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That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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Honestly, a bit surprised by this. It wasn't even on Steam. Hopefully switching to an open source SDK will get this back up.

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[–] dual_sport_dork 128 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"Hey, don't use code for our dead game console we stopped manufacturing 22 years ago and don't support anymore!"

Who gives a fuck, Nintendo?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Nintendo could benefit greatly by just allowing these kind of projects, but that would be out of character and we can't be having that.

[–] scottywh 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a bit like if Metallica had just embraced Napster

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It was Scorpions that went after Napster, no?

[–] scottywh 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It was primarily Metallica.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica_v._Napster,_Inc.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKX2bNP7QM

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[–] dezmd 4 points 10 months ago

Lars Ultrash was the most publicly outspoken and often quoted in the Record Companies PR propaganda push for the DMCA and against Napster. He came off like a greedy bitch at the time, and created the perceptions of Metallica as a cash grab sell out band more than they already were being seen as by long time fans.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It wasn't Nintendo, it was Valve taking preemptive action because of how Nintendo has acted in the past...

It's unfortunate, but it's pretty reasonable given how Nintendo is.

[–] NewNewAccount 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wasn’t it taken down at Valve’s request, not Nintendo’s demand?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but mainly because Valve doesn't want to deal with Nintendo's lawyers since it used their libraries.

[–] Water1053 13 points 10 months ago

I really wish they would and set a precedent for Nintendo's anti-consumer tactics.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Officially yes. We have no idea if Nintendo sent a private email saying "please figure this out before we do."