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I'm actually not sure why the source code of 15+ year old games aren't released every day. When the CD manufacturing stops and the company shuts down, etc, no o
by vortico 10y ago
I'm actually not sure why the source code of 15+ year old games aren't released every day. When the CD manufacturing stops and the company shuts down, etc, no one brings up the possibility of releasing the source to the community. It's possibly the only way to preserve the art history of video games besides making comparability platforms and sharing modified binaries in a legal gray area.
- facorreia 10y agoThere are often licensing issues (e.g. with third-party libraries) that make it more trouble than it's worth for those companies. Not to mention proprietary tools required for building, pipeline, etc. -- that is, IF they still can locate the source and IF it's even possible to build it other than in the special "build machine" they used to use.
- Iv 10y agoThey could at least issue a statement saying reverse engineering is ok from their point of view.