Unlike computer games, which smoothly and continuously evolved along with the hardware that powered them, console games have up until very recently been constrained by a generational style of devel…
  • simple@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Decompilation is definitely the path forward. Not only does it preserve games and allow you to play enhanced native versions, they’re totally legal and won’t get you into hot water. I played Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time at 60fps and it was glorious.

    • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Wait, what? Distributing decompiled code from a proprietary source is completely legal? Is that actually correct?

      I was under the impression that the source code is copyrighted, as is the compiled build of the game, and that decompiling the game is a violation of the Terms of Service, which would make distributing it still illegal. I’d love to be wrong about this though.

      • simple@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Yes, reverse engineering is totally legal. The big asterisk here is that you can’t distribute any assets the company owns, so you need the original game files regardless to play the decompiled version.