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Play NES Games in 3D

67 points by andreaorru 6y ago

empressplay 6y ago
See also: play Apple II games in 3D https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/ https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/
Evidlo 6y ago
Cool, but they chose pretty obscure (to me) titles to demo with.
- kick 6y ago
  Probably trying to avoid C&Ds that are inevitable with using second- and first-party titles commercially.
  - banana_giraffe 6y ago
    I suspect that's part of the answer, the other part is what they show is probably technically the easier ones to implement. The actual experience in some of the big name titles I tried isn't as good (yet, I'd assume) as some of the games they show. It works, but there are some odd glitches.
- sixothree 6y ago
  https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147940/discussions/0/1640927858845729617/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147940/discussions/0/1640927...
- eyegor 6y ago
  They chose very recent titles, probably because they were able to secure rights to show them. Nintendo is well known for being a menace to any community rom or IP work. A significant amount of the trailers came from micro mages, which launched from a kickstarter with a production run in 2019 I believe.
invalidOrTaken 6y ago
Having never done graphics programming of any kind, this stuff is like magic to me. Well done!
brian_herman__ 6y ago
Is this a copy of this? https://youtu.be/weRajsyLaEI https://youtu.be/weRajsyLaEI
- crooked-v 6y ago
  No, it's the same app, renamed for trademark reasons.
- deleted 6y ago
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keyle 6y ago
This legal? I mean Nintendo is known for coming down hard on any kind of reproduction...
- cheschire 6y ago
  It's an emulator, so BYOG.
jccalhoun 6y ago
Interesting. Years ago there was an emulator that would do a similar thing for arcade games. I remember it working on Pac-Man. edit: It looks like it was only for Pac-Man and very different than this: http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/ http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/ I think it is equally interesting that they got this on steam. I think think there are other emulators on there, are there (aside from things like classic games sold by the owners of the ip.)
dlhavema 6y ago
I was hoping this was more of a 3d first person perspective ala Ready Player One / Oasis style. I would so throw money at that. Playing through Zork in VR First person style would be fun.
wyldfire 6y ago
I wonder if they could combine this with the upsampling or vectorization of the sprites/textures. The results illustrated by researchers looked great.
makapuf 6y ago
This [1] was also done in 2016, are those projects related ? (apart from the idea) [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxjbXAqTPg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxjbXAqTPg
- Jyaif 6y ago
  It probably uses similar techniques, but this attempt is much much more advanced: It 3Dfies some individual sprites, and even renders shadows! It's brilliant.

67 points by andreaorru 6y ago

empressplay 6y ago

See also: play Apple II games in 3D https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/ https://paleotronic.com/software/microm8/

Evidlo 6y ago

Cool, but they chose pretty obscure (to me) titles to demo with.

kick 6y ago
Probably trying to avoid C&Ds that are inevitable with using second- and first-party titles commercially.
- banana_giraffe 6y ago
  I suspect that's part of the answer, the other part is what they show is probably technically the easier ones to implement. The actual experience in some of the big name titles I tried isn't as good (yet, I'd assume) as some of the games they show. It works, but there are some odd glitches.
sixothree 6y ago
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147940/discussions/0/1640927858845729617/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/1147940/discussions/0/1640927...
eyegor 6y ago
They chose very recent titles, probably because they were able to secure rights to show them. Nintendo is well known for being a menace to any community rom or IP work. A significant amount of the trailers came from micro mages, which launched from a kickstarter with a production run in 2019 I believe.

invalidOrTaken 6y ago

Having never done graphics programming of any kind, this stuff is like magic to me. Well done!

brian_herman__ 6y ago

Is this a copy of this? https://youtu.be/weRajsyLaEI https://youtu.be/weRajsyLaEI

crooked-v 6y ago
No, it's the same app, renamed for trademark reasons.
deleted 6y ago
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keyle 6y ago

This legal? I mean Nintendo is known for coming down hard on any kind of reproduction...

cheschire 6y ago
It's an emulator, so BYOG.

jccalhoun 6y ago

Interesting. Years ago there was an emulator that would do a similar thing for arcade games. I remember it working on Pac-Man. edit: It looks like it was only for Pac-Man and very different than this: http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/ http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/ I think it is equally interesting that they got this on steam. I think think there are other emulators on there, are there (aside from things like classic games sold by the owners of the ip.)

dlhavema 6y ago

I was hoping this was more of a 3d first person perspective ala Ready Player One / Oasis style. I would so throw money at that. Playing through Zork in VR First person style would be fun.

wyldfire 6y ago

I wonder if they could combine this with the upsampling or vectorization of the sprites/textures. The results illustrated by researchers looked great.

makapuf 6y ago

This [1] was also done in 2016, are those projects related ? (apart from the idea) [1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxjbXAqTPg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xDxjbXAqTPg

Jyaif 6y ago
It probably uses similar techniques, but this attempt is much much more advanced: It 3Dfies some individual sprites, and even renders shadows! It's brilliant.