NorthStar Prime · Interdimensional Gaming

NorthStar Arcade

Playable builds first. Prototypes and concepts labeled plainly.
39 playable local/web builds 4 flagship candidates 12 classic shells awaiting remaster 3 not built/running yet
PriorityDepth over more clone shells
StandardAI systems, persistence, progression, spectacle
TruthNo concept cards mixed into playable lanes
NextOne flagship upgraded before new concepts
Playtest Launcher VORATH Imagegen Manifest Latest Browser Smoke Smoke JSON
Playable Now · Flagship Candidates
4 · strongest live builds
These are the only builds currently treated as top-shelf arcade work. Everything below this section is either a prototype, a legacy shell, an external archive item, or a pipeline item.
OBSIDIAN / Resonance
OBSIDIAN / Resonance
Playable hex strategy web port backed by the Python rules engine and MCTS bot.
flagship_playable MCTS bot
RESONANCE GateMake every hex claim feel like striking a tribunal tone into obsidian glass.
Play web port
Vorath Signal Crown
Vorath Signal Crown
New live VORATH arcade cabinet: catch emerald signal shards, dodge red static ruptures, charge the crown, and export a local run receipt.
playable_prototype signal survival cabinet
CROWN GateCharge the crown by catching emerald signal shards and avoiding red static ruptures.
Charge crown
Precinct 404
Precinct 404
Dispatch Queue now has a local AI director, officer learning/fatigue, forecasted outcomes, and procedural Night Shift+ calls after the pilot.
flagship_playable AI director
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Run dispatch
Digital Terrarium
Digital Terrarium
Canonical v6.0.0 ecosystem sim with organism state, mutation pressure, and autonomous population behavior.
flagship_playable AI/ecosystem sim
HARMONIC GateBalance mutation pressure until the terrarium reads like a living sigil loop.
Open flagship
Playable Prototypes
23 · working but not flagship depth
These run today, but they still need deeper AI, procedural content, persistence, progression, or stronger game feel before they should be called remasters.
Vorath Cabinet Row
Vorath Cabinet Row
Interactive VORATH arcade-room launcher for the strongest cabinet machines: Pinball Oracle, Blade Tribunal, and Reliquary Gacha Shrine, with live route links and exportable QA notes.
playable_launcher cabinet launcher
CABINET GateMake the cabinet row feel like a playable arcade floor for choosing the strongest VORATH machines.
Enter cabinet row
Vorath Souls
Vorath Souls
Playable prototype of The Bone Gate vertical slice: arena combat with dodge, parry, stun, and finisher.
vertical_slice combat prototype
BONE GateMake the arena feel like a judgment rite: dodge, parry, stun, then finish.
Play prototype
Future Teller Cabinet
Future Teller Cabinet
Penny-arcade card vender prototype: insert local tokens, pull the lever, and print seeded fortune/poetry/image cards with no external assets.
playable_prototype penny arcade generator
ORACLE GateMake the lever pull feel like a sacred machine printing one local future.
Print a future
Super Vorath Bros
Super Vorath Bros
Original browser platformer: scrolling crystal causeway, sigil shards, stompable static slimes, moving platforms, checkpoint, emerald finish gate, touch controls, and local run receipts.
playable_prototype platformer
CAUSEWAY GateMake the platform run feel like a crystal pilgrimage through an original Vorath world.
Run causeway
Hypernova Swarm
Hypernova Swarm
Vorathic formation-shooter fusion: original neon swarm waves, upgrades, boss sectors, and run receipts inspired by arcade grammar rather than copied ROM assets.
playable_prototype formation shooter
FORMATION GateTurn movement and fire into a red-core formation rite against the swarm.
Fight swarm
Precinct 404: Signal Board
Precinct 404: Signal Board
Companion local signal-stabilization prototype: scan a 5x5 board, move the receiver, control noise, and resolve three anomalies before the precinct loses the call.
playable_prototype signal puzzle
SIGNAL GateResolve anomalous calls by moving the receiver through sacred-noise geometry.
Play signal board
Vorath Prism Runner
Vorath Prism Runner
Original VORATH prism runner: pilot a chrome signal-drone through rainbow auspicious clouds, emerald gates, crystal hazards, ring pickups, dash timing, and local run receipts.
playable_prototype neon runner
RAINBOW GateKeep the VORATH prism runner fast, bright, and symbolic while the rainbow cloud lane reacts to jumps and dash hits.
