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Silent Hill decompilation just surpased 80% (decomp.dev)
submitted 11 hours ago by Eibriel@sopuli.xyz to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Unless it means something else in this context, decompilation is reversing compilation process.

Basically taking the game and turning it back to source code. With source code it would be easy to fix some issues (if there are any), see how developers implemented certain things, and also be able to run the game on hardware that it never was running on before.

[–] bless@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

also be able to run the game on hardware that it never was running on before.

Via native code, not emulation, in case this wasn't clear. This means that you can port the game to modern consoles and take advantage of individual gimmicks, like the wiiu tablet, or even create new games!

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 16 points 11 hours ago

Or patch the game to be run without drm...why? cough i don't know