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game decompilation
SHOW HN2024
251points
32comments
#292of 3,515 in 2024
Top 9%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good tooling and infrastructure, interesting reverse engineering work
From 2 comments
The tooling and infrastructure in this project are pretty interesting as these things go. It's always cool to see how each decompilation project springs up with different ideas…
bri3d on HNI did a few thousand lines of this. In particular it was interesting learning about D3D retained mode as I did that part. What a weird piece of rendering history. Worth a search…
stravant on HN
Nostalgia for the original game
From 2 comments
Thank you to everyone who worked on this. One of my favorite games growing up, I’m glad to know it’ll be around to show my kid.
mastercheif on HNMy two favorite games for some time were Lego Island and Lego Loco. Lego Loco is a city builder and railroad builder game. Something like a more basic SimCity and Railroad Tycoon…
codetrotter on HN
Objections
Game had little building content
From 2 comments
I liked this game when I was a kid but I remember being massively disappointed that there wasn't more building.
voidfunc on HNThis was a favorite of mine as a kid as well - I remember revisiting it after seeing a YouTube video of someone doing a technical breakdown. I realized that this game had maybe…
nemothekid on HN
Requests
Decompile Alpha Team next
From 1 comment
The tooling and infrastructure in this project are pretty interesting as these things go. It's always cool to see how each decompilation project springs up with different ideas…
bri3d on HN
Alternatives named
LEGO Island Rebuilder
From 1 comment
This project goes back to the LEGO Island Rebuilder [1] by (some of?) the same authors, which fixes several bugs in the original game release by patching it in memory (iirc).…
indigo945 on HN
Manic Miners
From 1 comment
The tooling and infrastructure in this project are pretty interesting as these things go. It's always cool to see how each decompilation project springs up with different ideas…
bri3d on HN
reccmp
From 1 comment
The tooling and infrastructure in this project are pretty interesting as these things go. It's always cool to see how each decompilation project springs up with different ideas…
bri3d on HN