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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

You need an original ROM file, and this here, according to the article.

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[-] LemmySoloHer@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Perfect Dark with dual analog controls is something I've wanted to exist and now it does! No Mac support though, gonna have to maybe take another look at clearing things out to make room for boot camp.

[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

Both perfect dark and goldeneye had dual analog support on the N64, though only in single player. Was my first experience with dual analog and all my friends thought I was nuts holding two controllers. Then the Ps2 came out w dual stick and we never looked back.

[-] brawleryukon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not sure about Perfect Dark (never played it), but Goldeneye had the control mode where you hold the left and center grips which was quite similar to dual analog. Of course, that was moving with the d-pad instead of moving with an analog stick, so not quite as smooth on the movement front, but it was definitely a step up from the default control scheme while not being quite as unwieldy as using two separate controllers.

[-] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Turok had you use the c buttons for movement and the stick to aim. It worked really well, and was functionally dual-analog too.

[-] LemmySoloHer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Holy freakin moley I never knew this, that means I might be able to give it a shot on my mac sometime even without this new port. For anyone else as unfortunate as me that's gaming on an old mac, I found the tutorial for how to set this up by Eggyhead.

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

There was actually an Xbox 360 port. It's very hard to find as it was only on Live Arcade and it's since been delisted (afaik), but it had updated graphics and native dual analog support. I managed to find a ROM and run it on an X360 emulator a year or so back but have no idea where my files ended up.

[-] UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

It's available in the Rare Replay collection.

[-] didnt_readit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I can link you that XBLA version if you want it again

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No worries, I have a couple drives I use for archiving stuff like that in case it gets pulled down, so it should be on one of those I'm just too lazy to look😅plus, with this port I'll likely not go back to the emulated version

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

They borked the analog sensitivity. It's trash.

[-] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah i do think i heard that was a gripe, again i just toyed around with it long enough to get in game, never really played much

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago

Grab this now before a takedown occurs

[-] Boxtifer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

If you need an official ROM then it probably won't be taken down. Much like the ocarina of time and Mario 64 decompilation projects.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago

Tell that to rockstar and the REVC and RE3 team

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah it's a decompile as well. But also, perfect dark is Microsoft's IP now.

[-] NightOwl@lemmy.one 13 points 2 years ago

That's awesome news. I love these old games getting pc ports and quality of life features.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

nice, I didn't even hear someone was doing a de-compilation of this.

[-] Gur814@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

My favorite game of all time. I can’t wait to try this out.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 2 years ago

Does it, or will it later, have online multiplayer?

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

It's not my project - I just stumbled upon the repository and figured I'd post a link here - but from what I have seen so far it seems to be a faithful re-implementation so far, so no online MP. I checked the open enhancement requests, and found none. Maybe open one to ask whether they're considering it?

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How would they even retrofit that...? Maybe it could do splitscreen through something like Steam Play Together, at least.

[-] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Nintendo 64 emulation with netplay has existed for 20 years.

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

20 earth years?!? :O

[-] sosodev@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

These modifications are possible because the game has been decompiled back to modifiable source code. At this point they can add anything to the game with enough dedication.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Looking at their GitHub page, I'm gonna say no. You need the ROM file of the original game, so while it looks like they're doing some things like key bindings and increased frame rates, I'd be shocked if they went so far as to implement something as complex as online multiplayer.

[-] sosodev@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They need the rom to dump the assets. They can’t legally redistribute those.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

The laptop gun is one of the all time greats

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

If anyone has this running on Steamdeck, lemme know.

[-] ramirezmike@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I just tried this out a little bit ago. I couldn't get the Linux version working but I downloaded the windows version, added it to steam, set the proton version to the newest one (.8 I think? it had an 8 in it) and it worked pretty well

haven't tried changing any settings but beat the first mission without any issues 👍

edit:

actually, check out the steps in the last comment here https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark/issues/83

this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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