macstainless to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 days agoHalf-Life Was 95% Ready for Dreamcasttimemachiner.ioexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down13
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minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-223 days agoRight, architecturally it was probably pretty simple. But the minimum system requirements for HL:2 versus the Xbox’s hardware is pretty stark: Half-Life 2 minimum requirements for PC: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz Memory: 512 MB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Xbox System Specs: CPU: Intel Pentium III 733 MHz Memory: 64 MB (shared with GPU) Graphics: Custom NVidia based on Geforce 3 Edit: Definitely meaning the original Xbox and not the 360. Was one of the last games I bought for the original and still have it :)
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-223 days agoAs a point of comparison, 360 has 512MB RAM. HL2 was targeting PCs comparable to PS3/360, but somehow they got it working on an Xbox.
minus-squaremihnt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoMakes you wonder what corners they cut to get it functional.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 days agoSo playable frame rate was the main corner cut.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/c66hfqw4SKc Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareChee_Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoThe 00s Doom reboot shares a similar story, but for the 360!
Right, architecturally it was probably pretty simple. But the minimum system requirements for HL:2 versus the Xbox’s hardware is pretty stark:
Half-Life 2 minimum requirements for PC:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz Memory: 512 MB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100Xbox System Specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium III 733 MHz Memory: 64 MB (shared with GPU) Graphics: Custom NVidia based on Geforce 3Edit: Definitely meaning the original Xbox and not the 360. Was one of the last games I bought for the original and still have it :)
As a point of comparison, 360 has 512MB RAM. HL2 was targeting PCs comparable to PS3/360, but somehow they got it working on an Xbox.
Makes you wonder what corners they cut to get it functional.
https://youtu.be/c66hfqw4SKc
So playable frame rate was the main corner cut.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/c66hfqw4SKc
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
The 00s Doom reboot shares a similar story, but for the 360!