Calculator Gaming: Super Smash Bros.
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- This smashes maths.
Here’s the original forum for Super Smash Bros. Open, which I have discovered was made by someone called Hayleia.
www.omnimaga.or...
I have moved from Patreon to Floatplane!
For just $1 you can follow me on Floatplane for a photo of every video game item I get, when I get it. www.floatplane...
Super Smash Bros Open having a dynamic camera which scales sprite quality & size with distance all at a decent frame rate on a Ti-83 plus is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Give that dude a medal.
fr
It's in the same sphere as that insane OpenLara GBA port. Never would've imagined this would be possible on such dated hardware. Last post from Hayleia on omnimaga looks to be from Nov 2015. God bless 'em, wherever they are (probably programming for dated yet crucial air-gapped banking/military systems).
I was in total awe when the camera zoomed in the characters, just like a good old smash bros game
I wouldn't have even assumed it was possible.
Facts
That is soo damn impressive, not even the SNES was able to do proper scaling and camera distance without some tricks or graphics modes, but this dev made it run with playable framerates on a low power mashine only designed to display text
this man beat nintendo with a CALCULATOR
Given the Grand Theft Auto attempts I wasn't expecting much, but that first game was really impressive
Even without the comparison it's just so insane
I believe the reason why they're percentages in Smash is because that's how much the knockback on getting hit is increased by. Also, I was very disappointed when the reflector didn't deal damage. 10/10 game.
That makes sense!
The scaling doesn't match what happens in the game. when you're on 100% you get knocked back more than 2x normal.
I'm assuming that's for drama purposes@@Juanus14
@@Juanus14it's not linear scaling and there's plenty of other variables like the characters weight and the type of move they got hit by, plus in 4/ultimate there's moves getting stale and the rage mechanic.
My theory was that usually, 100% is when smash attacks usually start killing reliably. Thus its called "kill %" in the community
As someone in the calc dev community, a few things:
Smash open has character files (you can make your own!). There's not many right now, but it basically has rivals workshop.
Also, the port you used to connect to pc? It can link to calculators for *2 calculator play* (last i checked)
Smash open's code is actually easier to approach than some calculator programs.
Stuff like this is usually asm, hardware-level, very unreadable.
Axe (what this is made in) is in between: still powerful but easier to write.
You could open the code for this, and might even be able to read it!
Also theres a lot of impressive projects. Recently someone finished an earthbound-beginnings-inspired game.
On the ti 84+ CE, theres a gb emulator.
The Ti 84+ CE has the most active homebrew scene (common in schools, has a homebrew C toolchain).
I'd love to guide you on a deeper dive into calc homebrew, its a deep iceberg not really on youtube :/
Must... Push comment... To top!
Wow. I had a Casio
oh hi
@@NinjaWeedletbh any home brew games you can probably add stuff to
"You louse?! I didnt even do anything how did i louse?!?!" Absolutely wheezing
Supper Smash Brothers: Mele
oh my god the dynamic camera on smash bros open and the sprites getting more detailed when it zooms in actually blew me away.
My jaw dropped when you actually booted into the stage for the first time. It looked *significantly* better than what I was expecting, and they got the camera movements down to a tee. The game seems kind of miserable to play, but it's just so interesting from a technical perspective alone. I definitely expected the game to be much more similar to all of those poor examples you showed towards the end of the video. I'm not in school anymore, so I don't really have a reason to care about it, but I do really hope the creator of that first Smash game comes back and finishes the project since the novelty is just too good.
It's definitely the smash 4 menu
Really is crazy that this channel is this good in its infancy. Keep up the good work!
Glad you enjoy it!
The zoom in and out on Smash Brothers Open blew my mind, it was super smooth! Kinda sad i missed out on all this stuff as a kid but tempted to explore it now!
"The Patreon isn't for an after show, just shows off every cool gaming thing I buy" my guy that is *exactly* what I want to see
"That's... why I'm here."
TWO cat meows in one video? You'll spoil us James
The dynamic camera and zoom are honestly super impressive.
Line of the week James: _"Calculators are not usually known for fast paced gaming!"_ 😂😂
Can't believe we went from this, to ARM CPUs in newer Texas Instruments Calculators
Keep it up man!
I mean, that's only on the N-Spire line. They're still making new models that run on the same Z80 architecture as this one (at significantly higher speeds of course)
The TI-89 actually has a motorola 68000 cpu. Yes A 68k calculator.
