decompilation projects

A growing wave of fan-led decompilation projects is recreating classic video games as open-source code, with observers noting the pace of these efforts is quickening. Using modern reverse-engineering tools and improved automation, hobbyist teams have been porting older titles to PC and other platforms faster than before. The trend raises familiar legal questions, since the decompiled code typically cannot be distributed with original game assets, but it is being welcomed by preservation enthusiasts as a way to keep classic games playable on modern hardware.