Banjo-Kazooie N64 Decompiled: PC Ports on the Horizon
Banjo-Kazooie N64 Decompiled: PC Ports on the Horizon
The decompilation of Banjo-Kazooie N64 paves the way for potential PC ports, exciting gaming enthusiasts everywhere.
The Nintendo 64 release of Banjo-Kazooie has been fully decompiled, which opens up significant opportunities for fan projects and potentially native PC ports.
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For about 10 seconds, and then Nintendo lawyers show up in droves.
They can't do shit about decompilations, since no copyright is violated. Also: I think M$ is the rightsholder now.
Are the characters themselves still not copyrighted?
And yes, you're right. It's been 20+ years, and my brain STILL refuses to believe that Nintendo DIDN'T buy Rare during the gamecube era. It still makes no sense to me. And it's like my brain refuses to accept it.
You'll have to supply your own rom. Then it's not copyright infringement, since you can do whatever you want with the copy you've purchased.
Well, this list of Unofficial PC Ports proves other wise https://github.com/Sebastrion/awesome-unofficial-pc-ports
The lawsuit dance has already been done. Can’t sue over decompiled code, but they can sue over assets, so anyone who wants to actually play something made with a decompilation has to supply a “legal” ROM that’s rightfully “theirs” for the assets to be sourced from