Hacker News with Generative AI: Retro Gaming

Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) (github.com/wh0am1-dev)
Original source code, written in Fortran, from the very first text adventure game in the videogames history (1976).
Video Games, Programming, History, Retro Gaming, Fortran
33 points by shakna 8 hours ago | 12 comments
Blog hosted on a Nintendo Wii (infected.systems)
If you are reading this message, the experiment below is still ongoing. This page was served to you by a real Nintendo Wii.
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Web Development, Experimentation
612 points by edent 5 days ago | 103 comments
Signal Carnival (quiss.org)
At Revision 2025, we released "Signal Carnival" (csdb, YouTube). This demo asks you to switch the audio and video cable of your C64:
Retro Gaming, Demoscene, Commodore 64
140 points by adunk 6 days ago | 19 comments
Multipaint: Draw pictures with color limitations of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms (kameli.net)
With Multipaint, you can draw pictures with the color limitations of some typical 8-bit and 16-bit computer platforms.
Retro Gaming, Graphics, Art, Programming, Software
40 points by doener 10 days ago | 19 comments
Making SNES ROMs using C# (reddit.com)
Today I present to you the next prototype for the system, DotnetSnes allowing you to build real working SNES roms using C#.
Programming, Retro Gaming, C#
92 points by nor0x 13 days ago | 18 comments
Super Nintendo Architecture – A Practical Analysis (copetti.org)
It seems Nintendo managed to bring the next generation of graphics and sounds without using expensive off-the-shelf components. But there’s a catch: the new console was also designed with expandability in mind. In a world where CPUs are evolving faster than the speed of light, Nintendo ultimately depended on game cartridges to make its console shine.
Hardware, Gaming, Retro Gaming, Technology, History
6 points by astronads 14 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Atari Missile Command Game Built Using AI Gemini 2.5 Pro (centminmod.com)
Modern HTML5 canvas remake of the classic Atari game. Defend your cities from incoming attacks.
AI, Games, HTML5, Retro Gaming
136 points by vbtechguy 19 days ago | 140 comments
Station: Travel Through the Four Seasons (1994) (gingerbeardman.com)
After reaching 1 million files in my Macintosh Magazine Media project, I thought it would be cool to post about something I found recently in those discs. I get a real buzz rediscovering something like this after more than 30 years have passed.
Retro Gaming, Nostalgia, Macintosh, Digital Media
20 points by msephton 27 days ago | 0 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
79 points by Brajeshwar 27 days ago | 40 comments
U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years, spent $100K+ designing parts (tomshardware.com)
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Business, History, Atari
29 points by wojtczyk 27 days ago | 0 comments
In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video games from radio broadcasts by recording the audio onto cassette tapes. These tapes could then be played on computers to load the games".
Retro Gaming, History, Technology, 1980s
289 points by spzb 28 days ago | 149 comments
Amiga Online Emulator (oszx.co)
Hi There :) Thanks for visiting my site! I created this site because I have a lot of good memory's of the Amiga system. Growing up my Amiga was the first decent computer I owned and I had alot of fun learning its secerets and playing really great games such as alien breed, another world, flashback and so many more... I hope you get half as much enjoyment playing these games now that I got playing them "back in the day"...
Emulation, Retro Gaming, Amiga
7 points by doener 29 days ago | 2 comments
A decompilation and port of Sonic Advance 2-a GameBoy Advance game written in C (github.com/SAT-R)
⚠️ This project is not completed and still under active development
Game Development, Programming, Video Games, Retro Gaming, C Programming
182 points by bane 29 days ago | 39 comments
Golang on the Playstation 2 (rgsilva.com)
I always wanted to do some weird stuff with consoles. I’m not sure why, but making devices do unexpected things is always an interesting topic for me. And the same applies to the PlayStation 2, the 2000 console released by Sony.
Programming, Retro Gaming, PlayStation 2, Golang
200 points by donatj 29 days ago | 11 comments
Glider for Apple II (colino.net)
A lot of people my age that touched Macintoshes in the nineties know that game, Glider, written by John Calhoun. I recently started wanting to try and program a game for the Apple II as it is something I never attempted before, and I wanted to see if I got good enough at 6502 assembly for that.
