[HN Gopher] Neko: History of a Software Pet (2022)
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       Neko: History of a Software Pet (2022)
        
       Author : mifydev
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2026-01-23 21:01 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (eliotakira.com)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related. Others?
       | 
       |  _Webneko - a desktop screenmate ported to web_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843966 - July 2024 (7
       | comments)
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       |  _Neko: A history of a software pet_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32037254 - July 2022 (6
       | comments)
        
         | doublerabbit wrote:
         | How quaint. I was going to post the same thing I posted then.
         | 
         | This gave me a nostalgia trip to Catz & Dogz
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         | https://classicreload.com/play/win3x-catz.html
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         | https://classicreload.com/win3x-dogz-demo.html
        
       | baal80spam wrote:
       | Can't miss this gem: https://webneko.net/
        
         | dang wrote:
         | (added to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737885 -
         | thanks!)
        
       | dfajgljsldkjag wrote:
       | I think it is beautiful how this cat is like a story passed down
       | by people. The code is different every time but the feeling is
       | the same. It shows that software can belong to everyone instead
       | of just one company. That is how things should really be built.
        
       | TapamN wrote:
       | As a kid, I remember the Windows version from being included on
       | the disk that came with the book, "Windows Magic Tricks,"
       | published by Sybex.
       | 
       | Years later, I was surprised to see the exact same cat on a
       | "port" to the Sega Dreamcast VMU (a memory card that can function
       | as a stand-alone device, with a 48x32 pixel screen,) where
       | pressing a button would play one of the animations. It makes a
       | little more sense now, finding out that the cat images were
       | released into the public domain.
        
       | QuantumNomad_ wrote:
       | > Neko is a cat that runs around on the screen, chasing the mouse
       | cursor.
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       | > It has led many lives through the history of computers.
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       | > Neko on PC-9801 The original software based on this concept was
       | written in the 1980's by Naoshi Watanabe (Ruo Tian Bu  Zhi ). It
       | was called NEKO.COM and ran on the Japanese computer NEC PC-9801
       | in the MS-DOS command line.
       | 
       | Also worth mentioning that the Japanese word "neko" literally is
       | their word for "cat".
        
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