Why it matters: Efforts to reverse-engineer source code from retro console games to create native PC ports have intensified in recent years. Most completed projects have brought high resolutions, ...

The two-year effort to decompile Super Mario 64 wasn’t started with a Windows executable in mind. Instead, it was motivated primarily by speedrunners who wanted “to understand the game’s code better ...

Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create ...