Show Notes
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. Links and Show Notes AI Assisted Ports and Homebrew Drama 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) Pokémon Gen 1 Recomp Gen1Recomp This amazing Pokémon Red and Blue voxel mod adds a 3D perspective without an emulator (XDA) Native iPhone and iPad Ports 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) Handheld Setup and Dual Screen Mods AYN Thor Cocoon Minish Cap Dual Screen Mod Dual Screen Games for Android Handhelds Mcon Coding Agents and Models OpenAI Codex Claude Code DeepSeek V4 Flash Picks Federico's Pick:
Ted Lasso
John's Pick: Silo
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