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Half-Life Was 95% Ready for Dreamcast (timemachiner.io)
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[โ€“] just_another_person@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, this would make it much simpler. No translations, differing architectures, or OS bindings to struggle though. Asset and compilation tweaks, and controller bindings, and that's a large portion of the work.

[โ€“] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You have zero idea what goes on when porting a game, do you? It's ok, not everyone does. Understanding you can learn is a good thing.

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