Homebrew Minecraft Legacy Console Edition Port For The 3DS.

GravityGRVT · Mar 20, 2026

This is running on a New 3DS XL at a locked 30 FPS on 10 chunk render distance with fog disabled. It runs at a variable 45-55 FPS at 4-8 render distance. The video is older footage so skybox has been significantly improved (almost full parity) as can be seen in the picture.

Features:

-Rendering engine nearly finished.
-Parity terrain generation.
-Block interactions.
-3D (can also be fine tuned and has pop/depth presets).
-800 pixel mode (doubles horizontal resolution).
-Smooth lighting.
-Day cycle

I will go into details on technical features once I make a public release. The game is heavily optimized.

ber71 · Mar 20, 2026

I figure o3ds wont run it very well

GravityGRVT · Mar 20, 2026

GravityGRVT said:
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This is running on a New 3DS XL at a locked 30 FPS on 10 chunk render distance with fog disabled. It runs at a variable 45-55 FPS at 4-8 render distance. This is older footage so skybox has been significantly improved (almost full parity).

Features:

-Rendering engine nearly finished.
-Parity terrain generation.
-Block interactions.
-3D (can also be fine tuned and has pop/depth presets).
-Smooth lighting.
-Day cycle

I will go into details on technical features once I make a public release. The game is heavily optimized.

Unfortunately. I am trying to find the bottleneck but it seems to be something very fundamental since O3DS has pretty much maintained 15-20 FPS during the super early engine testing all the way up to now.

Juanbeerfat567 · Mar 20, 2026

where i can download it?

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where i can download it?

PoorPocketsMcNewHold · Mar 21, 2026

Juanbeerfat567 said:
where i can download it?

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where i can download it?

GravityGRVT said:
I will go into details on technical features once I make a public release. The game is heavily optimized.

SimsCrafterZ · Mar 23, 2026

Wow, that's crazy!
(I'm Simon_du67 from Discord)

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Will online mod be possible?

jonhon · Mar 23, 2026

I tough Minecraft Pocket Edition was a better option, but this still pretty neat

Huschje · Mar 23, 2026

jonhon said:
I tough Minecraft Pocket Edition was a better option, but this still pretty neat

Well, we do have an official pocket edition port, Minecraft New Nintendo 3DS Edition, though we don't have the source code for it.

On the other hand, the source code for an older version of legacy console did leak a little while ago, so that should give people more freedom with modding, in theory.

GravityGRVT · Mar 24, 2026

jonhon said:
I tough Minecraft Pocket Edition was a better option, but this still pretty neat

That is what the official port was...

Mayo1990 · Mar 24, 2026

It was just a matter of time that someone would attempt that. Does it support crossplay with Legacy PS3 and PC?

imissu · Mar 24, 2026

How did you make it?

superACE2021 · Mar 25, 2026

need any testers by chance or nah lol anyway this is really cool and looks very acurate!

Gurluas · Mar 25, 2026

Even if it might run bad on the o3ds, do not take support for it away.
I'd rather have a slow minecraft on my o3ds, than none at all >.<

Lumi456 · Mar 25, 2026

GravityGRVT said:
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This is running on a New 3DS XL at a locked 30 FPS on 10 chunk render distance with fog disabled. It runs at a variable 45-55 FPS at 4-8 render distance. The video is older footage so skybox has been significantly improved (almost full parity) as can be seen in the picture.

Features:

-Rendering engine nearly finished.
-Parity terrain generation.
-Block interactions.
-3D (can also be fine tuned and has pop/depth presets).
-800 pixel mode (doubles horizontal resolution).
-Smooth lighting.
-Day cycle

I will go into details on technical features once I make a public release. The game is heavily optimized.

Please PLEASE make it O3DS compatible. Even if it runs like doodoo, I still want it playable! That would mean no Cstick tho...

SimsCrafterZ · Mar 27, 2026

Is there a planned release date? And I'd like to be a beta tester!

Lumi456 · Mar 28, 2026

Are there any news on this?

GravityGRVT · Mar 29, 2026

Mayo1990 said:
It was just a matter of time that someone would attempt that. Does it support crossplay with Legacy PS3 and PC?

Hopefully it will at some point. This is not a "making it compile and fixing it from there" kinda port. It is almost a full rewrite. The original source has way too many platform dependencies.