Pandora Game Limitations

[Mac Daddy]

Hello. I have a question about the limitations of what the Pandora can handle in games when it comes to 3D games. I have seen Mario64 and Final Fantasy 7 as well as other PS1 games being played on the Pandora, but I would like to know the limits for a 3D game.

Could the Pandora handle a PS2 game or is that pushing it. The reason is, is that I have ideas for games and I would like to create them for the Pandora, even though I will need help in making them as I only have ideas and can not make any thing when it comes to 3D models or games.

Thank you for taking your time and reading this. Thank You.

 

[Prometheus]

Questions like this should really go in General Talk - the Developers' Corner is really meant for in-progress projects. (No worries, though - I'll move it as soon as I finish writing this reply.)

Now, on-topic, I'm not entirely sure that I understand quite what you're asking, so please could you clarify? Do you mean "Can the Pandora's 3D hardware handle something on a similar level to the PS2?", or something more like "Can PS2 games be emulated?"? I'm guessing you mean the former, but I think it's better to be 100% sure.

 

[Mac Daddy]

Questions like this should really go in General Talk - the Developers' Corner is really meant for in-progress projects. (No worries, though - I'll move it as soon as I finish writing this reply.)

Now, on-topic, I'm not entirely sure that I understand quite what you're asking, so please could you clarify? Do you mean "Can the Pandora's 3D hardware handle something on a similar level to the PS2?", or something more like "Can PS2 games be emulated?"? I'm guessing you mean the former, but I think it's better to be 100% sure.

I mean Can the Pandora's 3D hardware handle something on a similar level to the PS2, not can PS2 games be emulated. I would like to know the limitations of what Pandora can handle before it says "Computer Says No".

 

[greendots]

Your own imagination...

PS2 will never happen on pandora. Dreamcast is a stretch. Basically look through apple's app store to see what its capable of; it not likely we will see games like that here. Quake 3 mods and a few others should be the most taxing on gpu yet still playable.

 

[Prometheus]

Gotcha. Thought as much. (Also, haha, fan of Little Britain? Awesome.)

This is quite old (it's a video showing some tech-demos), but it may be worth a watch. What the hardware can really do isn't my field of expertise, though, so I'll step out now.

 

[sebt3]

Questions like this should really go in General Talk - the Developers' Corner is really meant for in-progress projects. (No worries, though - I'll move it as soon as I finish writing this reply.)

Now, on-topic, I'm not entirely sure that I understand quite what you're asking, so please could you clarify? Do you mean "Can the Pandora's 3D hardware handle something on a similar level to the PS2?", or something more like "Can PS2 games be emulated?"? I'm guessing you mean the former, but I think it's better to be 100% sure.

I mean Can the Pandora's 3D hardware handle something on a similar level to the PS2, not can PS2 games be emulated. I would like to know the limitations of what Pandora can handle before it says "Computer Says No".

See the 256x256x256 thread in the dev section.

 

[EvilDragon]

While I have not really benchmarked it, I think games like on the PS2 should easily be possible if someone really does code properly.
(NOT emulated!)

While this is unlikely for homebrew games, a big gaming studio could do it.

Just go to youtube and search for "iphone 3d games" - the iPhone 3GS is very similar in power as the Pandora.
The stuff seen there would be possible.

 

[Mac Daddy]

Thanks for the Help.