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MMJuno's Cel shader - RetroArch - give your 3D games a cel shaded look!

Added 2018-04-05 01:50:22 +0000 UTC

MMJuno has created a new shader, Cel, which dates all the way back to the Pete's OGL2 era of shaders that could be ran inside emulators like PCSX-R and ePSXe. It has now been incorporated inside Libretro/RetroArch's Common Shaders collection!

We put the new shader here through its paces with a variety of 3D games ranging all the way from N64 to PlayStation1 and even Nintendo DS and 3DS.

As you can see in the video, there are a number of settings you can tweak to suit the visual look to your liking. You can combine several Cel shaders to get a more pronounced cel shaded look, and you can smooth out the look by either applying anti-aliasing as the first pass or the last pass.

Games shown in this video:

- Super Mario 64 (N64)

- Waverace 64 (N64)

- Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (N64)

- Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)

- Super Mario 64 DS (DS)

- Tomb Raider (PSX)

- Crash Bandicoot (PSX)

- Wipeout (PSX)

- Tekken 3 (PSX)

- Soul Blade (PSX)

Note that the cel shaded look is highly dependent on the internal resolution of the emulator/core.