Run rainbow
Signal Cartographer Prime
Signal Cartographer Prime
Playable Prime-signal mapping prototype: scan the grid, place beacons, control noise, and resolve source nodes before the carrier collapses.
playable_prototype signal cartography
CARTOGRAPHY GateScan, beacon, and resolve the Prime carrier before the signal collapses.
Map the signal
Vorath Pinball
Vorath Pinball
Original VORATH pinball cabinet: plunger charge, launch skill-shot timing, emerald flippers, ruby bumpers, rainbow orbits, crystal jackpots, multiball pressure, and local run receipts with no commercial table assets.
playable_prototype pinball cabinet
ORBIT GateMake every ricochet feel like a jeweled orbit around the red-core tribunal heart.
Launch pinball
Paperclip Resistance
Paperclip Resistance
Playable office-resistance strategy prototype: recruit cells, jam the optimizer, scavenge supplies, and publish memos before the paperclip mandate overwhelms the floor.
playable_prototype turn strategy
LEVER GateTurn every click into resistance pressure against the optimizer mandate.
Run resistance
Vorath Blade Tribunal
Vorath Blade Tribunal
Original VORATH weapon-duel cabinet: faceted alien duelists, crystal blade hitboxes, guard pressure, stamina, enemy AI, round judgment, and local receipts without protected fighter assets.
playable_prototype weapon duel fighter
BLADE GateResolve the duel through original crystal-weapon spacing, guard pressure, and soul-charge judgment.
Enter duel
Vorath Circus
Vorath Circus
Original VORATH circus-combat cabinet: black-glass ring staging, marquee rigging, stage hazards, score pressure, and local run receipts with no commercial character assets.
playable_prototype circus combat
CIRCUS GateMake the circus stage feel like a red-core ritual under arcade lights.
Raise tent
Vorath Reliquary Gacha Shrine
Vorath Reliquary Gacha Shrine
Original coin-op altar machine: insert tokens, drop glowing beads through a pachinko-style shrine, unlock relic capsules, build a local collection, and print blessing receipts with no commercial machine assets.
playable_prototype relic gacha shrine
RELIQUARY GateTurn each token drop into a jewel-lit shrine rite that unlocks relics and prints a blessing.
Open shrine
Digital Terrarium 3D
Digital Terrarium 3D
Experimental WebGL containment branch. Visually closer to the target future, but still needs performance and interaction work.
experimental_3d 3D sim branch
BIOME GateOrbit the containment glass until the 3D ecosystem reads as a living altar.
Open 3D branch
Signal Gallery
Signal Gallery
Vorathic rail-target cabinet: mouse/touch gallery contracts, reload pressure, signal integrity, and run receipts inspired by target-gallery grammar rather than copied ROM assets.
playable_prototype rail target cabinet
CONTRACT GateTreat each target hit as a contract seal in a VORATH rail-gallery rite.
Open gallery
Prism Drift
Prism Drift
Vorathic time-trial racer: generated prism circuits, drift scoring, boost heat, integrity pressure, and run receipts inspired by racing grammar rather than copied track or vehicle assets.
playable_prototype time trial racer
PRISM GateDrift through a generated prism circuit until boost heat becomes proof.
Run trial
Static House
Static House
Vorathic fixed-camera survival-puzzle cabinet: room routing, four-slot inventory pressure, fuse-line restoration, static focus drain, and ending receipts with original rooms and puzzles.
playable_prototype fixed-camera puzzle
THRESHOLD GateMake every room choice feel like crossing a fixed-camera threshold.
Enter house
IDR Tracker Cabinet
IDR Tracker Cabinet
Browser-native tracker toy for IDR bumpers: four generated WebAudio voices, 16-step sequencing, pattern mutation, and JSON pattern receipts with no samples or copied modules.
playable_prototype browser tracker toy
RHYTHM GateSequence the bumper as if every step is a small radio-lit ritual.
Open tracker
Super Arcade Archive
Super Arcade Archive
Local metadata/control surface for the external-drive ROM and save audit. It catalogs private reference material and routes public work toward original Vorathic fusions.
local_catalog metadata only
ARCHIVE GateUse the archive as a private-to-original routing console, not a public ROM shelf.
