
SimCity 3000 upscaled to 4K with modern rendering
Hacker News·1mo·speckx
A developer reverse-engineered the 1999 city sim and rebuilt its graphics pipeline to run at 4K resolution while preserving the original game's mechanics and art direction. It's a clean example of how older games can be modernized without a full rewrite—useful thinking for anyone maintaining legacy software or planning long-term updates.
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