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Our team mad scientist, Esppiral, just added a 60fps "performance mode" toggle to our Sega Dreamcast port of Grand Theft Auto 3.... WHAT NOW, PS2 AND XBOX!? ...also, Sega 32x homebrew scene, we've given you a head start on your port of GTA3! 🤣

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MVG1 year ago

looks better than Cyberpunk 2077 on the PS4

Retrobroker Store2 years ago

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PC Wizard1 year ago

Just add some N64 fog to hide that pop in and it'll be perfect! 🤣

the_kovic1 year ago

So you're saying GTA 64 looking viable, yes?

Falco Girgis1 year ago

Yeeeees! And you guys can skip the whole initial phase where the PS2 fanboys tell you that your ROM physical media containing the assets lacks the bandwidth to handle the game, cuz it's not "da DvD stReamInG TekNoLoGy!" lmao.

Joseph Garvin1 year ago

SuperFX when?

Señor Rastrero1 year ago

First thing I noticed before even reading the tweet was the 60fps. Nuts! I hope that bit about 32X was a joke, but I can't be sure after seeing this crazy port on DC.

Air Friar1 year ago

with what I've seen of homebrew 32x, I wouldn't be surprised to see this run natively

Yahya1 year ago

Is that a cyber truck lol I really hope the Sega 32x team finds a way to combine the Sega CD storage to open the door to amazing things

Jake Friedel1 year ago

You know, I've actually wondered how far AI will be able to optimize code once you give it the hardware parameter constraints. We might see some wild ports in the future.

joaohrs21 year ago

GTA 3 graphics nintendo 64 lol Port GTA 3 in nintendo 64 in graphics low resolution for example in video its perfeito haha

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