You can use that term to describe the game without being officially sanctioned. Usually the Remaster term is applied to a specific version of a game, when porting to new systems (even PC to PC) with additional features and fixes in example. And as this is the source code of the game, usually the term Remaster is not used. But for the PC recompiled build, the term would be perfectly fitting to describe it compared to official released games.
a remaster is usually officially sanctioned.
You can use that term to describe the game without being officially sanctioned. Usually the Remaster term is applied to a specific version of a game, when porting to new systems (even PC to PC) with additional features and fixes in example. And as this is the source code of the game, usually the term Remaster is not used. But for the PC recompiled build, the term would be perfectly fitting to describe it compared to official released games.
recompilation is more descriptive of what they’re actually doing.
Both terms are not exclusive. A Remaster can be a recompilation and in most cases it is.
Let’s transitiion into a discussion on the comparative benefits of prescriptive versus descriptive language.
This is basically equivalent to a Remaster of what a company would sell to you.