skibzon Hacker News • Recommends
On “OpenLara”
I found some fascinating coverage of the OpenLara project, specifically for the port of Tomb Raider to the GBA. link to this video
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Tomb Raider on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance is incredible | MVG
Modern Vintage Gamer
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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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Game developmentSystems programmingUnity, Unreal and GodotBuilding a game engineRetro games and consoles
Modern Vintage Gamer explains how the open-source OpenLara engine was highly optimized to run Tomb Raider on the Game Boy Advance.
The open source Tomb Raider engine known as OpenLara is running on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. In this episode we uncover how this impossible port was achieved. And indeed how it runs at good speeds on the GBA. Huge thanks to XProger for taking the time to answer my questions about this incredible port! ► Support the Channel - patreon.com/ModernVintageGamer Music: ► Tomb Raider I, 1 featuring Lara Croft (1996) ► Tracks by: Nathan McCree ► Eidos Int. Limited / Core Design Credits/Sources/Links: ► Download OpenLara for the GBA - github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases/tag/latest ► Hard4Games : Tomb Raider on 3DO!!! What?! - youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIeEzmXho ► Tomb Raider N-Gage - EKA2L1 Emulator - youtube.com/watch?v=umYBFZZoe6g ► Rodrigo Copetti - copetti.org/writings/consoles/game-boy-advance/ Social Media Links : ► Check me out on Facebook : facebook.com/ModernVintageGamer ► BandCamp : modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/ ► Follow me on Twitter : twitter.com/ModernVintageG #Nintendo #GBA #TombRaiderWhy it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a fascinating look at extreme performance optimization for retro handheld hardware.
jamesgeck0on Hacker News • Recommends
On “The lost art of handheld demakes”
My favorite handheld port is this fan-made port of Tomb Raider to GBA. It's not even a demake, just a really optimized re-implementation of the engine. link to this video
alexisreadon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Apple ][ "Lemmings" Proof of Concept”
You can get a measure of the performance from doom2 on an a4000 link 12mhz arm2 on a vga monitor (so slower fps than composite). Some other impressive feats are tomb raider and quake on the GBA (16mhz arm7tdmi), halflife on the Falcon, and Dread on the St and Amiga. link to this video link link link