Why is Temple OS’s encoded 3D rendered graphics impressive on a technical level?

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In this video Linus demos Temple OS

At the [7 minute mark](https://youtu.be/LtlyeDAJR7A?t=424) it is explained that the graphics are in text mode. Is this impressive?

In the comments section someone writes

>People who play one of Terry’s games: “Ehh…”

>People who find out he made the OS it runs on: “Very impressive.”

>People who find out that his animated, 3D games are literally a Textfile: HOLY SHIT

And if you read the replies, there’s an argument about whether this is impressive or not. Is it impressive? why or why not?

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The impressive part is that it was all made by one guy. He made the OS, made the game, then made drivers to utilize hardware to play the game. That’s the impressive part. Yes, it is technically a rudimentary OS, but millions of lines of code by one guy is still pretty rad.

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