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SNES Style Canvas Effects is a tool that applies retro Super Nintendo Entertainment System visual effects to canvas elements. Launched in 2016, it's designed for developers and creative professionals who want to add… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SNES Style Canvas Effects launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A retro video game console I've been working on in my free time▲2,690

   Software and hardware projects for fun from a guy who loves retro computing

   2019 · internalregister.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Nintendo Labo▲680

   DIY creations for the Nintendo Switch

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page▲696

   A small JavaScript library to create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page

   2020 · roughnotation.com · its alternatives →

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   GPemu – A Chrome App to play SNES games▲29

   2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5IR
   I recreated 90s Mode X demoscene effects in JavaScript and Canvas▲189

   After 25 years of writing software, I was feeling nostalgic for the kinds of things that got me into programming in the first place: the old DOS demoscene. I spent a weekend seeing if I could recapture some of that INT 13H VGA magic using today's web tech, but with the old-school constraints of doing it from scratch. The result is this portfolio of ten classic effects running in a single HTML file. It's all vanilla JavaScript writing to a element, with no external libraries. It was a fun challenge to implement things like: * The color palette cycling and smooth fading in the Plasma demo. *…

   2025 · jdfio.com · its alternatives →

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   Make 8-Bit Art!▲107

   An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.

   2014 · make8bitart.com · its alternatives →

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   Stipple Effect – a scriptable pixel art editor to make game art faster▲165

   This is a fork for my personal account. The main Stipple Effect repository is linked below. - jbunke/stipple-effect

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Retro 3d illustrations▲160

   Stylish and nostalgic graphics for design projects

   2022 · retro.wannathis.one · its alternatives →

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   Canvas engines performance comparison – PixiJS, Two.js, and Paper.js▲193

   Render multiple moving rectangles to compare a number of canvas engines.

   2020 · benchmarks.slaylines.io · its alternatives →

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    JSX.Design▲413

    The dev friendly no-code editor for React development

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Snabbt.js – a minimalistic animation library▲323

    House of cards demo using animation library snabbt.js

    2015 · daniel-lundin.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js 3.0▲354

    Lightweight JavaScript animation library

    2019 · animejs.com · its alternatives →

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    Repaint – a WebGL based website builder▲236

    Hey HN! We're Ben and Izak, founders of Repaint (YC S23). Repaint is like Figma, but for creating real websites. It has panning, zooming, and dragging elements around. The settings closely follow html/css. We think an open canvas is a big improvement over other website builders. Everything is easier: styling, consistency, responsiveness… But making it work was hard! We thought HN would appreciate the tech behind it: - A custom WebGL rendering engine (w/text, shadows, blurs, gradients, & opacity groups) - A partial implementation of the css spec - A custom text editor & text shaper…

    2024 · repaint.com · its alternatives →

14. 14IA
    Implement a retro game in JavaScript with MakeCode Arcade style sprites▲32

    2020 · codeguppy.com · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine▲283

    A fast, multipurpose and lightweight JavaScript animation library

    2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

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    Skia-canvas, a browserless implementation of the Canvas API for Node.js▲187

    A multi-threaded, GPU-powered, 2D vector graphics environment for Node.js - samizdatco/skia-canvas

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations▲172

    2014 · bouncejs.com · its alternatives →

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    CSSeffectsSnippets.▲292

    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Chromatic, by ModRetro▲203

    Palmer Luckey's new startup, a modern Game Boy console

    2024 · modretro.com · its alternatives →

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    JS Canvas▲72

    Classic MS-Paint redone as a web application

    2020 · jscanvas.epizy.com · its alternatives →

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    TerrainVer – Generate Worms-Style Cartoon Terrain in JavaScript▲198

    Explore advanced web development for online casinos at Juliango 202. Learn about programming languages, RNG algorithms, and secure platform architecture.

    2018 · juliango202.com · its alternatives →

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    Blotter.js▲243

    A JavaScript API for unconventional text effects on the web.

    2018 · blotter.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js▲236

    A flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.

    2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

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    JS Paint▲201

    MS Paint nostalgia made in JavaScript.

    2018 · jspaint.app · its alternatives →

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