You are absolutely mad, in the most wonderful way possible. And great video as well. Just astonishing how much work went into this, out of what I can only assume is pure hacker spirit.

I played a lot of this game a long time ago, and I completely agree that anything that required using the OSK was incredibly tedious.

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This is so cool! AC and ACWW were a huge part of growing up and I dare say have a little impact on who I am today. Back then, I went on Tumblr’s AC community and found all the little debug menus but didn’t know how MIPS worked at that point to go any further. <3

This is the most ridiculous expenditure of time in the most hackerish way and I love it! It was a very interesting way to see a game I had never played, and after seeing this, I'd never want to play it without this hack. Show 1 reply

I love how much this keeps on going. Faster typing? Check! But what about image upload? Check! Ok, now what about video somehow? Check! Ok, what about a video game inside the knitting UI? Show 2 replies

I’ve never played the original Animal Crossing, but this is neat! You’re basically hacking quality-of-life improvements into an old game running on original hardware. Show 1 reply

I have one of those ASCII keyboards too. They’re awesome.

Though I use mine for Phantasy Star Online (PSO) rather than Animal Crossing.

Amazingly, there are still PSO servers available which are still very active. All the more impressive when you think that Sega discontinued their official servers around a decade ago.

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For a second I assumed you'd be Hunter R. [1]

Maybe you should do a collab.

[1] <https://www.youtube.com/@Hunter-R.>

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This is so cool and impressive. I loved the original Animal Crossing but also feel like the clunky keyboard input hasn't aged well. Thanks for sharing! Show 1 reply

snake at 1fps is probably the most cursed form of patience training i’ve seen. Show 1 reply

i love love love animal crossing Show 1 reply