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Porting Games From Binary

Posted by michael on from the meaningless-and-time-consuming-are-our-middle-names dept.

CowboyRobot writes "My favorite Slashdot links are those that inspire me to embark on meaningless and time-consuming quests. This is one of them. Two Canadian game developers at Digital Eclipse have a thorough explanation of how to port a game using nothing but the binary stream coming out of the cartridge. They use the TRS-80 and Phantasy Star III as examples."

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  1. All my games are so old... by SmirkingRevenge · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're in unary, you insensitive clod!

  2. These are a few of my favorite links... by nanojath · · Score: 4, Funny
    "My favorite Slashdot links are those that..."


    My favorite Slashdot links are those that go down within about 12.5 seconds of showing up on the front page. I know I must be missing something really great!

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