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▲ okeuro49 5 hours ago

If you are interested in Mario 64 have a look at Kaze Emanuar's YouTube channel.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCuvSqzfO_LV_QzHdmEj84SQ

From Wikipedia:

> Starting from 2022, Emanuar would begin uploading videos discussing Nintendo 64 technical details and optimization techniques,[15] along with outlining Super Mario 64's bugs, technical shortcomings and poorly optimized features, fixing them in the process.[16][17][18][19] He would heavily rework the game's source code in 2024 and use it as a base for his collaborative ROM hack Return to Yoshi's Island, which resulted in increased frame rate and improved graphical fidelity compared to the original game, even when running on the original Nintendo 64.

▲bredren 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This guy has been at it for a while. Was first person I thought of while reading this article.

I was wondering how he has adapted to using LLMs. If they might have significantly advanced his work.

▲saltymug76 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wouldn’t be a hacker news post without shoehorning chatbots

▲zen928 38 minutes ago | parent [-]

You mean the trillion dollar technical marvel that impacts all tech related careers and fields that interact with technology? Seems hard to not be interested in someone's use of it if you value technology and are excited for its growth, maybe not so much for ideological puritans that draw inspiration from the mentality of crabs in a bucket

▲whateveracct 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

he seemed to be doing fine without them

▲bredren an hour ago | parent [-]

Clearly. But we’ve seen demonstrations of highly skilled folks being able to make outsized progress using LLM.

It can be an acceleration when wielded by someone who can keep the model focused.

▲Juvination 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I came in here to suggest this channel, it's an absolute blast hearing him talk about the N64 hardware with such passion and interest in optimization.

▲bityard an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Did he release those optimizations anywhere?