As someone who has a school filled with TI 83+ calculators, this is a blessing from the heavens God has saved me
Ahaha still running those? Shows how good they were when they launched I guess!
i love how you know exactly what kind of smash player coded this due to not having any of the big boys and just the competitive fucks.
Back in my day the only games we had on Ti83 were that rpg about getting drunk, and drug wars.
Oh and doom.
The effort people put into these calcs is amazing
That first game is beyond impressive. I didn't even know the Ti-83 could do those things.
James Channel just keeps on giving
Let's goo James, keep up the grind mate
James i love your content keep up the fabulous work, ill tell my mates to subscribe to you
Thanks! Will do!
You provided the best explanation of Super Smash I have heard yet. I now understand what in the world is going on when I see the game.
I would’ve TOTALLY had this game on my calculator when I was in high school. The homebrew scene for the TI calculators is pretty darn impressive!
These calculators are amazing the amount of the stuff you kind you do is amazing
The game calling you a louse is far more devastating than it declaring you’ve lost.
You’re usually awesome at making shit work, but sometimes, you gotta use what was actually intended 😂 How amazing is it that you can still do this with a Mac Mini M1. When I experimented with a Sony Clié for my Aibo, it was a riiiide. I needed an old PC just for that.
Yeah I really thought I’d be stuck with a legacy pc or something but I gave it a shot and it just worked!
It Just Works™*
*Provided that client buys the appropriate (probably proprietary) hardware.
What can I say Silverlink cables are amazing
your kitty is an absolute purrfessional at meows. please release regular cat noises on your patreon
This blows me away. Was there a community that was downloading/truly playing these? That’s insane.
This channel is just getting better and better. I feel at home here.
you were dead on when you said the 2nd one would be alright for a 70/80s arcade game - the mechanic of hitting your opponent to the edge of the screen to win is used in Nintendo's 1984 arcade game Urban Champion
Way better than I was expecting. This is so well made.
knowing that James played hours of Smash just made him 20 points sexier to me
imagine playing this during maths class
"I hate using up as jump in smash brothers"
I somehow knew you'd be anti-up-jump gang before even hearing this, but only realized my prediction after you'd said it.
A true man of culture. Continue to be "that guy" that needs to tweak the one profile option before joining in.
lmaooo you posted this literally the day after i got my ti-83 and a cable for it
theres only enough storage space for bubble bobble on it too
Haha yeah the flash memory is rather small, at least it’s easy to transfer files with the usb cable
That's actually insane. This makes me think you could actually port smash to an og Gameboy. They're both z80 based, they both have dot matrix screens, but the Gameboy should have better handling of sprites and things.
Honestly Texas Instruments should delve into the console market.
I can't help but feel that while this channel is obviously influenced by Dankpods there's a tiny bit of This Old Tony thrown in as well.
Good stuff mate!
Oh wow, the scaling and graphics are very good
for the percent thing, every move has a base knockback and a variable knockback. your percent is what percent of the variable knockback you take when you get hit
That makes sense but also seems like something the players weren’t expected to be told so relating to it is kinda odd still
Bomberman was my fav back in school. Mainly because, in addition to multilayer, it had single player. The graphics were just as good as that game, too.
I still have the calc (a Ti-86, IIRC), after 20+ yrs since highschool... But I'm *_almost positive_* the games are lost due to the CR2032 undoubtedly being dead. _(I seem to recall checking around a decade ago)_
I don't know how the 86 works but on the TI-83+ the Apps are stored in flash so they'll persist after battery loss.
@@eDoc2020 Yea, old Ti calcs all had volatile storage. It took 4x AAA for powering it, but then used a CR2032 for keeping the memory powered.
Same as, say, Zelda for NES. (but they used barrel cell, I think; like a CR123)
In practice, it keeps the storage powered for years and years and years after the AAA run flat... So I suppose it's *_plausible_* mine hasn't reset.
I seem to recall on a @BenHeck vid, that he had found decades old cells still chugging along, and, that the circuit didn't necessarily even need the full 3.3v/3v to keep the memory alive.
This makes we wonder what modern graphical calculators are capable of, fancy smash bros in colour by any chance?
Full emulation of some consoles. I’ve got plenty more ti-83+ content to investigate before I move on to anything newer though
@Games_for_James Alr, am excited to see it!
I believe one of my friends downloaded mario kart and pokemon on their cas lol
Two cat clips in one video?! James you're spoiling us!
ALRIGHT I TOTALLY DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS OL' MATE JAMES I JUST WAS CURIOUS HOW SMASH ON A CALC WOULD WORK
how in the world are they doing this on such an ancient CPU, all under BASIC no less?
