Tools · 2026-10-23

Retro Games Are Being Widely Remade With AI

Lately, many unexpected projects featuring old games have been appearing online, and they are being created with new AI tools.

✨ Old games show up where you least expect them

Classic video games are now appearing in places where they weren't before. For example, Halo can be run right in a web browser, Nintendo's Wind Waker runs on an iPhone, and Super Smash Bros. has appeared in mixed reality.

Such projects have gone viral very often. Over the past month or so, similar stories have appeared on social media and in the news almost every day.

📌 Why this has become possible

The main reason, according to The Verge, is new AI tools. They help people without special training quickly create working versions of games or parts of games on different devices.

It's important to understand that such projects are usually made by fans, not by the developers of the original games. That's why questions of copyright and the legality of these versions remain open.

Sources: 🔗 The Verge — AI