Retro Gaming, Apple II, Assembly Language, Programming
114 points by rbanffy 30 days ago | 23 comments
Let's Make a Space Shooter with Nintendo Family Basic – Leaded Solder (leadedsolder.com)
I picked up a complete Nintendo Family BASIC package for my freshly composite-modded Famicom. Let’s see if I can remember enough BASIC to take advantage of this package and build a horizontally-scrolling space shooter game. Oh, and fix the cartridge first, of course.
Retro Gaming, Programming, Nintendo, BASIC, Game Development
5 points by rbanffy 31 days ago | 0 comments
Chrono Trigger Still Blows Me Away 30 Years Later (kotaku.com)
Occasionally the stars align and a once-in-a-generation group of creatives come together to make something spectacular and ahead of its time. That’s how Chrono Trigger was made, an RPG for the SNES that came out 30 years ago this week and still blows me away.
Video Games, Retro Gaming, RPGs
73 points by PaulHoule 32 days ago | 32 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 32 days ago | 23 comments
Ultima III for the Vic-20 (wordpress.com)
VIC 20 Ultima III is a faithful conversion of the original C-64 version. All game logic is included as-is. VIC 20 specific graphics and sound routines were created from scratch. The 16×16 pixel tile graphics from the C-64 version were carefully adapted to 8×16 resolution, flat-pixel tiles on the VIC 20.
Retro Gaming, Video Games, VIC-20, Ultima III, Conversions
7 points by todsacerdoti 33 days ago | 0 comments
The Vectrex Computer (amigalove.com)
Believe it or not, the Vectrex stand-alone unit can now be transformed into a home computer!
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Computer History
96 points by erickhill 34 days ago | 40 comments
The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate (filfre.net)
Video Games, RPGs, Retro Gaming, History
72 points by doppp 35 days ago | 44 comments
The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate (filfre.net)
Video Games, RPGs, Retro Gaming, Gaming History
7 points by cybersoyuz 36 days ago | 0 comments
US Atari parts store still open after 41 years, spent $100K+ designing new parts (tomshardware.com)
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Business, History
9 points by bookofjoe 36 days ago | 0 comments
Retro Boy: simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust, can be played on the web (github.com/smparsons)
Retro Boy is a simple Game Boy emulator written in Rust that can be played on the web. Try it here.
Retro Gaming, Rust, Web Development, Emulators
338 points by ingve 36 days ago | 107 comments
In 1997, Age of Empires was just coming out. My job was to design a new RTS game (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Video Games, Game Development, History, Retro Gaming
6 points by tosh 38 days ago | 0 comments
U.S. Atari parts store still open after 41 years (tomshardware.com)
Retro Gaming, Business, History, Consumer Electronics
12 points by speckx 40 days ago | 1 comments
SNES consoles have been quietly overclocking themselves for 35 years (gamesradar.com)
Gaming, Retro Gaming, Hardware
7 points by cempaka 40 days ago | 2 comments
Amiga 600: From the Amiga No One Wanted to Retro Favorite (homeip.net)
The Amiga 600 was one of the last Amigas, and it became a symbol of everything wrong with Commodore and the product line.
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Amiga, Computer History
162 points by rbanffy 41 days ago | 103 comments
Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected and why it's a problem (arstechnica.com)
Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to "constant, pervasive, unavoidable" issues.
Retro Gaming, Hardware, Technology, Gaming
46 points by plzdotheneedful 42 days ago | 10 comments
Copyright and the Demoscene (Scandal Amiga Demo) (datagubbe.se)
Being eight years old and not speaking any English whatsoever meant that my early understanding of Amiga games was somewhat patchy. Nevertheless, some things will make an impression no matter what. Take German cracking group Unit A's 1988 cracktro for the flight simulator Interceptor, for example.
Copyright, Demoscene, Retro Gaming, History
3 points by marinbala 43 days ago | 2 comments