The recent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition is one of the most high profile cases of AI being used to upscale game art for higher resolutions. In this episode, we take a look at the tech that makes it a reality and the modding communities that have pioneered this new approach to remastering games.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fix6u4pksrg
Original name: Remastering Classic Games with Texture Upscaling | AI and Games
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If you want to learn more about what's covered in this episode, check out these links:
- Learn more about super-resolution (and more) over at @Two Minute Papers
- Check out the game upscaling subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GameUpscale
- Learn more about ESRGANs and grab the codebase: https://esrgan.readthedocs.io
- DOOM Neural Upscale 2X: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/99021-doom-neural-upscale-2x-v-10/
- Max Payne Remastered: https://www.moddb.com/games/max-payne/addons/max-payne-remastered
- Dolphin Texture Mods: https://github.com/rapka/dolphin-textures
- Deus Ex New Vision 2.0: https://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision/news/new-vision-20a
- Morrowind Enhanced Texture Mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mods/46221?tab=description