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Banjo-Kazooie N64 Decompiled: PC Ports on the Horizon (www.retronews.com)
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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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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They can't do shit about decompilations, since no copyright is violated. Also: I think M$ is the rightsholder now.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago

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.