In Video Gaming a "port" refers to?

a) an unauthorized copy created by reading the original game's source code

b) a game originally designed to run on one platform that has been covered to run on another

c) a video game that was developed from another form of media, like a movie or book

d) a video game that is universally disliked by critics

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Madyson Vaughan

28 July, 02:29

In Video Gaming a "port" refers to?

a) an unauthorized copy created by reading the original game's source code

b) a game originally designed to run on one platform that has been covered to run on another

c) a video game that was developed from another form of media, like a movie or book

d) a video game that is universally disliked by critics

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Max Stephens · Answer 1

Porting is also the term used when a video game designed to run on one platform, be it an arcade, video game console, or personal computer, is converted to run on a different platform. Earlier video game " ports " were often not true ports, but rather reworked versions of the games.