Programmer James Lambert has been engaged on a demake of Valve’s Portal puzzle sport for the Nintendo N64. After a number of years of growth, Portal 64: The First Slice is now out of beta with two-thirds of the sport’s take a look at chambers out there to play. PC Gamer experiences: Within the announcement video Lambert goes by way of a number of the new options within the newest construct, together with a critically spectacular visible rework on the portal gun itself. The video additionally showcases simply how a lot of Portal’s really feel this manages to efficiently seize, particularly the mind-bending results of observing rooms and Chell by way of the portals themselves. I as soon as known as this essentially the most spectacular homebrew sport I’ve ever seen and, whereas admittedly the N64 nostalgia helps, I might stick by that.
Whereas that is clearly the primary slice (geddit) and there is extra to come back, it is an unbelievable achievement in its personal proper: The primary 13 take a look at chambers of the sport all present-and-correct. Portal has 19 take a look at chambers, and Portal: Nonetheless Alive (which unbelievably has by no means seen an official PC launch) added an extra 14, so Lambert’s effectively on his option to finishing a vanilla model of Portal 64. You may observe the Portal 64 undertaking on YouTube and obtain the sport right here.
