The Third of the Third: Unpacking the 3SX Native PC Port of Street Fighter III 3rd Strike

The 3SX project (also known as “The Third of the Third”) is an open-source development effort hosted on GitHub by the crowded-street organization. It is a native port of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike designed for modern platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.+1 Technical Origin Unlike most ways to play the game on PC (which […]

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Ghostship – A New Super Mario 64 PC Port

Ghostship feels like a clear response to the earlier Super Mario 64 PC ports rather than a replacement of them. Those previous builds were impressive in their own right and proved that a native PC version of Super Mario 64 was not only possible but surprisingly flexible, especially once mods, widescreen support, and higher framerates […]

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Star Fox 64: Recompiled Released, Coexisting With Starship as a Parallel Native Port

Star Fox 64: Recompiled has just been released, delivering a native PC port built using the N64: Recompiled static recompilation framework. Rather than emulation, the original N64 code is translated into a native application, allowing the game to run directly on modern hardware with high framerates, widescreen and ultrawide support, low input latency, and instant […]

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Perfect Dark PC Port Expands with New Mods and Arenas

The Perfect Dark PC port has been receiving steady improvements, including HD texture support and an ambitious all-in-one pack that combines over 70 arenas into a single download. Community efforts like Perfect Dark Forever v0.7.d, which bundles more than 2300 HD textures, make it super easy to give the game a fresh new look. Another […]

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