News TI-84 CE calculator demonstrated playing PC games, slowly — Plays Sonic X Shadow Generations remaster at 2FPS

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A-rank Sonic X Shadow Generations gameplay is possible on...a TI-84 Plus CE?

TI-84 CE calculator demonstrated playing PC games, slowly — Plays Sonic X Shadow Generations remaster at 2FPS : Read more

 

[evdjj3j]

Boo, get rid of this clickbait garbage. It's not running on the calculator.

 

[pug_s]

I don't see anything special about this. The output display and keyboard went to this calculator.

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

Boo, get rid of this clickbait garbage. It's not running on the calculator.

author here, original title was Sonic X Shadow Generations, other PC games apparently playable on a TI-84 CE— Why run the numbers when you can run up walls?

the article also immediately clarifies this isn't a truly playable experience. technically though, this game is still "on" the TI-84 CE— just not running natively. see things like Kingdom Hearts 3 on Switch. you can play Kingdom Hearts 3 on Switch, you just happen to be forced to cloud stream it for a fairly suboptimal play experience.

 

[edzieba]

technically though, this game is still "on" the TI-84 CE— just not running natively

Only in the same way a PS5 game is running "on" your TV but not natively: it isn't.

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

Only in the same way a PS5 game is running "on" your TV but not natively: it isn't.

Game streaming is a real thing, dude. It's a reality of the current industry and the only way to experience a lot of software on restricted hardware platforms, whether streamed from your own PC or a cloud PC. Moreover, you're clearly just nitpicking at this point, especially since the article very quickly clarifies what is actually going on— if the immediate thumbnail didn't give it away. What, did you think a TI-84 was going to natively run a modern 3D speed platforming game? Be serious.

 

[edzieba]

Game streaming is a real thing, dude

And still not running on the display device. A dumb terminal is a dumb terminal, no matter how often the same idea gets reinvented with a flashy new marketing name. The Thick Client/Thin Client cycle continues.


As for "who would believe X would run on a calculator", you are clearly unaware of the ridiculous things people have actually got running on a calculator, e.g. Windows, or raytracing, Super Smash Brothers, Doom (of course), Android, and, relevant to the OP claim, Sonic 2.

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

And still not running on the display device. A dumb terminal is a dumb terminal, no matter how often the same idea gets reinvented with a flashy new marketing name. The Thick Client/Thin Client cycle continues.


As for "who would believe X would run on a calculator", you are clearly unaware of the ridiculous things people have actually got running on a calculator, e.g. Windows, or raytracing, Super Smash Brothers, Doom (of course), Android, and, relevant to the OP claim, Sonic 2.

Okay, of the things you just listed, only Doom and Sonic 2 actually resemble their original games. The others are obviously demakes or Extremely compromised for the hardware. Expecting a true modern 3D platformer to run on a TI-84 was just never going to happen, and the graphical simplicity of the projects you're linking to only strengthen that point. [They are cool, though, and I do understand the distinction between thick and thin clients— I just think you're being slightly unreasonable today.]