28 years later, Lego Island's lost source code has been rediscovered – but the fans who spent nearly two years painstakingly decompiling it by hand "can't have it" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lego is actually one of the very few companies that isn't batshit crazy over video game IP. (Real life Lego clones are probably different though).

They even gave a shout out to Manic Miners (a rock raiders fan remake) on the official podcast and haven't done anything to take it down. I can't remember if they officially said they won't do anything also

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Interestingly LEGO was patented, and that patent has recently expired.

If the company used a Trademark to protect the system they used, it would still be protected.

[-] firebingo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

They actually also hired the guy who made Manic Miners.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Let's give The LEGO Group some credit, They allow fan-made projects all the time. They even allowed a fan-made BIONICLE game onto Steam. They also allow the hosting of out of print LEGO video games.