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Cancelled Xbox 360 version of GoldenEye 007 gets recompiled for PC — ‘No emulator, the game runs as a real native executable,’ insists dev (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

recompilation is more descriptive of what they're actually doing.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Both terms are not exclusive. A Remaster can be a recompilation and in most cases it is.

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[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

Let's transitiion into a discussion on the comparative benefits of prescriptive versus descriptive language. /s

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago

This is basically equivalent to a Remaster of what a company would sell to you.

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