Using The SNES Super FX Chip To Run Super Mario 64

Using The SNES Super FX Chip To Run Super Mario 64

Although the Nintendo 64 was the first to bring real 3D graphics to the table in 1996, the Super Nintendo had an ace up its sleeve in the form of the Super FX chip. One major advantage of using car…

Can The SNES Super FX Chip Power Super Mario 64?

I remember sitting down and talking with Jez San about his work on the Super FX Chip, which was the MARIO chip back then (Mathematical Argonaut Rotation I.O. chip), and discovering firsthand from someone who worked on the project just how influential it was when it came to producing

This Super Mario 64 SNES Port Is Looking To Push The Super FX Chip To Its Limits

Textures? in this economy?In the mid-'90s, with the Nintendo 64 looming, Nintendo was still looking for exciting new titles that would placate its enormous army of SNES owners. Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island are all examples of games that squeezed every last drop of juice out of the 16-bit platform, with savvy coders pushing the console to its limits.Today, some 30 years after the fact, these limits…

Fan ports Super Mario 64 to SNES with Super FX Chip

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Someone ported a playable Mario 64 Bob-Omb Battlefield to the Super FX chip

Youtube @GameofTobi has posted an update His previous works included porting Mario 64 & Mario Galaxy to GBA, Minecraft on the DS Twilight Princess on the 3DS and many more 3D projects on old Nintendo hardware. Yes, he has multiple projects going on at the same time and I don't think any are 'complete' but its fascinating how understanding the hardware and better coding can squeeze significantly...