▲ 338 ▼ Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 5 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago Engineers are like wizards. Sometimes we get vaguely offended a thing does not exist, and then weird shit happens. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago To paraphrase someone talking about why people climb mountains: Because it's there. Getting this game to run on a phone that was never intended to do so is the technological equivalent of climbing a mountain. It's an interesting challenge, a neat way for someone to find an outlet for their skills and interests. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 5 months ago some people are bored so they just find a old device and try to run vidya on it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago Engineers are like wizards. Sometimes we get vaguely offended a thing does not exist, and then weird shit happens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago To paraphrase someone talking about why people climb mountains: Because it's there. Getting this game to run on a phone that was never intended to do so is the technological equivalent of climbing a mountain. It's an interesting challenge, a neat way for someone to find an outlet for their skills and interests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 5 months ago some people are bored so they just find a old device and try to run vidya on it? permalink fedilink source parent