CORE: About Them Video Games

CORE: About Them Video Games

The Retro-Decomp Stuff is a Nightmare for Indie Developers

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Oct 20, 2026

If you spend any time in retro gaming or preservation circles, you’ve likely felt the thrill of the modern “decompilation” and source-port movement. Fans and archivists are pulling apart classic codebases line by line, reassembling them into native ports, adding quality-of-life features, and keeping history alive in ways we never thought possible. It’s …

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