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The AI ported a classic pinball game to a modern engine, playable in 2 hours

Had the AI reverse engineer 3D Space Cadet Pinball using Ghidra and radare2 and port it to Rust and Bevy; playable after 2 hours, plus an extra prompt for MIDI music.

2 hourssaved

How it works

  1. The AI reverse engineers the classic pinball game with disassembly tools
  2. Ports it to a modern language and engine
  3. Playable after 2 hours, plus an extra prompt for the music

Why it’s worth knowing

Playable in 2 hours; the music took one more prompt, as is traditional.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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