AI tools speed retro game ports but strain preservation communities

Using new AI tools, hobbyists are porting titles like Halo and Wind Waker to browsers, iPhones and mixed reality, with such projects going viral frequently. The piece says this decomp-and-recomp work speeds ports but disrupts tightly knit game-preservation communities.

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