{"id":19885,"date":"2024-01-15T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/19885\/portal-64-creator-responds-to\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:40:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:40:29","slug":"portal-64-creator-responds-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=19885","title":{"rendered":"Portal 64 Creator Responds to Takedown: \u2018Don\u2019t Be Mad at Valve\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portal 64 Creator Responds to Takedown: \u2018Don\u2019t Be Mad at Valve\u2019\u060c<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>Recently, interest has begun to increase regarding the progress of a <strong>Portal<\/strong> fan remake called Portal 64. Unfortunately, Valve stepped in to stop it.  The creator has since responded, explaining what happened and why we shouldn&#39;t be mad at the game&#39;s original developer.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"is-style-normal is-style-heading-rubik\" id=\"h-avoiding-litigation\">Avoid disputes<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent YouTube <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a>, James Lambert discussed the withdrawal of his Portal 64 project. He said he was contacted by someone at Valve, and when it turned out that this unofficial remake was using Nintendo assets, the The company&#39;s legal team requested that development be halted.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert is calm and understanding in the video, saying he doesn&#39;t blame Valve for asking him to scrap the project.  The game \u2013 which would have seen the first Portal installment recreated for the N64 \u2013 used assets from Nintendo&#39;s library, Libultra.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It seemed clear to Lambert that Valve simply did not want to engage in legal dispute with Nintendo.  As such, putting a &#8220;stamp of approval&#8221; on something that uses Libultra would likely result in litigation, something both Half-Life and Left 4 Dead studios would like to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>However, he clarified that he doesn&#39;t blame Valve for wanting Portal 64 removed, adding: &#8220;I don&#39;t think you should do it.&#8221; [be mad]so be it.&#8221; Lambert goes on to say that he expected the project to have problems anyway, so it doesn&#39;t really seem like a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this means there won&#39;t be an N64 version. <strong>Portal<\/strong>, with little chance of relaunching it.  Which is a shame because it has been in development for two years.  However, Lambert said he wanted to pursue an original game instead.<\/p>\n<p>The article Portal 64 Creator Responds to Takedown: \u201cDon\u2019t Be Mad at Valve\u201d appeared first on GameRevolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portal 64 Creator Responds to Takedown: \u2018Don\u2019t Be Mad at Valve\u2019\u060c Recently, interest has begun to increase regarding the progress of a Portal fan remake called Portal 64. Unfortunately, Valve stepped in to stop it. The creator has since responded, explaining what happened and why we shouldn&#39;t be mad at the game&#39;s original developer. 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