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A project featured on Hackaday demonstrates porting video games to run on VHS tapes, turning the obsolete home video format into an unlikely gaming medium. The idea has caught attention among retro computing and hardware hacking enthusiasts, who enjoy pushing old consumer technology far beyond its intended use.
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A hardware modder has managed to run classic video games from VHS tapes, adapting retro titles to the old magnetic tape format. The project, covered by retro gaming outlet Retro Dodo, highlights a niche but enthusiastic scene of hobbyists who combine vintage media formats with retro gaming. Details about which games were adapted or how the conversion works remain limited, but the feat is drawing attention from fans of gaming nostalgia and unusual hardware tinkering.
- 3French retro gaming show Nolife revisits Blizzard segmentβπΊπΌ Blizzard (Retro And Magic Β© NOLIFE) [RETRO GAMING TV] [FRENCH] # retrogaming # RetroandMagic # Nolife # emission #200
A segment from the French television programme Retro And Magic, which aired on the Nolife channel, focusing on Blizzard is circulating among retro gaming fans. The clip revisits coverage of the game studio in classic VHS-era style, and enthusiasts are sharing it as part of ongoing nostalgia for French-language retro gaming broadcasts.
- 4Man finds stranger's childhood tapes inside secondhand camera bought onlineβΌA man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a used VHS camera on eBay. The internet found her
A man who bought a used VHS camera on eBay discovered tapes inside containing a stranger's childhood home videos. After sharing his find online, internet users tracked down the woman in the footage, reuniting her with long-lost family memories. The story has drawn wide attention as a feel-good example of crowdsourced sleuthing done kindly.
- 5Hobbyists porting video games to VHS tapesβPorting Video Games to VHS https://hackaday.com/2026/10/05/porting-video-games-to-vhs/ # RetroTech # Gaming # DIY
A Hackaday write-up explores running video games on VHS tapes, reviving the obsolete analog cassette format as a gaming medium. The project fits a wider retro-tech and DIY trend of repurposing old hardware in unconventional ways, and it is drawing amused interest from enthusiasts of vintage computing and gaming.
- 6Man finds stranger's childhood tapes inside eBay HandycamβΌA man found a stranger's childhood videos after buying a used VHS Handycam on eBay. The internet found her
A man bought a used VHS Handycam on eBay and discovered it still contained a stranger's childhood home videos. After sharing the footage online, internet users tracked down the woman in the recordings, turning a small second-hand purchase into a viral story about lost memories being reunited with their owner.
- 7VCR83 gameplay trailer releasedβVCR83: Official Gameplay Trailer https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=QDc97uCfBnc # videoGames # gaming # gamingNews
A new official gameplay trailer for VCR83 has been released. The game, a retro-styled horror title, shows off its VHS-era visuals and first-person gameplay in the footage. Fans of indie horror games are sharing the trailer and discussing the game's atmosphere and upcoming release.
- 8Ukrainian frontline band Cultural Forces performs acoustic setβCultural Forces, musicians from the Ukraine front have visited # GemsOnVHS to play 3 songs: https:// youtu.be/SWKe8W0QYP
Cultural Forces, a band made up of musicians serving on the Ukraine front line, played three songs in a session for the GemsOnVHS project. The performance includes a rendition of 'I'll Be Seeing You' that listeners say carries added weight given the war. Commenters welcomed the music as a source of mental relief for soldiers, noting the burden the performers continue to carry.