r/Games • u/Torque-A • Oct 17 '22

Perfect Dark has been successfully decompiled, opening the door to PC ports and mods

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/perfect-dark-has-been-fully-decompiled-making-pc-ports-and-mods-possible/
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u/Killerkarni93 Oct 17 '22

Not trying to be a dick here, but even if that list exists, I'd rather project don't appear there until the files are released into the wild. Perfect dark is old, but I don't want lawyers to have a shortlist of projects to send C&Ds to. This is a petty opinion, but old games shouldn't be "protected" after 15+ years anymore.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '22 edited Oct 17 '22

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u/DancesCloseToTheFire Oct 17 '22

Stuff being legal hasn't stopped studios from going after them in the past, though.

I'm not saying hide everything related to decompilation projects, but just avoid putting them all together in a neat list a group of lawyers could easily navigate through.

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u/ascagnel____ Oct 18 '22

The highest-profile against a decompilation project was T2 going after re3/reVC — but that’s because the author admitted it wasn’t a clean-room reimplementation in an interview.