October 28, 2004
Grand Theftendo
Via Slashdot tonight, this is totally amazing and cool: Grand Theftendo, a port of Grand Theft Auto III to the original Nintendo Entertainment System (an 8-bit machine!). ("Port" is a bit misleading; it's all original, from the graphics to the dialogue to the code—it's probably more of a tribute.) What's more, the guy is writing the thing in assembly. Using an assembler and compiler he wrote himself to do the job.
Did I mention this is just a hobby that he works on in his spare time?
I stand in awe, and am half-seriously considering giving up this computer thing to become a potato farmer or something.
