Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming

Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline (github.com/luskaner)
Age LAN Server is a web server that allows you to play multiplayer LAN game modes without having an internet connection to the game server ensuring the game LAN functionality is still available even if the official server is in maintenance or is eventually shutdown.

Gaming, LAN Gaming, Software, Open Source

105 points by apitman 2 hours ago | 9 comments

Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Card Overview (nintendo.com)
Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your "key" to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.

Nintendo Switch, Gaming, Hardware, Downloads

7 points by hnburnsy 11 hours ago | 3 comments

The psychology behind why children are hooked on Minecraft (bbc.com)
Minecraft is the world's best-selling computer game and soon to be a Hollywood film. This is why children can't get enough of it.

Psychology, Gaming, Children, Minecraft

10 points by andsoitis 19 hours ago | 10 comments

The timeless genius of a Atari developer and his swimming salmon masterpiece (arstechnica.com)
In 1982, while most game developers were busy with space invaders and maze ghosts, Bill Williams created something far more profound: a game about swimming upstream against impossible odds.

Gaming, Atari, History

20 points by myth_drannon 23 hours ago | 0 comments

Donkey Kong champion wins defamation case against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst (theguardian.com)
A professional YouTuber in Queensland has been ordered to pay $350,000 plus interest and costs to the former world record score holder for Donkey Kong, after the Brisbane district court found the YouTuber had defamed him “recklessly” with false claims of a link between a lawsuit and another YouTuber’s suicide.

Gaming, Lawsuits, YouTube, Defamation

86 points by throw7 1 day ago | 70 comments

Browsercraft: Java Minecraft in the browser (cheerpj.com)
This is a proof-of-concept demo of Minecraft 1.2.5 running unmodified in the browser.

Java, Minecraft, Web Development, Gaming

161 points by John7878781 2 days ago | 100 comments

MAME 0.276 (mamedev.org)
MAME 0.276 has arrived just in time for the end of March, and it’s full of emulation goodness!

New Releases, Emulation, Gaming

97 points by chungy 3 days ago | 28 comments

An Ode to the Game Boy Advance (brainbaking.com)
In March 2001, Nintendo introduced an advanced portable model to the gaming market with the release of the Game Boy Advance (GBA, codenamed Advanced Game Boy or AGB). Equipped with a modernized 32-bit ARM CPU running at twice the speed of the Game Boy Color (GBC), this small device was more than capable of playing SNES-like games—still at the price of only two AA batteries.

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Nintendo, Video Games, Hardware

78 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 39 comments

Show HN: Multiplayer TRON Game in Browser (kanishkdan.com)

Web Development, Multiplayer Games, Gaming

7 points by kanishkdan98 5 days ago | 2 comments

Ubisoft's $4B carveout sells Tencent a 25% stake in some of its biggest games (theverge.com)
Tencent will invest $1.3 billion in a new entity controlling Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Investments, Tencent, Ubisoft

3 points by mfiguiere 5 days ago | 0 comments

Nintendo reinvents digital games as swappable, lendable Virtual Game Cards (polygon.com)
In a surprise announcement during Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a major change to the way digital game purchases will be handled.

Gaming, Nintendo, Digital Games, Virtual Goods

6 points by ksec 5 days ago | 2 comments

Interview with the Creator of Deluxe Ski Jump (spillhistorie.no)
This is a complicated time for ski jumping in Norway. Interest has been declining for years, with plenty of negative press, and it all peaked recently with the disappointing revelations of widespread suit cheating among Norwegian jumpers. But perhaps we can use this rough patch to reminisce about truly great ski jumping experiences — experiences that, of course, took place in front of a screen.

Gaming, Sports, Nostalgia

87 points by Kolorabi 5 days ago | 14 comments

Edge of Emulation: Campho Advance (shonumi.github.io)
After a great deal of research, I was finally able to reach this menu.

Emulation, Gaming, Technology, Software

3 points by bane 6 days ago | 0 comments

Ubisoft Spins Off AssassinsCreed,FarCry,Rainbow 6, Backed by $1.25B from Tencent (variety.com)
In a surprise move, Ubisoft is spinning off some of its top franchises, including “Assassin’s Creed,” “Far Cry” and “Rainbow Six” into a new subsidiary.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Ubisoft, Tencent, Business

11 points by homarp 6 days ago | 3 comments

I Went Undercover in Crypto's Answer to Squid Game. It Nearly Broke Me (wired.com)
I’m crouching in a seedy alleyway off Trafalgar Square, London, with my MacBook teetering on one knee. The heady reek of piss fills my nostrils. I’m hurriedly punching emoji into a dialog box in my web browser, which is prompting me for the answer to a puzzle. It’s day nine of Crypto: The Game.

Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Social Experiment

8 points by thefreeman 8 days ago | 1 comments

Game Informer Is Back (gameinformer.com)
The whole team has returned, and we can’t wait to connect with you again.

Gaming, Media, News

11 points by haxfenx 8 days ago | 0 comments

After DDoS attacks, Blizzard rolls back Hardcore WoW deaths (arstechnica.com)
World of Warcraft Classic's Hardcore mode has set itself apart from the average MMO experience simply by making character death permanent across the entire in-game realm.

Gaming, DDoS Attacks, MMOs

21 points by LinuxBender 8 days ago | 1 comments

Playstation Mod Turns the PSOne into a Crustacean (gizmodo.com)
“Playstacean” is more than a pun, it’s a meme that’s transformed into an actual console, and it may be the cutest, working version of Sony’s long-defunct PSOne in the 25 years since its initial launch.

Gaming, Hardware, Retro Gaming, Memes

108 points by ulrischa 9 days ago | 23 comments

Open source AI agent helper to let it SEE what its doing (github.com/monteslu)
An MCP server that enables LLMs to "see" what's happening in browser-based games and applications through vectorized canvas visualization and debug information.

Open source, AI agents, Computer Vision, Gaming

9 points by monteslu 9 days ago | 2 comments

RGB2HDMI for the Amiga 1000 (celso.io)
On my last post “the first perfect computer” I mentioned that I wasn’t done with the A1000. I finally upgraded it with an internal RGB2HDMI adapter.

Retro Computing, Hardware, Amiga, Gaming

9 points by ingve 10 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Resurrecting Infocom's Unix Z-Machine with Cosmopolitan (itch.io)
I'm the author of Status Line, a project which brought Zork to the Pico-8 with standalone exports for the big 3 major operating systems. Having recently finished a major update to that, I turned to porting Infocom's original UNIX z-machine source code through the use of Cosmopolitan. It took about 6 hours on a lazy Sunday to get it running on 6 modern operating systems, including Windows.

Gaming, Software, Operating Systems, Retro Computing

9 points by ChristopherDrum 12 days ago | 2 comments

Wine 10.4 Brings More Direct3D to Vulkan Video Handling (phoronix.com)
Wine 10.4 is out tonight as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms.

Wine, Linux, Gaming, Open Source, Software

6 points by doener 12 days ago | 0 comments

Key principles on in-game virtual currencies (europa.eu)
This site is managed by: Directorate-General for Communication

Virtual Currencies, Gaming, EU Regulations, Policy

12 points by seventhtiger 12 days ago | 0 comments

Bigscreen Beyond 2 (bigscreenvr.com)

Virtual Reality, Entertainment, Gaming

140 points by nipponese 12 days ago | 125 comments

Steam on Xbox evidence Microsoft didn't want you to see (theverge.com)
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that it’s combining “the best of Xbox and Windows together” for handhelds, and now the company is starting to drop the first hints at what that UI might look like.

Microsoft, Xbox, Gaming, Software, UI

11 points by tosh 13 days ago | 1 comments

Activision Cut Call of Duty's Build Time by 50% (microsoft.com)
Slow build times are a major headache for developers, especially in large, complex C++ codebases like game engines.

Gaming, Software Development, Optimization

7 points by pjmlp 13 days ago | 1 comments

Google is bringing every Android game to Windows in big gaming update (arstechnica.com)
Google is bringing every Android game to Windows in big gaming update

Gaming, Android, Windows, Google

22 points by namanyayg 13 days ago | 4 comments

Magical Instant Bullets (militaryrealism.blog)
Welcome back, my new and regular readers alike. I’m doubling down on Unreal Tournament this week, following on from last week’s discussion of the Flak Cannon. If you need to get up to speed on Unreal Tournament (UT) you should read my previous posts on the game: Firstly on the Rocket Launcher, then the Flak Cannon. Today we’ll examine the Sniper Rifle with our usual pedantic criticism.

Unreal Tournament, Gaming, Video Games, Weapons, Reviews

72 points by baud147258 13 days ago | 58 comments

EmptyEpsilon open source spaceship bridge simulator (daid.github.io)
EmptyEpsilon is a spaceship bridge simulator game. It's fully open source, so it can be modified in any way people wish.