this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
200 points (98.5% liked)

RetroGaming

19533 readers
115 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

  1. Be kind.
  2. No spam or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Xylinna@lemmy.world
Tenthrow@lemmy.world
gts@lemmy.world
200
TIL there is an open source port of Prince of Persia (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
25 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Based on disassembly of the PC DOS version, this port runs on PC, Mac and Linux and features many enhancements such as quick saving and the ability to mod the game including level design.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (17 children)

I remember this one. I don't know why they haven't been DMCA-ed yet because you can't make open-source programs based on the disassembly of proprietary projects (unless they have acquired the rights somehow which I doubt).

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is the original version even in print anymore? It’s really hard to believe that the “juice” of getting this taken down would be worth the squeeze.

[–] phario@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It reminds of those stupid calculations that the music industry did back in the old days of Napster and other P2P sharing about how much money they lose.

When in actuality, I suspect that an actuary or accountant can estimate that this open sourcing of a 20+ year old game probably brings in new revenue in terms of consumers being interested in the franchise.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Oh boy, I remember they once claimed losses that were equivalent to 3 times the global GNP.

The copyright mafia has absolutely no shame.

load more comments (14 replies)