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Random: There’s A Project Aiming To Make Super Mario 64 Fully Ray Traced

Let there be next-gen light.

It took some time, but with the release of Super Mario 3D All-Stars we got an official version of Super Mario 64 that was fully modernised for the HD era, to a degree. It retained its original screen ratio and ran at 30fps, but Nintendo did nonetheless sharpen up the visuals and produce what is arguably the definitive official version of the game.

Of course, Super Mario 64 is a game that draws in lots of modders, programmers and enthusiasts. A rather eye-opening unofficial project is from Daríosamo with additional elements provided by Render96; the goal is to make a version of the game that is fully ray traced, and Digital Foundry has been checking it out.

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