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Originally Posted by Arctine View Post
My question is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Keeper

Is there any chance someone would be able to port this game? I used to love playing it as a kid.
As far as it's closed source, nobody will be able to port this game.. You should ask EA. (anyway, maybe you can play it with dosbox, dunno; seems to have very low requirements and to run on dos)

For anybody asking every kind of game to be ported, things are quite simple:
a) the source code is available: you have some chance to port it (if it doesn't require too high specs; if there aren't technical difficulties; if somebody wants to work on it)
b) the source code is unavailable:
-- b1) the publisher of the software ports it (and usually sells it -> $)
-- b2) you emulate the platform for which the software was made (dosbox/psx emu/gba emu/other console/...)
-- b3) somebody creates an other version of one or more components of the software, which won't be like the original, but strive to be as similar as possible (ex. stratagus/other reverse-engeneered software/opensource alternative/closed source alternative for your platform)

(I hope I didn't make any mistakes)

Last edited by thecursedfly; 2010-01-17 at 17:26.
 

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