That's not deterring the Zelda 64 Reverse Engineering team. Related: Zelda: Wind Waker Mod Transforms The Game Into Ocarina Of Time
It can be a lengthy and difficult process. In the case of a video game, everything from the game's source code to the HUDs is made manually, using the original title as a reference. All the elements are recreated from scratch as well. Then, the engineer follows the "blueprints" set by the original product and begins construction. The engineer examines the product in question at its most basic level. To reverse engineer a product is to rebuild it from the ground up. The team is also planning on reverse engineering Majora's Mask and The Minish Cap. The code, being decompiled by fans, is being reverse-engineered from the Nintendo 64 original. Update: This story has been corrected to reflect that the Zelda 64 Reverse Engineering team is decompiling The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's source code.Ī fan effort to reverse-engineer The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's source code is making good progress.