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The History of 3D Graphics on the Gameboy Advance | minimme

minimme · 667K views · 2020-02-20 · 34:29

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minimme traces the timeline of 3D graphics engines on the Game Boy Advance, from early experiments to commercial 3D games, covering techniques such as voxel rendering. It is a history and showcase of what developers coaxed out of the limited hardware.

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HN people recommend it as the best overview of how 3D on the GBA progressed over the console's life, usually in threads about GBA ports and homebrew 3D engines.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2023

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koofdoof · 2022-06 · Recommendation

For a good overview of the progress of 3d GBA graphics over the console's lifespan I'd reccomended this video history: [VIDEO]

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phire · 2023-04 · Reference

Beyond the tech demos There are dozens published 3D games. The most impressive is the GBA port of Driv3r. More or less stripped down Grand Theft Auto 3 style sandbox game, squashed down onto the GBA. Driv3r Video: [LINK] History/showcase of various 3d GBA games: [VIDEO]

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warning26 · 2022-01 · Reference

> as far as i know, beyond anything on the gba ever There were actually a few commercial 3d rendered GBA games! They weren't very common, but perhaps the most graphically impressive was Asterix & Obelix XXL, a 3D platformer: [LINK] Some others are showcased here: [VIDEO]

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