The Lion King (SNES, 1994), running as a native PC program
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HN · launched Oct 19, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 73%)
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- Hobby / open-source project
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Partial Wrapping an existing SNES emulation core in a native PC app is vibe-codeable, but building accurate emulation from scratch needs specialized CPU, PPU, and APU knowledge, and distributing a copyrighted game raises legal problems.
What it would actually take: The practical route is to wrap an existing open-source core such as bsnes, snes9x, or a libretro core in a native shell with input, audio, and save handling. Writing an accurate emulator from scratch means cycle-timed emulation of the 65C816 CPU, the S-PPU graphics chip, and the SPC700 audio coprocessor, which requires deep hardware-emulation expertise. Legally, the ROM must be supplied by the user, not bundled.
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Competitors mentioned: Original DOS version
Concerns raised: Picked a non-exclusive title to recompile
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Attention rank: #635 of 793 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 352 days after the earliest competitor.
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- pc port for snes lion king game
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