In case anyone is interested, this creator built a remake of Portal for the N64, uploading a really cool set of videos describing the work that went into building it.

He's since stopped to work on his own IP, I believe that the issue was that Valve couldn't allow it because they'd never get Nintendo to agree to it. Something along those lines, anyway.

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Frenchgeek 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I think the main issue was he used Nintendo owned tools and libraries to make his game instead of the GPL ones, making the release of the port dependent on Nintendo's approval too. I guess even Valve didn't want to deal with their lawyers.

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throwawayk7h 5 hours ago | parent [-]

In principle he could use alternative tools, like libdragon, but he said even if he did that it was unlikely Valve would permit it, as Nintendo would still be antagonized somehow. And Valve it seems wants to improve their relationship with Nintendo (See: Valve blocked Dolphin on steam, and took down a video showing yuzu installed on the steam deck).

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ErroneousBosh 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> And Valve it seems wants to improve their relationship with Nintendo

Valve are the 200kg gorilla of the gaming industry and can throw their weight around.

However Nintendo are a 250kg gorilla.

	▲	Forgeties79 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		A very vindictive, petty 250kg gorilla at that