- VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED UPDATE
- VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED WINDOWS 10
- VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED PC
- VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED PS2
update the mechanics, insert new assets, use new rendering techniques, etc is impractical, to the point where a full-on from-scratch remake is often easier than trying to figure out the decompiled code.Įven when the source code is available, it can be easier to do a remake, because the code is outdated, platform-specific, poorly-structured, or even just plain unfamiliar.Įdit: Forgot to mention, many parts of games aren’t even “coded”, but consist of data files that are parsed by the engine at run time (if you’re lucky) or compile time (ouch). Such code might be equivalent to the source code when compiled, but making changes to it to e.g. The decompiled code will also be missing comments and variable/function names, which that are very useful to programmers seeking to make changes and updates. While most executables can be “decompiled” to produce code in the original language, the result is often quite different from the source code, because decompiling doesn’t undo the compiler’s optimizations, which can significantly change the structure of the code. They generally won’t have enough data to update them to a modern standard without recreating them from scratch, using the originals only as a guide. The sounds and textures included with the game can be recovered, but they’ll not be the master files, they’ll be compressed, low-res, etc. how come one can’t “remaster”/upgrade just from that? They didn’t.īut most importantly, second if a game “executable”/play disc/files-folder has all the needed data to run an entire game and all it contains/everything necessary
VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED WINDOWS 10
Unless Microsoft announced Xbox backwards compatibility on Windows 10 out of nowhere, it’s not happening… and I’ve already watched the MS E3 conference. These games aren’t being properly ported, though… they’re being emulated.
VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED PS2
It may be possible to hack the original Xbox version or PS2 version for the backwards-compatibility releases. There were stories of Double Fine scrounging up old hard drives from LucasArts just to get the master-render cutscenes for Grim Fandango (so they wouldn’t look like they were on a CD-ROM game from 1998) to make the remaster, and even then, they weren’t able to get the original 3D assets, meaning they couldn’t re-render the cutscenes or backgrounds.
Nordic did mention that they have one of the games’ source codes unfortunately, the one in particular was one of the crappy Xbox 360 era entries that nobody remembered nor wants to see again. Pandemic was bought by EA and died roughly around 2009 or 2010, and THQ itself fell apart in 2012- that basically means if the source code was still around by the time THQ was going out of business, it’s been gone for 5 years at least. Even if it was well preserved, THQ is a dead company, Pandemic as well. The textbook case of this was when a hard drive containing the source code for Asteroids and Pong was thrown out by accident some time in the 90’s or 00’s. The gaming industry is pretty infamous for doing a crap job of archiving things, especially in the old days. Oh, and diablo 1, -just really to fck with the D3 generation
Some dino game… can’t rem the title, sorta just flashes of nostalgic images… Rockstar bring back gta1+2 or atleast make them freeware again (just don’t add f’n shark cards to them, okay?) That “aliens” playstation game… can’t remember which one… the good one that scared the shit out of me Get avp2 out of license+copy right hell and get it back, cheers, perhaps a graphic overhaul remaster that maintains game fidelity Tony hawk wasteland -i’m fine with you just returning me my old copy back
VIGILANTE 8 REMASTERED PC
Metal gear series onto pc original jank mode -none George Lucas special edition remaster… Silent hill on to pc, naow, thx, - caveat: with a “cared for” port thank you! Theme hospital -i’d especially like if it didn’t halt to a crawl in the later stages (from what i’m guessing was a memory issue)