Modders use reverse engineering to bring Nintendo GameCube games to PC

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust 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, modding capabilities, and other enhancements to titles from the Nintendo 64 era and earlier. However, recent breakthroughs have begun to make more advanced platforms, like the GameCube and Xbox 360, increasingly accessible. Mario Party 4 is set to become the first GameCube title to receive a full decompilation, paving the way for unofficial PC ports. Unlike emulation, reverse engineering retro games offers modders significantly more flexibility when making modifications or adapting classics to new platforms. As MattKC Bytes explains in the video below, the decompilation of Mario Party 4 is over 99 percent complete, with only a few complex functions remaining. While decompilation alone doesn't p ... Read full article.