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1. Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:34:03 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

   wow

   this is probably the coolest port I have ever seen

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVSLcqGP7g

   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:34:02 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz but the GBA has some kind of a 3D engine doesn't it?

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:34:03 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     No GPU. No FPU. No primitive raycasting or Mode7-like trickery. You use whatever RAM you have wisely to do static calculations with lookup tables. And then the 3D magic happens.

   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:36:45 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz afaik it has some 3d rendering capabilities, that's why most of the games show that in one way or another... where did I see that?

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:36:46 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

     @ekaitz_zarraga nope, just two CPUs, an ARM7TDMI and the Game Boy’s Sharp SM83

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:38:13 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

     @ekaitz_zarraga sometimes actual 3D models would be rendered, but it’s always the CPU rendering them

   • Xerz! :blobcathearttrans: (xerz@fedi.xerz.one)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:38:14 CET Xerz! :blobcathearttrans:

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     • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

     @ekaitz_zarraga no, that’s the “mode 7-like” I just mentioned. You can project a 2D plane and then put whatever you want on top.

     Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 repeated this.
   • Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 (ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 21:38:27 CET Ekaitz Zárraga 👹

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     @xerz i knew there was some trickery there but I didn't remember