Unofficial Web Edition of Glider 4.0, a Mac Game Port, Shared on Hacker News

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A developer has released an unofficial web-based edition of Glider 4.0, a port of a classic Mac game. The project was posted to Hacker News under a Show HN label, where it gained 39 points and seven comments. The source code is hosted on GitHub under the dbohdan account. The item also links to a related post on Bluesky by engineersneedart.com. The article itself offers little detail beyond these links and the community discussion.

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