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Homebrew Dev Continues Work Porting Portal To Nintendo DS

Posted on Monday, February 11 @ 15:02:33 Eastern by

The youtube video above was posted by smealum and shows a rudimentary port of Portal's basic gameplay elements working in emulation. The modder says that the game works better on actual Nintendo DS hardware, but since he can't capture gameplay from that, this emulator output will do.

Smealum writes in the video's description:

finally starting to add some gameplay elements! it's all very buggy but a lot of it does work. there are also some cosmetic upgrades, such as the shading, the outlines on objects and the outlines on portals. Other than that, not much, it's still nowhere near playable, but we're getting there !

I have to say that it's fitting an ingenious puzzle game is getting reworked and programmed for another platform, almost like trying to figure out how to fit too many blocks into too small a box. I love the idea of a portable Portal port, but something tells me we're really just killing this dude's dream. Will all of this attention net him a cease and desist letter from either Valve or Nintendo?
Related Games:   Portal
Tags:   Valve, homebrew, ds, Nintendo, Portal


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  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 3:08 pm
    I can't imagine Valve would do anything but think this is neat.
    0 1
  • xclant
    xclant
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
    I would say hes gonna get slapped for it poor guy he obviously has skills
    0 1
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
    I can't imagine Portal being too enjoyable on a DS, sorry. Maybe Vita.
    0 1
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:12 pm
    Keyword ds not 3ds
    0 1
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
    I had no idea the DS was that powerful; I haven't owned a handheld in probably a decade. That is pretty awesome.
    0 1
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:18 pm
    not powerful enough to run a basic 3D game? lol
    0 1
  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
    My last handheld was GBA Color, and I've never really thought of Nintendo's line as for anything but 2D sidescrollers and top-down strategy/RPG games. It was a culture shock, for sure : ).
    0 1
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 4:56 pm
    Nintendo will probably sue. They hate emulation, the internet, and innovating.
    0 3
  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE
    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
    There is no law that even makes it possible for nintendo to sue. What is this guy doing that is illegal? He's using property owned by valve but it's unlikely that they care because they think stuff like this is cool.

    It's not illegal to develop a game, you know.
    0 1
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 5:01 pm
    "portable Portal port..." A+
    0 2
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 5:48 pm
    Thanks :D That was a fun one.
    0 0
  • DonRafael
    DonRafael
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 6:01 pm
    "but something tells me we're really just killing this dude's dream"

    You mean there's no cake for him?
    0 3
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Feb 11th, 2013 at 7:41 pm
    Would buy.
    Valve and Nintendo should cut this guy a check.
    0 0

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