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A new PC port of Super Mario 64, with native Linux version. It comes as an AppImage, and requires a ROM file of the original game.

Seems to work well. FPS is locked to 30 by default, but you can change that from the settings. It even supports ultrawide resolutions, with the possibility to change HUD aspect ratio to 16:9.

It also supports HD texture packs, such as this one: https://github.com/GhostlyDark/SM64-Reloaded-GS. Just decompress it in to the mods folder, and toggle between original and alternative textures with the Tab key.

  • Ghoelian@piefed.socialEnglish
    33·
    21 hours ago

    This is a full native recompilation of the game for x64 processors, so you don’t need an emulation layer. Should also make it easier to make custom texture packs and mods.

    • ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      41·
      16 hours ago

      If this is a full recompilation of the game, why do I need the ROM file of the original game then? Just like an emulator. That doesn’t make any sense.

          • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
            3·
            6 hours ago

            That entire project takes about 1.1 MB of space, which isn’t nearly enough for an entire 3D game. It’s only the executable file, and some other required files. You need to provide the assets.

          • HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            5·
            11 hours ago

            I actually followed some devlogs for this, and nobody knows who owns the rights to that game anymore. The original developing company was bought out, then merged, then bought out again, then the rights sold off in a bundled deal, and whatever else. They can’t figure out the legal shit for that project, and no company knows if they own the rights to even sue over.

          • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            10·
            15 hours ago

            Implication from the readme is that the lego island decomp does indeed need original assets:

            The simplest way to use the recompiled binaries is to swap the original executables (ISLE.EXE, LEGO1.DLL, and CONFIG.EXE) in LEGO Island’s installation directory for the ones that you’ve built from this source code.

            • ErenOnizuka@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              21·
              15 hours ago

              Read before that:

              Prerequisites

              You will need the following software installed:

              • Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2. This can be found on many abandonware sites, but the installer can be a little iffy on modern versions of Windows. For convenience, a portable version is available that can be downloaded and used quickly instead.
              • CMake. A copy is often included with the “Desktop development with C++” workload in newer versions of Visual Studio; however, it can also be installed as a standalone app.

              And after that:

              For advanced users, you can get LEGO Island to run from anywhere as long as ISLE.EXE and LEGO1.DLL are in the same directory and the cdpath and diskpath registry keys (usually found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mindscape\LEGO Island on 32-bit operating systems and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Mindscape\LEGO Island on 64-bit operating systems) point to the correct location for the asset files (the directory that contains the LEGO folder).

              • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                4·
                13 hours ago

                Prerequisites

                Those look like build prerequisites. Many decomp projects do not need original game assets at build time, just runtime.

                and after that…

                cdpath and diskpath registry keys […] point to the correct location for the asset files

                I read this as another implication that original game files are required. Otherwise, why would you need a registry key telling the new game engine where to look for assets? The /assets file in the git repo contains only 3 pngs of icon images. There’s no way they’ve secretly bundled a whole game’s worth of models and textures in the codebase.