Fuck yeah this is awesome. I played this so much as a kid.
LEGO® Island - Online Web Port
Submitted 2 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hazzard@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Earnest question, how is this actually legally viable?
Obviously the decompilation is open source, but is usually distributed without assets, in some kind of builder that requires a copy of the game. And clearly the original game isn’t open source, or else this decompilation wouldn’t exist.
So… has the game been released free to the public without the source code? Has Lego or the original developer blessed this project? Or is the game just… in legal limbo or something where they feel comfortable taking the risk?
ch8zer@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
He addresses it in another video, but there isn’t a single rights holder. There are 3 that each own different parts of the game. He tried contacting them but none responded.
octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
The original publisher probably just doesn’t care. The game isn’t currently available for sale. I do wonder if Lego would care, but most they would likely do is a cease and desist. It seems like a typical abandonware game situation.
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Absolutely amazing. Going to go for the offline port though, I don’t trust my save data to my browser.
N.B. Only worked in Chromium (not Firefox) for me.
rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 2 months ago
That’s super neat. I still have my physical copy of this game from back in the day. I’ve booted it up in a Windows 98 VM before, but that’s way more hassle than just opening it in Firefox.