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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. ATTENTION NERDS! by SHUT+UP,+NERD!!!!! · · Score: -1, Troll

    NOBODY CARES ABOUT "Porting Games From Binary"!

    ATTENTION NERDS

    NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. YOUR THICK RIMMED GLASSES ARE LAUGHABLE.

    NOW, SHUT UP, NERD.

    YOU ALL REEK! SHOWERS RULE!
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  2. NO, BUT I WILL MOD YOU DOWN, -1, SHUT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    1. Re:NO, BUT I WILL MOD YOU DOWN, -1, SHUT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
      ATTENTION TROLL: YOUR DESIRE TO MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE IS ENVIABLE, BUT LAUGHABLE. HOW COULD YOU FAIL IN SO MANY POSTS, NOT EVEN SEEING THAT YOUR METHODS ARE SHITTY? PERHAPS IN YOUR QUEST TO BE REMEMBERED YOU SHOULD FUCK ROB MALDA. YOU HAVE FAILED AND SHOULD JUST SHUT UP. PERMANENTLY.

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  3. This is great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yet another hilariously nerdy waste of time for the Slashbots to orgasm over! Don't soil your Chewbacca t-shirts too badly, you worthless shit stains.

  4. one word by Apreche · · Score: 0, Troll

    EMULATOR

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  5. In Soviet Russia...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    government ports you!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      government ports you!

      Although this may be a valid application of the classic Yakov riff, it's really just dumb. Besides, you forgot the all-caps.

      Obviously, if the title of the article is "Porting Games From Binary", the correct Russification is:

      IN SOVIET RUSSIA, Binary Games Port YOU!

      Or to be on-topic for the thread:

      01001001 01001110 00100000 01010011 01001111 01010110 01001001 01000101
      01010100 00100000 01010010 01010101 01010011 01010011 01001001 01000001
      00101100 00100000 01000010 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110010 01111001
      00100000 01000111 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110011 00100000 01010000
      01101111 01110010 01110100 00100000 01011001 01001111 01010101 00100001

      and so nicely formatted, too!