Claude Code turned a 1988 text game into a web game
A text-mode MS-DOS game written in 1988 with GW-BASIC was given to Claude Code and converted into a web page using and CSS. The converted game worked on the first try.
The project then expanded beyond the game itself into a surrounding website built with . The workflow was close to : giving the AI the goal, checking the result, and moving quickly instead of manually rewriting every part.
Key points
- A 1988 MS-DOS text game written in GW-BASIC was used as the starting point.
- Claude Code was asked to move it into HTML, , and CSS.
- The web version worked after one prompt.
- was then used to build a website around the game.
- The work followed a style, with AI doing much of the first draft.