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Products that do what Wright Magazine – 80s and 90s gaming implemented from scratch does

1. 1AO
   An Open Retro RPG Game Maker in Python▲215

   2016 · github.com

2. 2AF
   A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released▲1,157

   I've seen some interests in (simulation) video games here on HN so I thought I'd share a short version of our story. More than 6 years ago, me and my friend from university were playing around with an idea of making a game we always wanted to play. We worked on it on weekends but the progress was quite slow, especially due to so many dead ends and wasted effort. Eventually however, we solidified our direction and decided to take the risk to resign from our well paid SWE jobs and work on it full time. It took more than a year but yesterday we have finally released it on Steam:…

   2022

3. 3
   Battlecade▲87

   A portable vintage gaming concept for two

   2015

4. 4WA
   WrittenRealms – a modern platform for text-based games▲200

   2021 · writtenrealms.com

5. 5IM
   I made a retro game archive for Polish games▲216

   Hi, As a 8-bit C64 game coder in eaarly 90ties and currently mostly FE-focused dev, decided to give a go to a simple retro game archive. This is purely fun project - so i decided to post it to HN, mayne it'll resonate :)

   2023 · polishpixels.com

6. 6IA
   Implement a retro game in JavaScript with MakeCode Arcade style sprites▲32

   2020 · codeguppy.com

7. 7UA
   UltraEd – A level editor/game engine for the Nintendo 64▲90

   2017 · github.com

8. 8ES
   Eigengrau's Generator – A procedural city generator for tabletop gaming▲153

   2019 · github.com

9. 9RC
   R-cade, a simple arcade game engine for Racket▲205

   2020 · github.com

10. 10
    Anagram▲84

    A modern take on a classic game.

    2016

11. 11
    GameShell▲87

    Open Source Retro Gaming & STEM Portable Console

    2017

12. 12
    Web Rewind▲98

    An interactive journey through 30 years of the web

    Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com

13. 13
    Twine▲71

    Make your own narrative-based games

    2014

14. 14AP
    Arcade – Play retro games streamed inside a browser▲26

    2015 · arcadeup.io

15. 15EB
    Emulator-Backed Remakes, a new way to make classic game remakes▲87

    2014 · gabrielgambetta.com

16. 16
    Brickies▲87

    A fresh and colorful take on the classic breakout game

    2015

17. 17DR
    Dart-rpg – a browser-based RPG game maker written in Dart▲53

    2015 · github.com

18. 18
    Timberman▲106

    Addictive retro arcade game - the new flappy bird?

    2014

19. 19
    Playing Lean▲104

    A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

    2015

20. 20DA
    Disassembling a C64 Game from Scratch: Jeff Minter's Gridrunner▲66

    2020 · github.com

21. 21SS
    Space Shooter – Retro Game Recreated Using Python▲27

    2016 · github.com

22. 22GO
    Gamification.org - Open Source Game Mechanics▲76

    2010 · gamification.org

23. 23IB
    I built a full-size arcade machine from scratch (CAD-files + images)▲35

    2020 · github.com

24. 24WI
    Wicked Invaders: A 1980s-arcade-style game using HTML5 Canvas/Web Audio▲9

    2022 · susam.net

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