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Finding the BEST sine function for Nintendo 64
Kaze Emanuar searches for the best sine approximation for the Nintendo 64, comparing the lookup tables in Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time with polynomial alternatives. It walks through numerics and 3rd, 4th and 5th order approximations.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in discussions of sine implementations and whether lookup tables beat computation on memory-bound hardware.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kaze Emanuar
- Topic
- sine function optimization
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
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