r/adventuregames • u/galapag0 • 2d ago

ScummVM 2026.4.0 "Never-slop" is released on the 25th anniversary with tons of new games!

https://www.scummvm.org/news/20261011/
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u/happy_rub_3669 2d ago

Nice, there is "Alpha Polaris" (2011) on list too https://store.steampowered.com/app/405780/Alpha_Polaris__A_Horror_Adventure_Game/

Aaaand the game is free of charge nowadays!

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u/galapag0 2d ago

I haven't tested in ScummVM recently, but on its own, it's actually a decent game.

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u/BranTheLewd 2d ago

Imho, I would say it's more than decent, a 7/10 good. And for a free game, that's crazy good! Although I remember watching older GrimBeard videos, and he reviewed Alpha Polaris, and it used to cost money so... Kinda feel bad for the Devs who made it free, but still didn't get too much visibility.

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u/Tizoc10040 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'm reading thru the scummvm wiki but still can't get how to get
Dragonsphere and Phantom of Opera running using the new build.

EDIT: Ah OK, just rename each 'game.gog' file and make it 'game.iso' then mount it using a software and just move the needed files so that scummvm can recognize them.

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u/Major_Higgins 2d ago

Ah cool thanks, I was struggling with those too.

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u/Major_Higgins 2d ago

Bless these people, doing the lord’s work!

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u/DefinitelyRussian 2d ago

Zeus and Thor bless them !

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u/Revolutionary_Ad6574 2d ago

Why is it called "Never-slop"?

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u/joe__kerr1 2d ago

Probably insinuating it's coded 100% by hand and not vibe coded

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u/Snoo_11836 2d ago

Damn straight. Those ScummVM folk be based.

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u/HarryLime2016 2d ago

No, they have an AI policy that does allow it: https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/AI-GUIDELINES.md

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u/Popular_Mastodon6815 1d ago

Makes more sense, for a free project not relying on AI to make the job faster is just an inefficient use of their time.

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u/benzado 1d ago

People donate time to volunteer projects; LLM tools cost money. Human code writing is only an inefficient use of their time if they could pay for LLM subscriptions with time instead of money.

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u/galapag0 1d ago

Time is money so you can pay with time.

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u/benzado 1d ago

try that at the McDonald's drive thru window

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u/galapag0 1d ago

Actually, MacDonalds is the perfect example where a person can get a job with minimal requirements and transform their time in money.

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u/benzado 1d ago

you should tell the ScummVM contributors about this

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u/Capable-Sky-8995 1d ago edited 1d ago

For reverse engineering, AI is a godsend. A lot of this simply wouldn't be possible without AI.

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u/benzado 1d ago

It’s 25 years old and you’re saying a lot wouldn’t be possible without a 2-3 year old technology?

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u/whatThePleb 1d ago

But extremely problematic if you depend on clean-room RE.

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u/galapag0 1d ago

There are no clean-room RE implementations in ScummVM. On top of that, it is really hard to do truly clean-room RE. If you look at the assembly, at least once, it's over. Nobody bothers with that anymore, except you are multi-billon company and you want to have an absolutely clean reimplementation to avoid legal issues.

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u/Capable-Sky-8995 1d ago

I thought AI code was "clean-room" by nature because it can only use the compiled code as a basis.

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u/youneek 2d ago

Harvester! Man I've been waiting for that one.