Portal 64 is an N64 demake of the Valve classic, now available in “First Slice”

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James Lambert has spent years manufacturing something with No practical reason has exist: A version of Portal that short on THE Nintendo 64. And not a few 2D version, either, but THE real, blue and orange oval, see yourself from the side Portal experience. And NOW he has A "First of all Slice" of Portal 64 ready For anybody WHO wanna has to try he. It is out of beta, And It is free.

A "First of all Slice" means that 13 of THE original Games test bedrooms are finished. Lambert for has get has all of THE the original 19 bedrooms. PC Player, Or We First of all saw This project, suggests that Lambert could Also to try has get THE additional 14 levels In THE Xbox Live only Portal: Always Alive.

SO Why East Lambert TO DO This and For free? Lambert enlists A Trained in AI version of Cave Johnson voice has answer that question has THE to start of her announcement video. "This East Opening Science," he said, "Or We don't do it ask Why. We ask: Why THE Damn not?"

THE release video For Portal 64 "First of all Slice"

that of Lambert video details how he obtained Portal look SO it's dangerous GOOD on A N64. THE gun, For example, required A complete rebuild of It is polygonal rooms SO that he could react has cooking, disappear When brought up has A wall instead of cutoff In he, And Ultimately reflect environmental lighting. Round out THE portals required a few work, Also, with more has be do has smooth out THE see yourself "Portal effect."

HAS to try he out, you go need A copy of Portal on PC (The Windows). To input THE "portal_pak_000.vpk" deposit Since inside THE Games case, load he on that of Lambert custom patcher, And you go get back A deposit You can load In almost any of them N64 emulator. Not all emulators can provide THE complete Portal experience by default; I had more chance with Ares that with Project 64, For example.

< figure class="c5"> "It is just SO a lot better," Lambert said of THE last version of THE portal gun. Valve/James Lambert

THE "Portal Effect," as seen inside THE Ares N64 emulator. Valve/James Lambert

Remember, This East THE N64 platform running A game released has less five years After THE console general life ride a bike finished. Valve/James Lambert