Brandon ButlerDec 13, 2022
David Amador
Here are some screen grabs of Nintendo dev tools from the 90s. Made for the Sony NEWS workstation by SRD this software was called CAD-TOOL and 3DCAD. #gamedev #retrogaming
Dec 13, 2022 at 6:23amWeb
Show threadPas cet Antoine là Dec 13, 2022
@djlink Which game is the last picture ? Looks like SM All Stars but I'm not sure. 🤔
Show threadDavid AmadorDec 13, 2022
@pjap37 I think it might be some early builds of SMB3 where world map was different maybe? these are screens from a gigaleak a while back.
Show threadmartynpieDec 13, 2022

@djlink please direct immediately into my veins.

I love this stuff.

Show threadMega “Byte” Matt Dec 13, 2022
@djlink Those look amazing, so cool. What would be the modern equivalent of that 'CAD TOOL' sprite editor? I feel like most sprite sheets are not nearly as organised.
Show threadCarl JonardDec 13, 2022
@djlink File Edit Windows Options Marge
Show threadThe HetmanDec 13, 2022
@djlink Those NEWS systems were not cheap, but I suppose Sony was trying to compete with Sun and SGI. Because the audio subsystem on the SNES was made but Sony, the official audio editing tools were also on the NEWS system, including the tool to compress samples into the custom format. It took for ever to run, and I wrote a compressor that ran on the SNES hardware in under a second for a typical sample.
Show threadauditor_3d Dec 14, 2022
@djlink first shot looks like starfox fighter
Show threadDavid AmadorDec 14, 2022
@auditor_3d it is, guessing there they modelled the 3d stuff for Starfox