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28 years later, Lego Island's lost source code has been rediscovered – but the fans who spent nearly two years painstakingly decompiling it by hand "can't have it" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

to clarify: the decompilation is done. so we have the source code, one way or another.

(well, it’s not completely done since it doesn’t compile to the exact same binary, but it’s very close - just go watch the video OP linked, it’s good)

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