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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico returns from the beach, he and John discuss the explosion of classic videogames being ported to the iPhone, iPad, and Android, and they share a couple of Apple TV picks.
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Links and Show Notes
AI Assisted Ports and Homebrew Drama
PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground (PC Gamer)
AI-Coded Slop, No Thanks: Animal Crossing's Native PC Port Was Made Using Claude Code (Time Extension)
A Hollow Victory: 100% AI-Generated Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire (Time Extension)
Pokémon Gen 1 Recomp
Gen1Recomp
This amazing Pokémon Red and Blue voxel mod adds a 3D perspective without an emulator (XDA)
Native iPhone and iPad Ports
Kahris on GitHub
HarkinianPad
SunPad
SpaghettiPad
Developer uses AI to bring a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS (Tom's Hardware)
Handheld Setup and Dual Screen Mods
AYN Thor
Cocoon
Minish Cap Dual Screen Mod
Dual Screen Games for Android Handhelds
Mcon
Coding Agents and Models
OpenAI Codex
Claude Code
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Picks
Federico's Pick:

Ted Lasso

John's Pick:
Silo

Unwind Deal
The Matrix: Déjà Vu 4 Film Collection for $19.99 in the TV app
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This week on Unwind, John realizes that too much Wi-Fi is never enough, Federico wonders what he's going to do with a Linux PC, and John recommends Apple TV's Lucky.
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Links and Show Notes
Networking Projects
John's existing setup TP-Link Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 BE22000 Whole Home Mesh System
Added 2 TP-Link Deco 7 Pro BE63 Tri-Band WiFi 7 BE10000 routers

Federico's  Beelink SER9 Pro mini PC
More of our networking and other gear is on MacStories Setups
Picks
John's Pick: Lucky on Apple TV

Unwind Deal
Meet the Parents Triple Feature starring Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro is on sale for $17.99 in the TV app.
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This week on MacStories Unwind, app launchers, universal truths about ISPs, and an epic movie.
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Links and Show Notes
Unplugged Segment
TinyStart
Rocket
Raycast
Alfred
LaunchBar
Picks
John's Pick: The Odyssey

Unwind Deal
Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Collection - All 9 movies for $69.99
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This week on a special Saturday edition of MacStories Unwind, Federico and John talk live music, blockbuster movies, and their ongoing experiments with Markdown text editors.
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Links and Show Notes
Live Music
Bruno Mars tour dates
My Chemical Romance tour dates
Phoebe Bridgers tour dates
A Summer Blockbuster
The Odyssey
Text Editor Experiments
Bear
Lettera
Ulysses
MWeb
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This week on MacStories Unwind, John heads to the mountains, while Federico cooks on a beach, the origin of "the boonies," and narrow mountain roads, plus a TV and movie pick.
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Links and Show Notes
Out in the Boonies
Boone, NC The Boonies (or Boondocks)

Gaeta, Italy
Picks
Federico's Pick The Bear on Hulu

John's Pick Enola Holmes 3 on Netflix

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