Audit archive
Good News // Eternal Drive
Music-video journey prototype inspired by Mac Miller's Good News 1:40-2:20: surreal desert drive, symbolic pickups, and dream-road transitions.
playable_prototype dream drive
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Drive
Tetris Plus Clone
Tetris Plus Clone
Recovered NEON VOID // TETRIS PLUS build. Upgrade target is Puzzle Mode pressure: rescue objective, strict difficulty, prizes, and authored challenge stages.
remaster_candidate puzzle pressure
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play recovered build
Prediction Arena
Playable prediction market with local market-maker, momentum, fade, volatility, and news-reactive bots plus exportable market receipts.
bot_enabled_prototype bot market sim
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Open market Bot telemetry
Sky Dragon Dharma
Original dragon-flight arcade run with a timed speedway checklist, fixed-course target spawns, ordered route guide, ghost route ribbon, discipline scoring, authored sector plans, altitude-band mastery, landmark beacons, spatial route memory cues, route coach cues, head-on drone intercept bonuses, route mistake telemetry, course-map sector pulse, target-lock reticle, perfect-line rewards, route corridor scoring, clean-line persistence, aero flow momentum, clean-line speed boost, apex turn chains, locked-target flow rewards, checkpoint beacon grading, split-quality saves, banked-turn rewards, route-line steering chains, depth-gate route telegraph, forward-route depth cues, turn cue warnings, climb-dive setup cues, Q/E roll-bank steering, roll into route cues, speed-chain timer, rapid ordered target clears, chain gauge window, keep-chain-alive HUD, sector transition banners, clear-to-next flythrough, sector portal boost gates, next-route portal entry, portal wake entry-line hold, post-boost alignment lane, wind-lane boost gates, authored-line boost routing, split ghost rival, best-sector pressure streaks, turbo speed rings, speed-line acceleration chains, dive surge control, low-route drop rewards, route compass, next-target arrow distance, speed streak camera FX, boost trails, camera rumble, altitude band hold scoring, sector height rewards, time attack mode, no-time-bonus clear records, speedway medal ladder, route split telemetry, best-split ghost pacing, live pace delta, end-run speedway report card, procedural WebAudio cues, mute control, flame attack, stronger target-hit feedback, 8-count rings/gates/crystals/drones, time bonuses, glide, boost, Q/E roll bank, assist mode, missions, persistent badges, local flight logs, and exportable receipts.
dragon_flight_upgrade flight arcade
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Fly route
Classic Shells & Casino Sketches
12 · playable, but thin
These are kept available for testing and nostalgia, but they are no longer being represented as 21st-century remasters.
Blackjack Noir
Playable casino table shell. Needs AI dealer personality, progression, and table economy before it is a remaster.
legacy_shell casino shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play table
Biolume Slots
Playable slots shell. Neon presentation fits the arcade, but depth/economy are still pending.
legacy_shell casino shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play slots
Vorathic Reef Tank
Ambient creature-tank sketch. Useful as a mood/procedural-art seed, not yet a game loop.
ambient_sketch interactive sketch
REEF GateLet the ambient reef behave like a living VORATH image generator seed.
Open sketch
Asteroids Void
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Breakout Wall
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Dharma Invaders
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Galaga Interdimensional
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Missile Command
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Pac Dharma
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Snake Dimension
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Tetris Void
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Void Pong
Playable local HTML build. It remains available, but it has not earned remaster status yet.
legacy_shell classic shell
QUESTION GateTreat every input as a charge into the red-core heart and emerald approval gate.
Play build
Development Pipeline
3 · not playable here
These stay visible as project inventory only. They do not get play buttons until a real build is present and routed.
