Calculator Gaming: Super Smash Bros. 

Super Smash Bros Open having a dynamic camera which scales sprite quality & size with distance all at a decent frame rate on a Ti-83 plus is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Give that dude a medal.

I believe the reason why they're percentages in Smash is because that's how much the knockback on getting hit is increased by. Also, I was very disappointed when the reflector didn't deal damage. 10/10 game.

That is soo damn impressive, not even the SNES was able to do proper scaling and camera distance without some tricks or graphics modes, but this dev made it run with playable framerates on a low power mashine only designed to display text

Given the Grand Theft Auto attempts I wasn't expecting much, but that first game was really impressive

As someone in the calc dev community, a few things: Smash open has character files (you can make your own!). There's not many right now, but it basically has rivals workshop. Also, the port you used to connect to pc? It can link to calculators for *2 calculator play* (last i checked) Smash open's code is actually easier to approach than some calculator programs. Stuff like this is usually asm, hardware-level, very unreadable. Axe (what this is made in) is in between: still powerful but easier to write. You could open the code for this, and might even be able to read it!

The zoom in and out on Smash Brothers Open blew my mind, it was super smooth! Kinda sad i missed out on all this stuff as a kid but tempted to explore it now!

"You louse?! I didnt even do anything how did i louse?!?!" Absolutely wheezing

Can't believe how much more natural james has become behind the camera

The scaling on that first SSB is amazing, everything about it really; each thing pulling it together was probably a lot of work.

holy fuck thats impressive on a calculator wow

Really is crazy that this channel is this good in its infancy. Keep up the good work!

My jaw dropped when you actually booted into the stage for the first time. It looked *significantly* better than what I was expecting, and they got the camera movements down to a tee. The game seems kind of miserable to play, but it's just so interesting from a technical perspective alone. I definitely expected the game to be much more similar to all of those poor examples you showed towards the end of the video. I'm not in school anymore, so I don't really have a reason to care about it, but I do really hope the creator of that first Smash game comes back and finishes the project since the novelty is just too good.

TWO cat meows in one video? You'll spoil us James

This channel has a similar vibe as Dankpods, I reckon they should collab.

oh my god the dynamic camera on smash bros open and the sprites getting more detailed when it zooms in actually blew me away.

The dynamic camera and zoom are honestly super impressive.

I'm not used to seeing calculator stuff, but SSB Open is insanely impressive from that camera alone.

Line of the week James: _"Calculators are not usually known for fast paced gaming!"_ 😂😂

"The Patreon isn't for an after show, just shows off every cool gaming thing I buy" my guy that is *exactly* what I want to see

...I've been playing Smash for 20 years and I never thought to think of it as loosely sumo inspired before. Mind blown, thank you James

Can't believe we went from this, to ARM CPUs in newer Texas Instruments Calculators Keep it up man!

The first game was absolutely insane, I would love to see how they managed to program it for a TI-83...

Let's goo James, keep up the grind mate

I haven’t seen any of James’ videos until now. This feels like a strange alternate timeline where instead of a chaotic but endearing idiot sharing random stuff with us we get an insanely smart but equally chaotic and endearing man sharing stuff with us. Im for it

James i love your content keep up the fabulous work, ill tell my mates to subscribe to you

As someone who has a school filled with TI 83+ calculators, this is a blessing from the heavens God has saved me

I'm glad you made a channel and honestly, it's just really chill and your technique is really cool!

It’s crazy how James made his channel and instantly started making bangers

"i louse!? i didn't even do anything how did i louse?!?"

These calculators are amazing the amount of the stuff you kind you do is amazing

I remember that smash open game, I checked it out when I was in middle school. It blew me away with how smooth it was

James Channel just keeps on giving

That massive level is "New Pork City", from the layout you can see the floating bits, the roof, the underground area, and on the right is the higher area with more floating bits

James Will make a computer out of a rock , 2 coins and for some reason a nuclear reactor that he has laying around his house , Legend

I would’ve TOTALLY had this game on my calculator when I was in high school. The homebrew scene for the TI calculators is pretty darn impressive!

You’re usually awesome at making shit work, but sometimes, you gotta use what was actually intended 😂 How amazing is it that you can still do this with a Mac Mini M1. When I experimented with a Sony Clié for my Aibo, it was a riiiide. I needed an old PC just for that.

This game is okay but the raytracing introduced a huge performance hit that you need DLSS to overcome, plus the Ti-83+ doesn't have RT cores. For that you need the Ti-84+ Silver Edition or better.

I think this is literally one of the coolest things I've ever seen!

I love your channel and I was getting in to calculators and you made this at the right time😂

You provided the best explanation of Super Smash I have heard yet. I now understand what in the world is going on when I see the game.

That first game is beyond impressive. I didn't even know the Ti-83 could do those things.

Back in my day the only games we had on Ti83 were that rpg about getting drunk, and drug wars. Oh and doom. The effort people put into these calcs is amazing

i love how you know exactly what kind of smash player coded this due to not having any of the big boys and just the competitive fucks.

