Thanks to the The Bitcoin-based alternative to Whether you see it as a gimmick or a godsend, however, the fact remains that you can play some old-school games that are running on Bitcoin. None of these web-based games are officially sanctioned ports from the original developers, but there are pretty good renditions in the mix. Here are a handful worth checking out.One of the latest and potentially most expansive options is an entire classic video game console—well, at least a digital recreation of it. A Bitcoin Ordinals project called Pizza Ninja from the team behind the Ninjalerts app announced in January 2024 that it has People who buy the upcoming Pizza Ninja assets on Ordinals can use the emulator, which can be used legally to play public domain games or those that the user owns via digital copies called ROMs. The YouTube video above shows a brief demo of how it will work.After inscribing the Super Nintendo emulator, the Ninjalerts team used newer Ordinals compression tech to put an emulator for the more powerful Nintendo 64 console onto Bitcoin. As with the SNES, Pizza Ninja profile picture (PFP) owners will be able to access the on-chain version of the emulated console, but will have to provide their own digital game copies to play.In terms of fully self-contained games inscribed on Bitcoin, it’s tough to beat Pac-Man. This rendition, TetrisMaybe you noticed the quotation marks above around Text-based adventure Even earlier than Flipping the script a little bit: The BitBoy One is a Game Boy-like handheld system that will not only run play-to-earn games built on Bitcoin, but also classic games from older systems like the Super Nintendo and original Sony PlayStation. It also has some decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) functionality for farming airdrops.A first wave of Genesis units has already sold out in anticipation of a launch later this year, but the devices are expected to cost around $500 once they’re properly released.Edited by Ryan Ozawa.Editor’s note: This story was originally published on January 13, 2024 and last updated with new information on April 21.
