Adam Sandler fans should keep their clubs -- er, remotes, out when they finish watching "Happy Gilmore 2" on Netflix.

In an industry defined by million-dollar budgets, multinational corporations and enormous development teams, commissioning a video game for just five dollars (well, CA$6.60) may seem a bit surreal.

One such challenge was the fact that Square Enix had lost the game’s original source code. When asked how the team overcame that issue, Maehiro said it was a combination of reverse engineering ...