They probably use z80 Assembly for things like this.
@@ChristianStout you can't do z80 assembly without modding the calculator though, can't you?
@@EeveeEuphoria I don't know how to do it myself, but I know it's possible. There's an Assembly compiler for Windows that will make calculator executables.
I'm sure someone else has suggested it, but smash bros on an overclocked calculator would be fun to see.
Im pretty sure the last map in smash bros open is new pork city
It would be heavily interesting to see this title completed.
what's especially mind-boggling is that this calculator uses a Z80 processor, meaning this game can be functional on a processor resembling a Gameboy
I love your channel and I was getting in to calculators and you made this at the right time😂
In my mind, Wade is always sitting in the corner of the room playing the drums for the background music
Where was this when I was a teen?!
Also I'm laughing, the Falco clones reminds me of the Mugman Army
it looks like something i’d play off my old leapfrog
This has to be the best calculator game ever made!
The only thing that shocks me is that Mr. Game and Watch isn't playable, given the calculator graphics!
That's an amazing calculator mod ngl. They need this one on the TI 84 Plus CE. These ones Are Better Than The GTA Ones.
Funny how “limited” game and watch was yet this is in a calculator
Had mario on ti 83+ in 2001-2. Got it via transfer cable from a legend
"Time to fail our exams again." James only you could say that.
Super Smash Bros Melee is a masterpiece
this man is NOT dankpods
Very interesting
I downloaded the game awhile back for my ti 84 plus silver edition
Although on the read me it said it would not run on a ti 83
Mine did also say map test would crash but it didn’t for me and loaded into a map albeit very laggy due to the detail on it
It might have been because the silver edition ti 84 plus has better hardware although I’m not sure
you bought a $500 calculator?!
500? I got it for 80 quid
I don’t know where you got 500 from all the ones on ebay are selling for 40-80 quid
@@Monkeymoo1111 if you get one brand new they go up to $500 aud
I’m actually impressed by this. It will be cool to see street fighter or any other game on a calculator
The test stage is new pork city, which originated in super smash bros brawl. That might be why you didn't recognise it...
This game is DAMN impressive for being played on a calculator!
The TI-83 is like yellow post-its. Everyone has one in their house somewhere
this is really impressive i spent hours trying to make a basketball game on my ti-84 lmao
holy crap, that is impressive
Is calculator gaming going to be a regular establishment 👀
People seem to like it 🤷♂️
@@Games_for_James I'm 100% on board
You're spoiling us James! Two cat "merps"!
This was infinitely batter than I expected. I can see myself actually having fun with this.
been watching you for a damn minute now and i just learned you're the mythic james from dank pods lmao
How the hell is zooming like that possible on a damn calculator
Based off of the layout i'd say the "Hyrule" level is actually "New Pork City"
I swear that background music is Wade on the drums
It can zoom in and out and scale things?! That's insane
"Fox doesn't take damage though, so that's pretty good"
Why have I never thought about the use of percentage in smash? This is a very odd decision and I never even realized it.
"I made my own data cable". James Channel in a nutshell.
The limited storage excuse is bullshit when things like this exist
huh... i never thought about smash bros being based on sumo before
The sprites on this game 😩 👍🏻
I love this Super Smash Brothers game!
Like Wade you put your cat at the end of the video but Wade puts Frank the snake
TI-84+CE has SSBCE
Pretty much everything you want to expect for Smash on calculators. Give it a go.
When James first made his channel I thought it would be another Mr bro case but I was entirely wrong
I remember playing this one and “drug wars”.
You are my inspiration sir, I am 17 and I want to cool stuff like modding PS3s and do things like this, and your car knowledge too, you are very cool overall, thank you dankpods for showing your talent to us
Smash open is genuinely impressive
You should take DankPod’s duck and put it on your desk until he notices 🦆
I wonder what score was ur exam
Let’s not dwell on that 🤣
Imagine Mr game and watch on this, it would come full circle!
IT JUST WORKS!
I thought the best was doom but I have been proven wrong
loving your channel james. keep it up mate
Glad you enjoy it!
Love the Smash Bros text adventure! 😂
6:22 Leffen vs. Mango 300 B.C.E
The ginger boy is in trouble up on the shelf nooo
At the beginning of the video, I noticed Marvel vs Capcom in there. Could you possibly consider showing that in a video sometime as well?
I like the part where James.
It’s Fox!