Using AI to UpScale Donkey Kong Country

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Using AI to UpScale Donkey Kong Country

Postby Simion32 » July 8th, 2022, 10:34 am

I was messing around on the internet and found some sites that are able to run an AI algorithm on images to upscale them and generate more detail than is already there.

The results look like this:

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4x Nero AI UpScale
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What do you guys think of this idea?

Could we use this type of technology to "upgrade" DKC into HD resolution?
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Re: Using AI to UpScale Donkey Kong Country

Postby the_kong_br » July 12th, 2022, 3:34 pm

Awesome!

What software was used to make it?
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Re: Using AI to UpScale Donkey Kong Country

Postby Simion32 » July 13th, 2022, 2:56 am

Well I just used an online tool to do the conversion.

I haven't investigated whether there is some good software available as I've been too busy working on DELTA.
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Re: Using AI to UpScale Donkey Kong Country

Postby Cosmicman » February 19th, 2024, 11:44 am

This is amazing! I would absolutely love to play a game with just updated graphics like this plus true widescreen mode. How difficult is it to make this a reality? I can Imagine upscaling each separate layer of a full map might make things easier but it would require a whole new game engine?
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