Moo Doom
Absurd shooter concept only; no playable build located.
concept unbuilt
Not built
Super Vorath Bros
Retro platformer concept only; no playable build located.
concept unbuilt
Not built
Penny Arcade Originals
Recovered Penny Arcade station source; standalone token-gated 7-machine service, not running or proxied.
external_service_found not routed
Not running
itch.io · Public Domain
33 · CC0 & Public Domain Jam entries
rock-n-roll-diogenes
Rock N Roll Diogenes
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wbwwb
Wbwwb
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game-music-1
Game Music 1
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icarus
Icarus
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stumbling-horseman
Stumbling Horseman
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macromeo-and-julius
Macromeo And Julius
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paper-jekyll
Paper Jekyll
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the-telltale-heartbeatz
The Telltale Heartbeatz
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black-spot
Black Spot
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timeless
Timeless
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hummingbird-haunting
Hummingbird Haunting
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money
Money
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langwidere-the-trade
Langwidere The Trade
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kate-plus-ten
Kate Plus Ten
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the-yellow-wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper
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goldi
Goldi
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sleepy-hollow
Sleepy Hollow
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stop-those-mokumokuren
Stop Those Mokumokuren
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robin-hoodie
Robin Hoodie
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march-of-the-cards
March Of The Cards
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me-and-the-martians
Me And The Martians
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war-of-the-worlds-diaries
War Of The Worlds Diaries
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olympias
Olympias
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lunar-artifacts
Lunar Artifacts
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the-tale-of-red-riding-hood
The Tale Of Red Riding Hood
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cyrano
Cyrano
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the-stories-of-scheherazade
The Stories Of Scheherazade
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estranged
Estranged
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werewolves-of-war
Werewolves Of War
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a-timeless-carol
A Timeless Carol
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tales-of-the-djinn-schehera
Tales Of The Djinn Schehera
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jabberwocky
Jabberwocky
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shape-origins
Shape Origins
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PICO-8 · Cartridges
21 · CC-BY-SA default; Lexaloffle BBS
Celeste Classic
Celeste Classic
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Celeste Classic 2
Celeste Classic 2
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Dank Tombs
Dank Tombs
CC-BY-SA
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Clockwise Knight
Clockwise Knight
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Air Pico
Air Pico
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Moss Moss
Moss Moss
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Mouse Required
Mouse Required
CC-BY-NC-SA
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TAD
Tad
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Baba Is You Demake
Baba Is You Demake
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Dust Bunny
Dust Bunny
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Pico Valley (Stardew demake)
Pico Valley (Stardew Demake)
CC-BY-NC-SA
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From Rust To Ash
From Rust To Ash
CC-BY-NC-SA
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2025 Advent Calendar
2025 Advent Calendar
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Zip Zapper
Zip Zapper
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Beam
Beam
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Porklike
Porklike
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Castaway
Castaway
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Kalikan
Kalikan
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512px Under
512px Under
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Zip Zapper B
Zip Zapper B
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Low Mem Sky
Low Mem Sky
CC-BY-NC-SA
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Demoscene · Productions
10 · Free-to-distribute via scene.org
Second Reality
Second Reality
Future Crew
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Heaven Seven
Heaven Seven
Exceed
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fr-041 Debris
Fr 041 Debris
Farbrausch
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fr-08 the.product
Fr 08 The.product
Farbrausch
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Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory
Conspiracy
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Elevated
Elevated
RGBA / TBC
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Agenda Circling Forth
Agenda Circling Forth
Fairlight / CNCD
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An Untitled Story
An Untitled Story
Conspiracy
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fr-019 Poemtoawhale
Fr 019 Poemtoawhale
Farbrausch
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fr-030 Candytron
Fr 030 Candytron
Farbrausch
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Homebrew · Console ROMs
12 · Shiru's authored free releases
New Year 2024
New Year 2024
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware 2600
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Corobars 256B
Corobars 256b
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware 2600
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Starjump4K
Starjump4k
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware FLASH
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Kaleidoscope1K
Kaleidoscope1k
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware FLASH
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Uwol Quest For Money
Uwol Quest For Money
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware SMD
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Ny2011
Ny2011
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Lan Master
Lan Master
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Lawn Mower
Lawn Mower
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Alter Ego
Alter Ego
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Zooming Secretary
Zooming Secretary
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Chase
Chase
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Heohdemo Final Version
Heohdemo Final Version
Shiru (or noted collaborator)
Freeware NES
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Itch games open in their author-sanctioned page. PICO-8 carts open at the Lexaloffle BBS thread where the author posted them. Demoscene productions + homebrew ROMs download directly. License paper trail: LICENSE_PAPER_TRAIL_2026-04-19.md