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Game Decompilation Projects Accelerate Across the Industry

Original: EVERY GAME IS NOW OPEN-SOURCED! The Quickening Pace of Decompilations

Fans of retro and classic video games are discussing the quickening pace of decompilation projects, in which reverse-engineered game code is rebuilt and released so titles can run on modern systems and be modified. Enthusiasts see the work as a form of preservation, opening up games whose original source code was never published, though it raises legal and copyright questions.

Why now: A recent surge in high-profile decompilation projects has renewed debate about game preservation and copyright.

video game decompilation projectsretro gaming communityNintendoSega

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• EVERY GAME IS NOW OPEN-SOURCED! The Quickening Pace of Decompilations · Make The Robot Do It · 31.2K

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