The "Eclipse" demo that convinced Nintendo to focus on 3D gaming has been discovered

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Back in 1992, Nintendo released a 3D game exclusively in Japan for the Game Boy titled simply "X", which precedes any other 3D game from Nintendo. However, "X" was but the implemented of a previously showcased demo to Nintendo, which enticed them to delve deeper into the 3rd dimension for their own games.

Dylan Cuthbert, a programmer hired by Argonaut Software at the young age of 17, showed special expertise on programming for 8-bit systems at the time, and his...

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Source: https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-eclipse ... ed.644086/