The latest game to get the reverse-engineering treatment is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Neowin has reported. A GitHub user called snesrev has fully ported the game to PC using over 80,000 lines of code, while adding some extra enhancements. Those include support for enhanced aspect ratios and pixel shaders, a higher quality world map, secondary item slots and more. The version was re-engineered in C code, and requires libraries from the SNES emulator LakeSNES. It features all the same levels, enemies and puzzles of the original game, and can even run the original machine code alongside the ported C version. Another GitHub user, xander-haj, showed exactly how it works compared to an emulation in a YouTube video from last year. The ported version of Link joins other recent projects, notably Star Wars: Dark Forces, that have been fully ported to PC. Unlike emulation, which effectively transforms your PC into an old console, reverse-engineered games are rebuilt from scratch, which allows for added features like the widescreen and pixel shades inserted by snesrev. Savvy users could create this build on Windows, Mac, Linux and even the Nintendo Switch, with more platforms potentially doable down the road. It's on shaky legal ground, however. For example, after someone did a very cool PC port of the classic Super Mario 64, Nintendo cracked down and links to the download disappeared from file-hosting websites. Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2023-02-06 11:55:42 UTC ]
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A new independent bookshop which nods to Bristol’s “radical past and present” has opened in the city’s Harbourside area, near where Edward Colston's statue was brought down last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 11:33:12 UTC ]
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s second novel follows her 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for “Call Me Zebra.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-09 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The past year has turned us all into at-home imbibing experts, but these books prove we still have much to learn. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2021-07-23 09:45:09 UTC ]
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The bestselling illustrator has published a new version of the landmark children’s book Little Pilgrim’s Progress. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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What happens to the ‘hot books’ at the London Book Fair, once the dust has settled and the ink has dried on those often lucrative contracts? Tom Tivnan delves into the annals of past LBFs to look at how acquisitions at the fair have fared, using the all-new barometer of success: the Julietometer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-03 06:06:33 UTC ]
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Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-06-13 09:00:02 UTC ]
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From set-up to major pros and cons, this is what you need to know about how to use the Kindle App on PC. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-06-07 10:39:00 UTC ]
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A lost novelist, 'her whispering voice, fleeing depression,' led this Egyptian poet to one of the biggest literary prizes in the world. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winner Iman Mersal: ‘Reading the Past’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-05-25 18:35:10 UTC ]
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Chelsea Green has landed “future classic” On Gallows Down by award-winning nature writer Nicola Chester. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-24 11:01:18 UTC ]
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Interviews Since 2015, award-winning Restless Books publisher Ilan Stavans has been immersed in bringing the literary classics to new audiences through Restless Classics. These editions come with introductions by prominent diverse writers from around... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-05-12 15:41:23 UTC ]
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Online indie retailer Bookshop.org is calling for publishers and authors to link to independent bookshops and its own site for the duration of Independent Bookshop Week (IBW). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-05-10 23:36:00 UTC ]
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In “Plunder,” a memoir by Menachem Kaiser, the author tries to repossess a building owned by his grandfather before the war and discovers a history he knew nothing about. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-03-16 09:00:06 UTC ]
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Annette Sharp suggested solicitor ‘is too old and deaf and can’t even get to court’, barrister saysThe high-profile Sydney criminal lawyer Chris Murphy was portrayed by a newspaper columnist as being “past it, decrepit and over the hill”, his defamation hearing has been told.The meaning... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-16 05:46:43 UTC ]
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Africa needs to take advantage of a copyright law to protect and explore its unique local products. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-02-22 14:49:47 UTC ]
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First published in 1865, Lewis Carroll's children's book has never been out of print. It continues to appeal to adults who prefer childhood. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-02-16 18:52:59 UTC ]
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It’s the Roaring ’20s all over again at Vintage Classics, which is making a bunch of old books now in the public domain new again. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen put out a list of the Super Bowl’s TV audience going back to 1967. You were not alone in not watching Super Bowl LV last Sunday. The uneven matchup, in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounced the Kansas City Chiefs, was among the least-watched Super Bowls in recent memory, even as more... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2021-02-09 13:39:34 UTC ]
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“The House on Vesper Sands” and “The Historians” feature appealing characters, who are the true draw of any well-told tale. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-08 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The recycled gossip is tiresome, but what’s most irritating about “A Bright Ray of Darkness” is that it’s really good. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-02 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Tony Bruce, senior publisher at Routledge, talks to us about the plans for Routledge Classics' 20th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-01 07:56:34 UTC ]
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