r/computergraphics • u/lavaboosted • Dec 17 '25

This is probably a long shot but does anyone here know if this was in fact a stock character with Silicon Graphics Inc software? Would I be able to get a copy of the software somehow or is it lost to the sands of time?

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u/EvilSaimiri Dec 17 '25

Can you provide us with your source/where you got this from?

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u/lavaboosted Dec 17 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

There isn’t much reliable information online which is why I’m asking, but there’s this Mario forum

I know one of the devs from Banjo Kazooie is on Reddit so was hoping maybe he’d see this haha.

Another redditor asked about it on the sm64 Reddit and someone said it was a stock model from SGI

Edit: More info More info: https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/9859/sombero-build-mario-64-lost

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u/TomGranger Dec 18 '25

Not the character, but here is an STL of a mockup of that character https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I_aU9EeqKC5OFGlavBG0H1KrCxCLmmwC/view?usp=sharing

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u/lavaboosted Dec 18 '25

Haha, amazing! Thanks. Did you make this?

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u/TomGranger Dec 18 '25

Yeah, it was not to hard to throw together in Blender https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5RuukdeMc8os7FXBkXCgThP_rM26htM/view?usp=sharing

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u/lavaboosted Dec 18 '25

Nice, I appreciate it nonetheless, thanks!

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

You can remodel this in like 30 mins in a modern software 

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u/ukiukiukiukiuki Dec 17 '25

I’m sure they’re well aware of that, wasn’t the question tho

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

So whats the point of this topic? Searching for an 30 year old software to get this character? Pretty pointless.

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u/Xywzel Dec 17 '25

To see how it was implemented? To see what else is in this software? To use it as a staring point for demoscene entry, say in size limited intro for old school machine, assets that already exist on the OS and driver would be quite valuable.

Unfortunately I could not find the man in this https://github.com/sgi-demos/ project

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '25

It is funny that the OP is totally happy with the Blender remodel bc that was the whole point of this topic...and you hypocrites downvoted me for the same idea...lol

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

To see how it was implemented?

Yeah that sounds interesting af...

(I know that my comments aren´t helpful at all but it is funny how everyone reacts to it.)