A group of fans remain in the procedure of porting the PS2 traditional GTA 3 to the Sega Dreamcast – the platform the open-world video game was initially planned for. The outcomes are even remarkable to the video game's initial designers.
“Actual hardware capture revealing a few of the most recent development on our ‘difficult' GTA 3 port to the Sega Dreamcast,” designer Falco Girgis states on Twitter. “No more clipping problems, strong 30fps framerate, a lot of impacts exist. Really playable at this early phase. Still have a great deal of work to go, however she's forming up rather perfectly!”
You can have a look at the complete video listed below. The port is still plainly in rough shape with a host of significant visual problems, however all the fundamental action seems in location. If you can currently climb up in a fire engine, trigger a huge auto accident, and enter into a cops chase, that's all you truly require out of the GTA 3 experience.
Delighted 25th anniversary Dreamcast (GTA III for Dreamcast WIP) – YouTube
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“There is an excellent effort going on to make GTA 3 work on the Sega Dreamcast,” previous Rockstar dev Obbe Vermeij states in reaction to the video. “The very first months of advancement of GTA 3 (back in 99/00) were done on the Dreamcast. For business factors we changed to PS2. At the time we did believe it was technically possible to pull it off on the DC and these guys are really doing it. Great one.”
Based upon older remarks from Rockstar devs, it does not appear that the initial Dreamcast variation made it much past the model phase. Previously this year, Vermeij approximated that the Dreamcast variation remained in advancement “for about 4 months before changing to PS2.” That choice was made as it was ending up being clear the PS2 would change Sega's then-failing console in the market, not since of any technical constraints. It's just now – a quarter-century later on and thanks to fans – that we lastly understand for sure that the Dreamcast might've managed it.
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