Prophet
God I'm old.
MOD Edit - Merged these two threads, so I'll post the information here.
Ports require source code.
What is source code?
Source code is what makes up a program. Freeware programs may or may not have this available. Commericial programs will NOT.
The rule is, unless you see "GPL" or "GNU" somewhere, you aren't going to see any source code!
Example of code:
Code cannot just be gained intuitively. Programs generally cannot be "disassembled" into its native code, it can only be disassembled into machine code, which is NOT viable for porting something to the GP32!
Please be advised before posting a request for a port.
MOD - Original post is below.
Lotsa people suggest ports of games with no source code available.
Maybe they don't realize you need sources to port to another system, and are confusing the fact that a game is free or something with it being portable?
Maybe it should be pinned so people check to see if source code is available before suggesting a port. In fact, on the flip side, if anyone finds source code out there for any good games, they should definitely suggest it!
Ports require source code.
What is source code?
Source code is what makes up a program. Freeware programs may or may not have this available. Commericial programs will NOT.
The rule is, unless you see "GPL" or "GNU" somewhere, you aren't going to see any source code!
Example of code:
Code:
int x = 0;
for (; x < 320; x+=30) {
TextOut(0,x, "PORTS REQUIRE SOURCE CODE");
}
Code cannot just be gained intuitively. Programs generally cannot be "disassembled" into its native code, it can only be disassembled into machine code, which is NOT viable for porting something to the GP32!
Please be advised before posting a request for a port.
MOD - Original post is below.
Lotsa people suggest ports of games with no source code available.
Maybe they don't realize you need sources to port to another system, and are confusing the fact that a game is free or something with it being portable?
Maybe it should be pinned so people check to see if source code is available before suggesting a port. In fact, on the flip side, if anyone finds source code out there for any good games, they should definitely suggest it!