/games/ - Games

Wut's the difference between this and using a Switch emulator?

>>46812
emulator = a translation layer that reads ROMs/ISOs of your games
decompilation = the game itself is reverse engineered so it can run natively on your PC, like a port.

an emulator, as the name implies, is a software program that was designed to mimic the console hardware so that ROMs/ISOs can be initialized on your computer. you can think of the emulator itself as a sort of translation layer that takes the encoded ROM/ISO and allows your PC to make sense of it, and allows you to interact with its contents. a decompilation, on the other hand, is a game that has been reverse engineered to run on natively on your PC, no translation layer needed. it accesses the graphics API and libraries directly like other native games do.

games ran on an emulator are only as good as the emulator's programming, so there may be various problems with the game like graphical glitches and performance related issues. because decomps are reverse engineered, they're pretty much as issue free as any other PC game.

>>46813
sounds like too much work I'll just switch to emulating

>>46814
it's not too much work, you just download the executable from the provided github page and run it. it'll ask you to provide it with an ISO/game dump, then generate the game. it's about as much work as running an emulator.

>>46815
i already have twilight princess set up on my dolphin emulator thoughbeit

>>46816
well if you don't want to try it, then don't try it, but this is a better version of the game. you can even transfer your existing dolphin-emulator save to the decomp.

It's cool this is happening with more games now, a lot of neat stuff will come out of it I'm sure.

here, a showcase of the various benefits this enhanced PC port offers.

>>46817
but dolphin is better

very cool

Dungeon mods when?

>>46819
Wow this is really nice.

>>46810
When's the "skip the boring ass intro of Link as a farmer" mod coming?

bit titty what if link was a gril mod when