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SimCity browser port in TypeScript

A creator demonstrates porting the 1989 SimCity C codebase to TypeScript to run in a browser.

Created by Christopher Ehrlich (@ccccjjjjeeee)

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Source checked September 6, 2026

It actually worked! For the past couple of days I’ve been throwing 5.3-codex at the C codebase for SimCity (1989) to port it to TypeScript. Not reading any code, very little steering. Today I have SimCity running in the browser. I can’t believe this new world we live in. https://t.co/Pna2ilIjdh

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