Coding Agents Revive Classic Games

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico returns from the beach, he and John discuss the explosion of classic videogames being ported to the iPhone, iPad, and Android, and they share a couple of Apple TV picks.

Also available on YouTube here.

• PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground (PC Gamer)
• AI-Coded Slop, No Thanks: Animal Crossing's Native PC Port Was Made Using Claude Code (Time Extension)
• A Hollow Victory: 100% AI-Generated Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire (Time Extension)

• Gen1Recomp
• This amazing Pokémon Red and Blue voxel mod adds a 3D perspective without an emulator (XDA)

• Kahris on GitHub
• HarkinianPad
• SunPad
• SpaghettiPad
• Developer uses AI to bring a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS (Tom's Hardware)

• AYN Thor
• Cocoon
• Minish Cap Dual Screen Mod
• Dual Screen Games for Android Handhelds
• Mcon

• OpenAI Codex
• Claude Code
• DeepSeek V4 Flash

• Federico's Pick:

• Ted Lasso

• John's Pick:

  • Silo

• The Matrix: Déjà Vu 4 Film Collection for $19.99 in the TV app

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