Instructions written in a programming language. Source code is the text that a programmer writes, but it is not directly executable by the computer. Source code must be converted into machine language ...

The Command & Conquer community is in for a treat, as EA has released the source code for four classic C&C games, as well as adding Steam Workshop support and releasing further modding tools for other ...

Compilers often translate source code for a high-level language, such as C++, to object code for the current computer architecture, such as Intel x64. The object modules produced from multiple ...

The two-year effort to decompile Super Mario 64 wasn’t started with a Windows executable in mind. Instead, it was motivated primarily by speedrunners who wanted “to understand the game’s code better ...

When most people think of preserving video game history, they probably imagine a museum full of boxed consoles and cartridges, or maybe a massive, digital database of emulatable ROM files ripped from ...