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Yeah, I knew about that, so this it's just transcribing instead of translating. But I'd guess SGI machines (IRIX) being OpenGL bound (they invented it) the N64

by anthk 2y ago

Yeah, I knew about that, so this it's just transcribing instead of translating. But I'd guess SGI machines (IRIX) being OpenGL bound (they invented it) the N64 would map the microcode to GL funcs much better.

bitwize 2y ago
Glide was modelled after OpenGL, so I'm guessing the mapping was not that much of a stretch anyway.
- rvnx 2y ago
  and then you had to use an extra DLL that was essentially translating 3dfx calls to DirectX
  - anthk 2y ago
    That was later. NGlide for sure.