Interesting, I'm wondering if the GBA could handle a light version of a Minecraf...

takantri · 2025-12-11T02:02:39 1765418559

ClassiCube (https://github.com/ClassiCube/ClassiCube) exists, which is an open-source Minecraft Classic reimplementation with an N64 port among dozens of others. HN discussed it two years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37518874).

ClassiCube has a WIP GBA port, but according to commits it only hits 2 FPS as of now and is not listed in its README.

On a related tangent, there's also Fromage, a separate Minecraft Classic clone written for the PS1 (https://chenthread.asie.pl/fromage/).

alexisread · 2025-12-11T12:12:31 1765455151

Related to this is the Atari Falcon port of Minecraft using a sparse voxel octree, might work for the GBA seeing as the Quake ports are similar performance-wise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHsgdZFk22M

wk_end · 2025-12-11T18:25:06 1765477506

Man, that DSP made the Falcon an insane piece of hardware for its time. Shame that it never found any real success.

maximilianburke · 2025-12-10T22:22:22 1765405342

Probably. There's Tomb Raider for the GBA via OpenLara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVSLcqGP7g

lbrito · 2025-12-10T23:16:28 1765408588

this guy builds a very similar engine https://www.youtube.com/@3DSage/videos