Hacker News with Generative AI: Video Games

The 90s Gamer Experience: Handwritten Notes and Maps (rz01.org)
In an age where information is easily available on the internet, it’s hard to imagine a time when gamers actually had to figure out everything by themselves or by sharing with (offline) friends.
Gaming, Nostalgia, History, Video Games, Culture
22 points by exitnode 9 hours ago | 2 comments
Infinite Realms turns fantasy books into MMOs through procgen/LLM (venturebeat.com)
Infinite Realms wants to turn beloved fantasy books with big followings into living, breathing game worlds.
Video Games, Fantasy, Artificial Intelligence, Procedural Generation
7 points by SLHamlet 1 day ago | 0 comments
The CRPG Renaissance, Part 4: Long Live Dungeons and Dragons (filfre.net)
In December of 1997, Interplay Entertainment released Descent to Undermountain, the latest licensed Dungeons & Dragons computer game. It’s remembered today, to whatever extent it’s remembered at all, as one of the more infamous turkeys of an era with more than its share of over-hyped and half-baked creations, a fiasco almost on par with Battlecruiser 3000AD or Daikatana.
Video Games, RPGs, Retro Gaming
17 points by cybersoyuz 1 day ago | 7 comments
Sublogic Flight Simulator – By Paul Lefebvre (goto10retro.com)
One of the most impressive games of the 80s was Sublogic’s Flight Simulator.
Retro Gaming, Video Games, History, Flight Simulation
4 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 0 comments
New U.S. Tariffs Will Impact Consoles, GPUs, and Physical Games, Say Analysts (ign.com)
"The Trump administration has just implemented a new set of tariffs in the United States on goods coming from China, Canada, and Mexico, and analysts are warning gamers to expect these tariffs to begin impacting the price...and even availability...of video games, consoles, and other tech items."
Gaming, Tariffs, Economy, Technology, Video Games
9 points by zzzeek 2 days ago | 0 comments
Nintendo Easily Kills 4,238 Switch Emu Repos on Yuzu Lawsuit Anniversary (torrentfreak.com)
Video Games, Piracy, Lawsuits
6 points by nickthegreek 3 days ago | 0 comments
Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may "simply not get made" (arstechnica.com)
Analysts are warning that the Trump administration's recently implemented tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China could lead to price increases and supply issues for video game software and hardware in the United States.
Video Games, Economics, Trade, Tariffs
46 points by isaacfrond 3 days ago | 67 comments
Sc2kfix – Reverse Engineering, Bugfixing, and Modding SimCity 2000 (sc2kfix.net)
sc2kfix is a project reverse engineering SimCity 2000 Special Edition for Windows and developing a bugfix and modding plugin to patch core game and compatibility bugs as well as enabling the development of new quality of life and gameplay features.
Reverse Engineering, Video Games, Modding, SimCity 2000
27 points by DannyPage 3 days ago | 3 comments
George Orwell's 1984 as a '90s PC game has to be seen to be believed (arstechnica.com)
Most readers come away from George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 with the same singular desire: to inhabit the world of the book by playing a late '90s first-person puzzle-adventure PC game that includes a "zero-g training sphere" for some reason.
Video Games, Retro Gaming, 1984, Dystopia, Culture
3 points by ksec 4 days ago | 0 comments
GTA 3 on a Volumetric Display [video] (youtube.com)
Video Games, Technology, Gaming, Virtual Reality
10 points by pr337h4m 4 days ago | 1 comments
Sam Bankman-Fried is not good at League of Legends (2022) (ft.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried is not very good at League of Legends
Sam Bankman-Fried, Video Games
11 points by _mitterpach 5 days ago | 4 comments
Urban Dead is shutting down (urbandead.com)
Sad to have to announce that Urban Dead will be closing down on Friday 14 March 2025, due to an upcoming change in UK website legislation.
Video Games, Online Communities, UK Legislation
103 points by ColinWright 5 days ago | 31 comments
Speedrunners are vulnerability researchers, they just don't know it yet (zetier.com)
Thousands of video game enthusiasts are developing experience in the cybersecurity industry by accident. They have a fun hobby, pouring over the details of their favorite games, and they don't know they could be doing something very similar… by becoming a vulnerability researcher.
Cybersecurity, Video Games, Vulnerability Research, Gaming
363 points by chc4 6 days ago | 89 comments
More than 30 Apex Legends voice actors refuse to sign agreement (pcgamer.com)
Video Games, Voice Acting, Labor Disputes
6 points by 01-_- 7 days ago | 2 comments
Unleashed Recompiled: PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed (github.com/hedge-dev)
Unleashed Recompiled is an unofficial PC port of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed created through the process of static recompilation.
