Show HN: Python running on the Super Nintendo (in-browser demo)
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Found: July 06, 2026
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Show HN: Python running on the Super Nintendo (in-browser demo)
MicroPython (lexer, compiler and VM) on the SNES: 3.58 MHz 65816, 56 KB Python heap, 16-bit int. The REPL runs right inside the post via EmulatorJS and also works on real hardware via flashcart.
I did this as a benchmark for Claude Fable. When the export ban hit, switching to Opus got the project stuck for three weeks; Fable came back and found the real bug in ninety minutes.
Along the way: 23 compiler bugs and 4 MicroPython bugs, each root-caused with a minimal reproducer and filed upstream.
If you run it on real hardware, I want a picture!
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