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RetroFab: Playable 3D simulations of vintage electronic games
- jhbadger 2y agoThis 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 2y agothis is absolutely well, very well done!
- chungus 2y agoWow, there goes 20 minutes. Really enjoyed it, thanks.
- hassleblad23 2y agoVery well done. Congrats.
- ktallett 2y agoWow! This is really cool. I love this idea and the implementation, great job!
- anonzzzies 2y agoVery nicely done!
- empressplay 2y agoI was like, "Do they have Wildfire? Do they have Wildfire...? Yes they have Wildfire!" Thanks for sharing this!
- distantsounds 2y agois that MAME in the backend?
- 31337Logic 2y agoThank you!!
- remram 2y agoTried Yahtzee, it doesn't look like you can remove the hold on a die after you've rolled?
- Bjartr 2y agoIt's probably enough to leave a comment on the page if the author is active on itch
- kevinsync 2y agoWOW -- 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
- mobiledev2014 2y agoIn case you haven’t seen this nostalgic strip https://imgur.com/gallery/memories-yOgNF7w https://imgur.com/gallery/memories-yOgNF7w
- ranger_danger 2y agoHow is this legal? Surely they do not have permission from all those rightsholders to reproduce and distribute their IP like this.
- echelon 2y agoEspecially Nintendo. They've got quite a few Nintendo ROMs.
- anthk 2y agoEarly LCD machines had no ROMs I think.
- rgovostes 2y agoFirstly, 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.html 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 2y agoBut 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 2y agoFrogger is surprisingly playable :)
- gamedever 2y agoHere's this too! https://www.emuvr.net/ 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDaT6b8Lbc
- omoikane 2y agoI 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 2y agoThat 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 2y agoMan, the LCD graphics look so good. Insane amount of polish too. I can't imagine how you could polish this any more.
- anthk 2y agoI still have the physical Western Sheriff one. Really good for its day.
- animal531 2y agoI 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.
- wkat4242 2y agoIf you like retro and 3D, emuVR is also completely amazing <3 And free open source unlike this (as far as I can this this is not)
- yellowapple 2y agoWhen I was growing up it was family tradition to try and set the high score on the bathroom Yahtzee machine when occupying the porcelain throne. Now I can keep that tradition going in any bathroom I happen upon :) Unfortunately, it seems to lock up if I try to "roll" with all dice held; that's supposed to just skip the roll.
- ElCapitanMarkla 2y agoSo cool, I picked up some of these from my parents house a few months ago. My kids have spent a grand total of about 1 minute on them, very unimpressed :D