj80L-pk
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giancarlostoro ◴[10 Dec 25 20:50 UTC] No.46223627[source]▶
Interesting, I'm wondering if the GBA could handle a light version of a Minecraft style game, but the N64 looks like it could be great at it too. I need to get me a SummerCart64 one of these days and experiment with my old N64.
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1. takantri ◴[11 Dec 25 02:02 UTC] No.46226762[source]▶
ClassiCube (https://github.com/ClassiCube/ClassiCube) exists, which is an open-source Minecraft Classic reimplementation with an N64 port among dozens of others. HN discussed it two years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37518874).

ClassiCube has a WIP GBA port, but according to commits it only hits 2 FPS as of now and is not listed in its README.

On a related tangent, there's also Fromage, a separate Minecraft Classic clone written for the PS1 (https://chenthread.asie.pl/fromage/).

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2. alexisread ◴[11 Dec 25 12:12 UTC] No.46230410[source]▶
Related to this is the Atari Falcon port of Minecraft using a sparse voxel octree, might work for the GBA seeing as the Quake ports are similar performance-wise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHsgdZFk22M

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3. wk_end ◴[11 Dec 25 18:25 UTC] No.46235012[source]▶
Man, that DSP made the Falcon an insane piece of hardware for its time. Shame that it never found any real success.