OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoYour old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulatorswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkYour old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulatorswww.xda-developers.comOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoExtremely cool and impressive from a technical and cultural standpoint, is what I think. Decomps, reverse engineering… extremely tedious and complex work, often maddening. Also arguably illegal. Not that I… think that it should be, but it could become a problem.
minus-squarePhunter@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoI think if you’re willing to wait 20+ years to play a particular video game you can have it for free.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoI mean, generally speaking, you usually only have to wait a few months to play most video games for free. waves around hook hand, scratches eyepatch with it
minus-squareBeKindRewind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoFor anyone interested, this is a great legal review on the topic: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol45/iss1/4/ It links to the abstract but the the full paper is free to download.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoUnfortunately I’m moving house this next week… or apartment rather… I have starred this and will try to peruse it when I can, thank you!
Extremely cool and impressive from a technical and cultural standpoint, is what I think.
Decomps, reverse engineering… extremely tedious and complex work, often maddening.
Also arguably illegal. Not that I… think that it should be, but it could become a problem.
I think if you’re willing to wait 20+ years to play a particular video game you can have it for free.
I mean, generally speaking, you usually only have to wait a few months to play most video games for free.
waves around hook hand, scratches eyepatch with it
For anyone interested, this is a great legal review on the topic: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol45/iss1/4/
It links to the abstract but the the full paper is free to download.
Unfortunately I’m moving house this next week… or apartment rather…
I have starred this and will try to peruse it when I can, thank you!