Video Games, Open Source, Gaming, Remaster
117 points by garrettjoecox 7 days ago | 23 comments
How Flash games shaped the video game industry (2020) (flashgamehistory.com)
Flash is dead. But the influence of Flash games on modern gameplay is inescapable.
Video Games, History, Gaming Industry, Flash
236 points by jslakro 7 days ago | 132 comments
Nearly 25 years later, Terminator 2 is getting a new video game (gizmodo.com)
Despite not having a new movie in six years, Terminator has been recently kept alive through TV and video games. The next game for the franchise goes back to its past—specifically, its game-changing sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Video Games, Gaming, Terminator, Nostalgia, Remakes
65 points by ulrischa 7 days ago | 27 comments
Salty game dev comments, easier mods are in Command and Conquer's source code (arstechnica.com)
EA doesn't always treat its classic library with respect, as evidenced by its recent barely touched-up The Sims Legacy Collection. But the folks shepherding Command & Conquer, a vanguard series in the bygone genre of real-time strategy (RTS) games, are seemingly fueled by a different kind of Tiberium.
Video Games, RTS Games, Gaming Industry
66 points by ulrischa 8 days ago | 33 comments
Magic Secret of Nine (C64 demo) explained (linusakesson.net)
In this video and accompanying article I reveal how the seemingly impossible effect in Nine was pulled off.
Retro Gaming, Programming, C64, Computer Graphics, Video Games
15 points by yuchi 8 days ago | 1 comments
Some Command & Conquer games are now open source (github.com/electronicarts)
Electronic Arts, inspiring a global community of players to explore new ways to play every day
Open Source, Video Games
259 points by bpierre 9 days ago | 3 comments
EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games (github.com/electronicarts)
This repository includes source code for Command & Conquer Red Alert. This release provides support to the Steam Workshop for the game.
Open Source, Gaming, Software, Video Games
1256 points by Klaster_1 9 days ago | 325 comments
EA just released source code for a bunch of old Command and Conquer games (pcgamer.com)
Video Games, Open Source, Gaming History
10 points by KwanEsq 9 days ago | 2 comments
What China's influence over Marvel Rivals reveals about censorship (nytimes.com)
Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest video games in the world. Since its launch in December, more than 40 million people have signed up to fight one another as comic book heroes like Iron Man and Wolverine.
China, Censorship, Video Games, Marvel, Entertainment
11 points by jarsin 10 days ago | 2 comments
The Middle Ages in Computer Games (medievalists.net)
Many people first encounter the Middle Ages through video games. This book examines how these games incorporate familiar medieval tropes while simultaneously shaping new perceptions of the past.
History, Video Games, Medieval Studies
52 points by tailefer 12 days ago | 13 comments
PEGI amends classifications of 'Balatro' and 'Luck be a Landlord' to PEGI 12 (pegi.info)
The PEGI age ratings of two video games have recently been the subject of appeals that were handled by the independent PEGI Complaints Board:
Video Games, Ratings, PEGI
34 points by jsheard 12 days ago | 19 comments
Localizing 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis' 30 years after release (apicko.cz)
To get in mood, official soundtrack is recommended to be played while reading.
Video Games, Localization, Retro Gaming, Indiana Jones, Music
13 points by elvis70 12 days ago | 0 comments
Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII (civilization.2k.com)
With each Civilization title, we take great care to thoughtfully and authentically portray every culture on our roster of civilizations and leaders.
Video Games, History, Culture
194 points by moelf 13 days ago | 265 comments
Half-Life (filfre.net)
Around twenty years ago, people would have laughed if you told them that videogames would end up at the Smithsonian, but the Half-Life team really did want to make games that were more than just throwaway toys.
Video Games, History, Smithsonian Institution
547 points by dmazin 14 days ago | 231 comments
Exult: Recreating Ultima VII for modern operating systems (sourceforge.io)
As computers evolve, we risk losing classic games from the not-so-distant past. One of these, Ultima VII, a two part RPG from the early 1990's, still has a huge following, and many consider it to be one of the most immersive games ever produced. Exult is a project to recreate Ultima VII for modern operating systems, using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files.
Video Games, Retro Gaming, Open Source, Game Development, Emulation
151 points by nateb2022 14 days ago | 51 comments
Keep Driving's perfectly annoying hitchhikers are a game-design master class (polygon.com)
This road-trip sim is a great storytelling system about a joyfully wasted youth
Video Games, Game Design, Storytelling
4 points by vasco 16 days ago | 0 comments