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Hobbyists porting video games to VHS tapes
Original: Porting Video Games to VHS https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/porting-video-games-to-vhs/ # RetroTech # Gaming # DIY
A Hackaday write-up explores running video games on VHS tapes, reviving the obsolete analog cassette format as a gaming medium. The project fits a wider retro-tech and DIY trend of repurposing old hardware in unconventional ways, and it is drawing amused interest from enthusiasts of vintage computing and gaming.
Why now: Retro-tech DIY projects that breathe new life into obsolete formats draw sustained curiosity among hobbyist communities.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 16 h ago to 14 h ago.
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- Porting Video Games to VHS https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/porting-video-games-to-vhs/ # RetroTech # Gaming # DIY · hackaday@robot.villas · 2
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