Comment on EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
its odd that they open sourced Generals and the first CNC and Red Alert, but nothing in between.
CNC3 was my favorite, and I’ll die on that hill . but RA2 was obivously the fan favorite, and Tiberian Sun had probably the best atmosphere
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Sometimes licenses get in the way, it’s possible they bought em engine or tech from a 3rd party and don’t have the legal standing (or don’t know if they do or not) to release the source.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
someone else here suggested that the source code for TS/RA2 was lost. which wouldnt surprise me.
These are games that were made when and before the Zoomers were being born. they are ancient by most people’s standards.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, I used to steal the physical CDs from Kmart back in the day. They’re old as hell.
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Fallout source is gone too. There was just no reliable way to store source code back then, a lot of times it was just one of the developers that had it sitting in a desk drawer.
If it’s new enough, maybe a burnt CD.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
still susceptible to disc rot