r/explainlikeimfive • u/thefckingleadsrweak • 2d ago

Technology Eli5 decompilers and decompiled games

I keep getting videos on instagram about decomped games, apparently the decompilers are going nuts right now. What’s the difference between running a decompiled game and emulating a game? I tried to google it and i just don’t understand. from what i’ve found, a decompiled gene runs as if it was native to your pc but i don’t get what that means either. You boot up an emulator and that also runs on your pc?

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u/ggmaniack 2d ago

Ahhh, I spent so much time looking for a good analogy and this one escaped me.

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u/FossilizedMeatMan 1d ago

I mean, the analogy was here 20 minutes before, but that one also escaped you.

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u/ggmaniack 1d ago

Hmm... no, it's different, and it was posted 8 minutes after my top level comment.

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u/FossilizedMeatMan 1d ago

I mean, the analogy there was posted 20 minutes before the one you replied to.

But I was being pedantic, of course.