Super Mario 64 Port for PSOne is possible ?

[Moon164]

This is something that came to my mind today, as today we have the source code for Super Mario 64 in hand recently people are porting to everything platform, PSP, 3DS, Vita, Wii U, Switch etc... (I still I expect a Dreamcast and PS2 version to be honest.)

But something came to mind, recently we saw Sonic 1 for the Super Nintendo and MegaMan X for the Sega Genesis, imagine if someone had Super Mario 64 for the PS1?

Is this technically possible?

 

[pinbi7]

highly doubt that's gonna happen,i'm not saying it's impossible but ps1 and n64 where very different hardware

 

[FAST6191]

Judging by what people said about the ports to lower powered handheld devices (though devices that still far exceed the PS1) then possible is a maybe (it certainly had 3d platformers) but the amount of effort that would have to go into doing it would be insane -- lots of the code for it is built around the things the N64 excels at and the PS1 had its own strengths which were rather different to the N64.
I would almost sooner use the source code to generate a design document covering all the abilities (easier to do that with source code than by observation or twiddling RAM in an emulator), figure out how to get the levels loaded (or maybe streamed) into the PS1's RAM and make it from scratch rather than port.

I then doubt very much someone is going to do that for what is essentially a joke.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

So super mario 64 suddenly became the new doom or tetris that it need to be put on every console?

 

[zerofalcon]

Technically possible? maybe. Last time I checked reddit, someone said there is a compiled MSDOS port but practically unplayable. I guess the same situation could happen to a play station port. There is a PSP and presumably a Wii port in the works.

 

[zoogie]

I see the biggest obstacle here being the ps1 has 1/2 the memory of the n64.

 

[shaunj66]

Now this I'd like to see

 

[VinsCool]

Technically possible IMO.

as long as some 3d render engine is being used, and assets are converted to the PS1 format, and CD Based Loading happens for level chunks, I don't see why this couldn't be done.
We've had plenty of N64 and PS1 games being virtually the same.

 

[Bl4aze]

This is something that came to my mind today, as today we have the source code for Super Mario 64 in hand recently people are porting to everything platform, PSP, 3DS, Vita, Wii U, Switch etc... (I still I expect a Dreamcast and PS2 version to be honest.)

But something came to mind, recently we saw Sonic 1 for the Super Nintendo and MegaMan X for the Sega Genesis, imagine if someone had Super Mario 64 for the PS1?

Is this technically possible?

i hope this can happen that would be cool af

 

[AboodXD]

Port needs at least 1.395 MB RAM, not including the game's code.
I'd say not possible, unless there is a RAM extension mod, then maybe there is a chance.

How close the N64 is to the PS1 does not matter, as the port completely emulates the N64 hardware for the port to actually function on other platforms.

 

[ItsAshleyFTW]

What about a Sega Saturn port? Would that be possible?

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

It should be possible for PS2 since that has more memory and is more powerful

 

[CMDreamer]

I think a PS Vita version its more feasible than a PSX one.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

I think a PS Vita version its more feasible than a PSX one.

It's probably being worked on

 

[pinbi7]

It's probably being worked on

Im still waiting on my ti-83 port of mario 64

In all seriousness i do remember having some success emulating mario64 on the psp

 

[The Frenchman]

Port needs at least 1.395 MB RAM, not including the game's code.
I'd say not possible, unless there is a RAM extension mod, then maybe there is a chance.

How close the N64 is to the PS1 does not matter, as the port completely emulates the N64 hardware for the port to actually function on other platforms.

does that mean it's not an actual "port" ?

 

[ShadowOne333]

BTW there's already PS2 and Dreamcast ports being done. There's videos on Youtube of them.
Heck there's even an MS-DOS port ffs.
PSX is almost inevitable at this point, is just a matter of a bit of optimization and someone adept enough in PSX to make it happen.

 

[AboodXD]

does that mean it's not an actual "port" ?

Kinda is and isn't.
The game logic runs natively, while the audio and graphics are emulated.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Im still waiting on my ti-83 port of mario 64

In all seriousness i do remember having some success emulating mario64 on the psp

There's a Direct Port of SM64 to the PSP, it has slight audio lag in parts though.

 

[cvskid]

There's a Direct Port of SM64 to the PSP, it has slight audio lag in parts though.

I didn't know it had audio at all. The psp version i found has heavy graphical glitches and no sound.