OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoYour old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulatorswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up139arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days 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-up3·2 hours 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-up2·2 hours 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
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