Source port
Source,port
A,source,port,,a,portmanteau,of,source,code,and,porting,,is,a,software,project,based,on,the,source,code,of,a,game,engine,that,allows,the,game,to,be,played,on,operating,systems,or,computing,platforms,with,which,the,game,was,not,originally,compatible
Contents
1,Description
2,Alternatives
3,Notable,source,ports
4,See,also
5,References
6,External,links
Description
Source,ports,are,often,created,by,fans,after,the,original,developer,hands,over,the,maintenance,support,for,a,game,by,releasing,its,source,code,to,the,public,see,List,of,commercial,video,games,with,later,released,source,code,The,term,was,coined,after,the,release,of,the,source,code,to,Doom,Due,to,copyright,issues,concerning,the,sound,library,used,by,original,DOS,version,,id,Software,released,only,the,source,code,to,the,Linux,version,of,the,game1,Since,the,majority,of,Doom,players,were,DOS,users,the,first,step,for,a,fan,project,was,to,port,the,Linux,source,code,to,DOS2,A,legitimate,source,port,includes,only,the,engine,portion,of,the,game,and,require,that,the,data,files,of,the,game,in,question,already,be,present,on,usersource,port,destination,port,,source,port,,source,port,for,ps4,party,,source,port,number,,source,port,randomization,,source,portal,Source,port
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