I'm always wishing there were more AAA games I could play natively on aarch64 linux. Porting it might not be the easiest thing in the world, but a source leak opens the door for it.
Yesterday I discovered that perfect dark for the n64 has been decompiled and built for windows (I'd assume Linux would not be difficult given it's decompiled now). Anyway it looks utterly amazing. There's been a few other projects like this.
> I'm always wishing there were more AAA games I could play natively on aarch64 linux. Porting it might not be the easiest thing in the world, but a source leak opens the door for it.
Except a source code leak is basically the worst thing that could happen with this goal in mind.
It's a far cry from reverse engineering or a company open sourcing it. Most people aren't even going to touch it beyond the curiousity.
We don't need most people, just a handful of very dedicated volunteers. That's what happened with Thief/Thief 2/System Shock 2's Dark engine, which was patched for modern hardware after its source was leaked by an ex-employee.
Except for GTA.. the fan base is HUGE to the point that fans made a whole role play servers just to continue playing an obsolete game, I’m almost certain someone either anonymous or in a country isn’t subjected to US laws will pick it up and do something somehow.