I hear often that games can’t be remade because the source code is lost. Silent Hill 2 remake had only partial source code. Wouldn’t any old physical CD have the entire code on it?
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The whole reason it’s called “source” code is that it’s what you start with. The finished game on the CD is what you end up with. A few games have shipped with source code by accident because somebody screwed up and accidentally copied the folder to the wrong place. But in-general there’s no reason to include the source code because that’s not what the CPU is running. The CPU only runs the finished game which is made by compiling the source code and other assets through a build process.
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