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- Remember debugging that last weird edge case? These guys are almost there on a whole N64 game. Incredible effort!by Tbarlow
- Nice I have not thought about this game in years.
- Are there any similar projects that do recompilation for old DOS games? I am mainly interested in games written in Borland Turbo C, as I am trying to work out how one of them works. Some resources like tutorials would be great too.by butz
- So I've no clue how all this recompiling works, but why does the result of this process still need hardware that is at least two decades newer in order to run?by nebalee
- I know there are a lot of recomp projects like this out there - are there any sites dedicating to aggregating them all and tracking their progress?by lizardking
- What is the legal status of recompilation projects like these? Greyer or less grey than emulators?by happa
- The % is estimated based on the number of functions that still need to be recompiled. It is already possible to play and even create mods! As other recomp projects, you need to provide your own ROM.
- Nice. Haven't played this since the N64. It was one of the best games of the system, and I think OB64 in particular gets overlooked next to Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics due to the lack of Matsuno's involvement. But it's head and shoulders better than the original Ogre Battle, and can stand toe-to-toe with Matsuno's best.
I'd love to play it again some day, since my first playthrough was without a guide and despite 60+ hours logged into the game, I ended up getting the worst ending thanks to the completely unexplained mechanic that your ending was determined by how many forts you "liberate" vs "conquer" (basically was your character of a higher or lower alignment than the fort when you captured it).