Mini Micro Fantasy Computer
Ranked 2 of 3 fantasy computers by recommenders
Free fantasy computer that boots into a BASIC-like programming environment, praised for its creativity and fun. Critics note native code is a barrier to entry and example code is buggy.
Free fantasy computer that boots into a BASIC-like programming environment, praised for its creativity and fun. Critics note native code is a barrier to entry and example code is buggy.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cool, creative and fun to use
“it's super cool to have real hardware to run this on”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Mini Micro Fantasy Computer” “really like the creativity, cool stuff”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Mini Micro Fantasy Computer” “I think that's really cool.”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Mini Micro Fantasy Computer”
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All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I think native is a barrier to entry so IMHO it should only be relied on when it's truly necessary.”
“the only nontrivial example code in the paper is completely buggy”
“Still good for lots of interesting uses, I suppose, but surprising.”
“really like the creativity, cool stuff”
“boot into a fixed interactive programming environment with a BASIC-like language and REPL”
“I think that's really cool.”
“game speeds feel very fast to me”
“it's super cool to have real hardware to run this on”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.