sp3ctr4l 15 points 6 months ago

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.

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Phunter 3 points 6 months ago

I think if you're willing to wait 20+ years to play a particular video game you can have it for free.

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sp3ctr4l 4 points 6 months ago

I mean, generally speaking, you usually only have to wait a few months to play most video games for free.

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BeKindRewind 2 points 3 months ago

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.

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sp3ctr4l 2 points 3 months ago

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!

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warmaster 6 points 6 months ago

Good for preservation, that alone is golden.

But personally, I don't like to play old 3D games anymore, I stopped enjoying their aged mechanics and graphics. However, retro 2D games... I freaking love them, I could play Sunset Riders until the day I die.

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OldQWERTYbastard 4 points 6 months ago

Dang. Back in high school my best friend and I wore out the MAME emulator playing sunset riders and countless other classics. Fuck, I'm old.

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warmaster 3 points 6 months ago

I just can't get enough of the side scrolling beat em ups.

Captain Commando
Punisher
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
Final Fight
Golden Axe
Knights of the Round
D&D Shadow over Mystara
Alien vs Predator
Warriors of Fate
TMNT
Battle Commando
X-Men
Spider-Man: The Videogame

And more, they are so good.

Modern beat em ups worthy of my praise:

Marvel Cosmic invasion
Absolum

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caseyweederman 2 points 6 months ago

Decomps mean recomps though. New control schemes, new models, new logic, new textures.

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PowerCrazy 2 points 6 months ago

I never got into the old 3d games from PS1/N64 era. After the "novelty" of full 3d wore off, the gameplay was dwarfed by the camera jankyness and slowness of the game. For example the much vaunted ff7 takes at least a minute per random encounter to resolve, assuming you one shot the basic enemies. If you bother with summons or it's a boss, it's not unusual for things to take 10+ minutes, whereas the same kind of battle in ff6, would be resolved in <2min or faster if your menu navigation is fast.

Zelda64/OoT were a bit better, but there was still a lot of fighting the camera which isn't the most compelling gameplay.

That said native PC ports for these games is awesome and I still greatly enjoy Starfox64 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, so it would be cool to see what people can do with a recompiled rom for it.

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