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Life & fun · November 22, 2016

Giraffe

🎮 8 bit giraffe game made with pico-8 👾

Giraffe launched on November 22, 2016 with 60 votes, #1,073 of 3,636 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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