Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mod Remakes the N64 Classic in True 3D
Zelda: Ocarina of Time fan mod for original Nintendo 64 hardware turns the game's pre-rendered backgrounds into 3D..
Zelda: Ocarina of Time fan mod for original Nintendo 64 hardware turns the game's pre-rendered backgrounds into 3D.
The short version
- The impressive mod reportedly runs on original Nintendo 64 hardware Nintendo is officially working on a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time , but a modder is already bringing a whole new perspective to Hyrule — literally.
- Modder Reonu has revealed a new mod for Ocarina of Time that remakes all the game's pre-rendered 2D scenery in true 3D.
- "I've been working on this for over a year," he writes.
What happened
"The provisional name is OoT unJPEG ." While Ocarina of Time on 3DS does exist, he wants to match the original game's style. To make the mod even more impressive, it will be released for the Zelda 64 Recompiled project as well as a ROM hack that runs on real Nintendo 64 hardware.
Why it matters
Getting the project running on original hardware has not been easy and required Reonu to write custom CPU culling code.
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