torvusbogpod@lemmy.worldtoRetroGaming@lemmy.world•That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator saysEnglish
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9 months agoValve removed it because it used official N64 APIs that Nintendo holds as classified information. I think if it had totally been bottom-up crafted from scratch, it would have survived. But Valve does NOT wanna deal with a Nintendo lawyer.
Yeah Sega of Japan, particularly Sonic Team, actively refused to provide STI (American dev team) with source code necessary to build the game