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Claude recreates 1980s Usborne game "Mad House" in JavaScript

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Simon Willison recreated a classic 1980s computer game, "Mad House," using Claude. The game, originally from Usborne's "Creepy Computer Games" book, was typed into a Commodore 64 by Willison as a child. He fed the book's PDF into Claude, which then generated interactive JavaScript and HTML code for a mobile-friendly, retro-styled version of the game. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates LLMs' ability to generate functional code from scanned documents, enabling recreation of classic software and interactive experiences.

RANK_REASON User leverages an LLM to recreate a retro game, showcasing LLM capabilities for code generation and interactive applications.

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Claude recreates 1980s Usborne game "Mad House" in JavaScript

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Mad House — Usborne Creepy Computer Games

    <p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/usborne-mad-house">Mad House — Usborne Creepy Computer Games</a></p> <p>Via <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258194">Hacker News</a> I learned that UK publisher Usborne published <a href="https://us…

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