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

minimme · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Game history & retro gamingComputer graphics & renderingDemoscene & retrocomputing

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “For a good overview of the progress of 3d GBA graphics over the console's lifespan I'd reccomended this video history”

    Overview of 3D graphics progress on the GBA

    koofdoof, 2022-06 · Recommendation · in “Quake on the Game Boy Advance [video]”

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Topics: gba, retro gaming, 3d engines, voxel rendering, homebrew

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