Computer program that learns to play classic NES games

Why HN readers recommended it

Loved on HN as a hilarious, brilliant example of hacker-academic work and cited whenever game-playing AI or fuzzing comes up.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

suckerpinch

Topic

nes game-playing ai

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

9

HN mentions in dataset

19

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• Thanks for pointing that out. I wouldn't have noticed who that was otherwise. His video on learnfun/playfun is both hilarious and amazing. [VIDEO]

• There was an AI created the absolutely brilliant Tom7 on on his YouTube channel 'SuckerPinch' on April 1, 2013 that paused a game of Tetris instead of losing. In my opinion, Tom doesn't get enough credit for his work. He released his AI a full …

• Haha, I love it. There was a SIGBOVIK submission a couple years ago that looked at byte patterns within video game RAM (specifically NES) to automate the playing of. Pretty entertaining stuff. [VIDEO]