Porting wizard pushes Minecraft to the limit by cramming 25 million blocks into their GameCube demake - beating the Switch version in the process
The process took "a month of extensive optimization"
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Now rivaling Skyrim’s sweeping tour of platforms, Minecraft has been (kinda) ported to another console - one that came out in 2001, I might add.
Since beginning its blocky domination during its 2009 early access period, Minecraft has made its way to pretty much every gaming platform on the market from Xboxes and PlayStations to the 3DS and PS Vita. Now, one indie developer is using Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 as a bedrock to make their own block-based game on the GameCube and Dreamcast.
Developer Meesedev is making a “Minecraft-inspired” game on the retro consoles, and building a custom engine from scratch to get it done. But for now, they’re using Minecraft assets and gameplay mechanics to show what the engine is capable of, and you’d barely be able to tell the difference based on the clip below.
Crammed 25 million blocks into 24 …
