The Arcade_
// cartridge bay — self-built, self-hosted
A small bay of games built from scratch, playable straight in the browser — no downloads, no accounts. Three cartridges online, bay's full for now.
Tetris
onlineThe classic, rebuilt with a neon HUD, hold/swap, ghost piece, back-to-back and combo scoring, and a hidden reaction reserved for anyone who chains two Tetrises in a row.
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Pulse
onlineA four-lane rhythm game with music synthesized live in the browser — arrows fall in time to a kick/snare/bass engine, so the beat and the chart never drift apart. Three tracks, 90 to 140 BPM, ranked from D to a full-combo S.
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Tama
onlineA small specimen sealed in a toy capsule, hatched from an egg — which of several strains crawls out is up to chance — and raised through its own menu of care: feed, play, clean, medicine, sleep. It keeps ticking between visits and evolves based on how well it's looked after, for better or worse.
▶ play nowupdates log — this page
- [07/07/2026 —] - CART 03 screen re-etched: 128-line matrix burned in, double density. Hatchery expanded — the egg now decides which strain crawls out. Lab notes mention a rare one; unconfirmed.
- [07/07/2026 —] - CART 03 online: TAMA slotted in. A specimen now lives in the bay full-time, ticking away between visits whether anyone's watching or not.
- [07/07/2026 —] - Cartridge labels re-cut to square, seated flush in their slots. CART 01 reactor retuned: half-second settle before lock, slam bonus for driving a piece home with the drop key.
- [07/07/2026 —] - CART 02 online: PULSE slotted in. Live-synth rhythm reactor humming, label etched to match. CART 03 reserved for a virtual pet.
- [07/07/2026 —] - CART 01 label etched and slotted. First in-house artwork hangs on the bay wall.
- [07/06/2026 —] - Arcade bay wired up. First cartridge slotted in and powered on.