Way better than I was expecting. This is so well made.

That first smash game.. actually had me saying wow out loud. This is homebrew... Bro, that's actually amazing. That zoom in when the characters were hanging and you actually saw the pixel art.. Straight up amazing.

Massive props to the guy that made the first one, that’s awesome

That test stage that was supposed to crash the game, that was actually new pork city. Very impressive!

I'll never louse

That actual pretty decent! Look like an actual SSB running on a calculator! You make me want to buy Ti-83 plus

Cool video. We need more, James.

Love this channel. You being mates with Wade helps too. Maybe draw into that more? Maybe have a red ipad? Lol. Great work and even better technical prowess. Sub.

loving your channel james. keep it up mate

I remember having these calculators in high school, I didn't know much of a homwbrew scene it had until years later

your kitty is an absolute purrfessional at meows. please release regular cat noises on your patreon

Long have we awaited for another James channel upload

Holy dingus that was something else Man if that one was finishedd Love the vids!

yes, i like this

The game calling you a louse is far more devastating than it declaring you’ve lost.

The most impressive game I’ve played on my Ti-84+ Fruit Ninja, you run your fingers over the number keys to swipe fruit and it actually works really well

lmaooo you posted this literally the day after i got my ti-83 and a cable for it theres only enough storage space for bubble bobble on it too

been watching you for a damn minute now and i just learned you're the mythic james from dank pods lmao

This blows me away. Was there a community that was downloading/truly playing these? That’s insane.

I can't help but feel that while this channel is obviously influenced by Dankpods there's a tiny bit of This Old Tony thrown in as well. Good stuff mate!

You’ve heard of “can it run doom” now get ready for “can it run smash”

Two cat clips in one video?! James you're spoiling us!

Ol mate James back at it again with another banger

Ah, finally. I can play Smash Bros portably.

i audiably said "holy shit!" when i saw the stage load. This is so so cool!

JAMES, HE RETURNS

Bomberman was my fav back in school. Mainly because, in addition to multilayer, it had single player. The graphics were just as good as that game, too. I still have the calc (a Ti-86, IIRC), after 20+ yrs since highschool... But I'm *_almost positive_* the games are lost due to the CR2032 undoubtedly being dead. _(I seem to recall checking around a decade ago)_

imagine playing this during maths class

0:05 OK, you've teased us with Marvel Vs. Capcom. *Now I wanna see this.*

Zooms in and out? This is so much more powerful than my Titan handheld console.

Honestly Texas Instruments should delve into the console market.

As someone who mods Smash Bros and knows a lot of technical details about it There's 3 kinds of knockback Base knockback which happens no matter what and is always the same Knockback growth which scales with your percent at your percent And then forced knockback, which just forces you to move to a specific position or a set amount

This is trippy

I can't believe how well made this is even if it's unfinished. I can't believe this is literally running on a calculator.

You are my inspiration sir, I am 17 and I want to cool stuff like modding PS3s and do things like this, and your car knowledge too, you are very cool overall, thank you dankpods for showing your talent to us

That's actually insane. This makes me think you could actually port smash to an og Gameboy. They're both z80 based, they both have dot matrix screens, but the Gameboy should have better handling of sprites and things.

Love the cats at the end

i wonder if you got a more powerful graphing calculator would the games n apps run more smoother… i love this neat little channel of yours james were you can demo n show things ur most passionate about… onya mate keep goin 😄

Now this, this is good

I remember running one of these smash bros homebrew games. I could never get it to work with multiplayer over 2 calculators and it ran in slow motion

i remember trying out the first one you played when it only had fox and falco that was like 3-4 years ago

I’m actually impressed by this. It will be cool to see street fighter or any other game on a calculator

M8 you made my night with this❤

holy crap, that is impressive

it looks like something i’d play off my old leapfrog

I love this Super Smash Brothers game!

No way now this is epic (When high percent move kill)

Nice one James!

I'm sure someone else has suggested it, but smash bros on an overclocked calculator would be fun to see.

Wow Open far exceeded my expectations when I first clicked on the video. Would be so cool to see him return to this project!

Smashing! Right on!

Wild that it exists

I was expecting texts like previous gta but holy moly it's actually smash bros, and it has camera movement 😮

Two cat clips? You're spoiling us!

2 cat!? You spoil us sir. Anyhow... I can see this calculator being really fun in maths exams... I wonder if someone has made something for it that would allow you to send messages between 2 calculators wirelessly. Maybe you could even open it and put a small third party micro controller in it and do some real crazy stuff.

"I hate using up as jump in smash brothers" I somehow knew you'd be anti-up-jump gang before even hearing this, but only realized my prediction after you'd said it. A true man of culture. Continue to be "that guy" that needs to tweak the one profile option before joining in.

In my mind, Wade is always sitting in the corner of the room playing the drums for the background music