The original source code for Backyard Baseball is long gone. Mega Cat Studios remastered the game anyway. | TechCrunch
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"We had to sift through almost thirty years of detritus. Playground sent us this massive box of Zip disks and files and CD ROMs..." - James Deighan, discussing the challenges of archiving the original game materials.
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"I noticed that the source code was missing for the games we were trying to work with... We got a hold of a copy of the disc of Baseball '97..." - Luke Usher, explaining the difficulties faced in remastering the game.
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"It's just something I do from time to time when I really like a game... it's fun to just go in and dig into the source..." - John Simon, sharing his enthusiasm for reverse engineering games.
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