No. The code was discovered by a person who used to work on it back in the day. They don't give it out, unless the decompilers have the permission to get it from the original rights owner. It's however unclear who owns the rights. They tried to get the permission but all three companies that might own it, didn't even answer.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

or, hear me out, if we had more reasonable copyright and IP laws the permission wouldn’t be necessary for a completely dead 28 year old game that fans spent a great deal of effort reviving with no help or financing from the original rights owner

If the person who holds the code refuses to give it out because they are a jerk then so be it I guess but the law should not stop them from doing so in this scenario. It is absurd

[–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

If it were up to me, copyright would only last 20 years after publication for non-commercial use and author's life + 4 years for commercial use.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago

Fun fact: the vast majority (like 95+%) of creative works, be they made by individuals or corporations, earn the majority of what they will earn cross their existence in the first 5 years

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