Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser

30•lqs_•1h ago

RetroTick parses PE/NE/MZ binaries, emulates an x86 CPU, and stubs enough Win32/Win16/DOS APIs to run classics like FreeCell, Minesweeper, Solitaire and QBasic, entirely in the browser. Built with Preact + Vite + TypeScript.

Demo: https://retrotick.com

GitHub: https://github.com/lqs/retrotick

Comments

wertyu123•1h ago

Nice

chromehearts•54m ago

This is so cool & I'm really amazed by it but I couldn't help laugh at the readme

> We strongly recommend contributing with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools. [...] Of course, coding by hand is also welcome.

Funny time we live in lol

b3lvedere•50m ago

Aww. The FreeCell cheats don't work, except for -1 and -2 :)

LinusU•23m ago

This is super cool!

Checkout retrowin32 for something similar but written in Rust and not specifically targeting the web: https://github.com/evmar/retrowin32

Dwedit•18m ago

Not enough Shell32 to run Winfile or Notepad.

Also the command prompt won't list directories for some reason.

jeroenhd•13m ago

Seems to run a lot faster than the previous proof-of-concept I've found (https://www.boxedwine.org/app). Then again, that website runs an entire Linux VM to support Wine.

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