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Super Mario 64 for the PS1

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300 points LaserDiscMan | 2 comments | 10 Dec 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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kibwen ◴[10 Dec 25 21:28 UTC] No.46224134[source]▶
Given that this is HN, I'm contractually obligated to mention that the GBA port is written in Rust: https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/the-impossible-port-super-mar...
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1. pmarin ◴[11 Dec 25 11:05 UTC] No.46229946[source]▶
That sound more like a demake than a port. Very cool anyway.
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2. deaddodo ◴[11 Dec 25 14:59 UTC] No.46232174[source]▶
A demake would be a reimagining of a modern game into the style and aesthetics of the time. E.g. taking God of War and turning it into a 2D Shinobi-style platformer for Sega Genesis. Or turning Gran Turismo into a Mode7-style racer on SNES.

In this case, the creator wrote a custom 3D renderer and recreated the models/meshes to get as close of an approximation of the N64 experience onto the GBA.

I wouldn't call it a port necessarily ("recreation" seems more apt), but it's closer to that than a demake.