Grant Winney

Retro

As they say, everything that's old is new again. Or something.

A 30th anniversary Zelda tribute, in Node.js

A 30th anniversary Zelda tribute, in Node.js

A few years ago, on the 30th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda, Scott Lininger and Mike Magee open sourced a 3D version of the original LoZ. The site was taken down, but the code's still available to run!

Running Windows XP in VirtualBox

Running Windows XP in VirtualBox

Just got an MSDN account, which always comes with some old treasures (hey, beauty's in the eye of the beholder). Take a trip back with me, to the days of Windows XP, the beginning of the .NET Framework, and even further... ;)

A Simon Game Clone for the Raspberry Pi

A Simon Game Clone for the Raspberry Pi

Let's recreate the Simon game of the 1980s using a Raspberry Pi and Sonic Pi!

Installing Windows 3.1 in VMware Player

Installing Windows 3.1 in VMware Player

While looking for a copy of Windows 98 on MSDN to install some old software (compatibility mode under Windows 7 didn’t work), I came across Windows 3.11. Installing it was a little tricky though...

Installing DOS 6.22 in VMware Player

Installing DOS 6.22 in VMware Player

While looking for a copy of Windows 98 on MSDN to install some old software (compatibility mode under Windows 7 didn’t work), I came across Windows 3.11. I just had to try installing it! But first, DOS 6.22...