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Fallout 1 and 2's source code isn't lost after all, thanks to one hero programmer: 'I made it a quest to snapshot everything'

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨cm0002@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/fallout-1-and-2s-source-code-isnt-lost-after-all-thanks-to-one-hero-programmer-i-made-it-a-quest-to-snapshot-everything/

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  • mriswith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For anyone not reading the article: She was the co-founder and was putting together a collection of games they were selling needed the source code:

    I asked for the source and was given a blank stare. I went to the COO’s office and he gave me a cardboard box that looked like it was run over by a truck and it had some of the source on floppies. I ended up contacting friends at Electronic Arts to get a copy of the source we sent them when Wasteland shipped.

    After that she started keeping ones of everything she worked on.

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    • renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Queen

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    • TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Doing the Lord’s work with this TL;DR.

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