[HN Gopher] RetroFab: Playable 3D simulations of vintage electro...
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RetroFab: Playable 3D simulations of vintage electronic games
Author : todsacerdoti
Score : 169 points
Date : 2025-02-09 09:50 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (itizso.itch.io)
(TXT) w3m dump (itizso.itch.io)
| jhbadger wrote:
| This is really well done. While I've seen other simulations of
| hand-held games, I really appreciate how they even include the
| instruction booklets with many of them. It really gives the
| feeling of actually having these games, some of which (several
| Game & Watch games) I owned as a child, and many others that I
| always wanted but didn't.
| alklinewebb wrote:
| this is absolutely well, very well done!
| chungus wrote:
| Wow, there goes 20 minutes. Really enjoyed it, thanks.
| hassleblad23 wrote:
| Very well done. Congrats.
| ktallett wrote:
| Wow! This is really cool. I love this idea and the
| implementation, great job!
| anonzzzies wrote:
| Very nicely done!
| empressplay wrote:
| I was like, "Do they have Wildfire? Do they have Wildfire...? Yes
| they have Wildfire!" Thanks for sharing this!
| distantsounds wrote:
| is that MAME in the backend?
| 31337Logic wrote:
| Thank you!!
| remram wrote:
| Tried Yahtzee, it doesn't look like you can remove the hold on a
| die after you've rolled?
| Bjartr wrote:
| It's probably enough to leave a comment on the page if the
| author is active on itch
| remram wrote:
| Did that thanks! The game's page doesn't allow comments but
| the one with the list of games does.
|
| edit: I also found a discussion forum:
| https://itch.io/board/2744567/feedback
| remram wrote:
| Update: author fixed it within a few hours.
| kevinsync wrote:
| WOW -- thank you for transporting me back to the mind-bending
| hell that is that 1989 TMNT game! I remember convincing my mom to
| buy me that at Meijer, and riding in the back seat of the car at
| night, squinting, only able to see the LCD screen for a split
| second at a time, each time we passed another street light lol
| ranger_danger wrote:
| How is this legal? Surely they do not have permission from all
| those rightsholders to reproduce and distribute their IP like
| this.
| echelon wrote:
| Especially Nintendo. They've got quite a few Nintendo ROMs.
| anthk wrote:
| Early LCD machines had no ROMs I think.
| rgovostes wrote:
| Firstly, who cares? It would be a sad day when Bandai goes
| after a non-commercial homage to 1980s LCD games they probably
| forgot about.
|
| Since 2003, the Copyright Office has granted a DMCA exemption
| in particular for preservation of video games, e.g.,
| https://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/librarian_statement_01.h...
|
| > Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that
| have become obsolete and which require the original media or
| hardware as a condition of access.
|
| Most recently, in the 2024 review of DMCA exemption requests,
| no video game companies objected:
|
| > The Software Preservation Network (''SPN'') and LCA jointly
| petitioned to renew the exemption for individual play by gamers
| and preservation of video games by a library, archives, or
| museum for which outside server support has been discontinued,
| and preservation by a library, archives, or museum, of
| discontinued video games that never required server support. No
| oppositions were filed against renewal, and one individual
| filed a comment in support.
|
| Itch.io itself is able to host the project thanks to DMCA safe
| harbor provisions.
| ranger_danger wrote:
| But itch.io is not a library. That exception is explicitly
| for "a library, archives, or museum." Even if they were
| technically a library, courts have already ruled that mass
| unlimited lending is not what they meant by 'individual
| play'.
|
| I think this is pretty clearly infringing, the only issue is
| that the rightsholders themselves have to be the ones that
| bring a suit against them.
| ugh123 wrote:
| Frogger is surprisingly playable :)
| gamedever wrote:
| Here's this too!
|
| https://www.emuvr.net/
|
| I was hoping RetroFab was going to be electro-mechanical games.
|
| You might like this music video
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDaT6b8Lbc
| omoikane wrote:
| I like that Nintendo DS Game & Watch Collection is included, so
| we are basically playing an emulation of an emulation :)
|
| Also, I never knew Game & Watch were cloned by Elektronika. It's
| funny to see what are almost the exact same games with subtle
| differences (e.g. "Octopus" vs "Ocean Secrets").
| mwexler wrote:
| That is an astonishing list of games. I was surprised to have
| memories of so many of those rush back, even just from the
| picture.
| hombre_fatal wrote:
| Man, the LCD graphics look so good. Insane amount of polish too.
| I can't imagine how you could polish this any more.
| anthk wrote:
| I still have the physical Western Sheriff one. Really good for
| its day.
| animal531 wrote:
| I still have my Donkey Kong 2 and Jnr. Unfortunately I played my
| Turtle Bridge that I got when I was probably 7 or so to
| smithereens.
|
| I wore out the buttons and also as a kid you can't help but touch
| the screen, so it had several sections that no longer displayed
| properly.
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