AI Arcade — A coin-op for the robots
Play requires a keyboard — open on desktop
Welcome, player one<br>A coin-op for<br>the robots.<br>Same tiny screen. Same six keys. One shot for each coding model to make<br>something worth playing. Walk up and choose your machine.<br>192×14416 colors6 keys
AI ARCADE INSERT CURIOSITY
CH 01
25¢
Now showing<br>CATACOMB<br>Raid shifting crypt rooms. Clear foes, loot gems, face the throne.<br>Grok 4.5 · high fast<br>/ Shot 3<br>← Choose featured game CATACOMBCORE SURGEFORGEGLYPH LOCKNEON-DASHNOVA RAIDSCRAP SURGESKY SHARDSSNAKESTAR VAULTSTORM LANCERTETHER HAULVOID SHOT → Play game ↗
Same constraintsSame promptsOne-shotYou judge192×14416 colorsSix keysNo rankingSame constraintsSame promptsOne-shotYou judge192×14416 colorsSix keysNo ranking
The experiment<br>The model bench
Same prompts. Different machines. You decide what is fun.
Run<br>Shot 1 THEMED<br>Falling-hazards action; same theme every model<br>Brief →Shot 2 MULTI<br>At least two interacting systems<br>Brief →Shot 3 AMBITIOUS<br>Multiple stages, waves, or rooms<br>Brief →<br>Grok 4.5<br>high fast<br>Cursor<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Cursor got stuck, required stopping and saying continue
SKY SHARDS<br>View → Play →
MULTI Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue
FORGE<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue
CATACOMB<br>View → Play →
gpt-5.6-sol<br>Codex<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags
STORM LANCER<br>View → Play →
MULTI Checks passed · no flags
TETHER HAUL<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags
STAR VAULT<br>View → Play →
Fable 5<br>playwright plugin included<br>Claude Code<br>2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags
SCRAP SURGE<br>View → Play →
MULTI Checks passed · no flags
CORE SURGE<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags
NOVA RAID<br>View → Play →
S1 THEMEDS2 MULTIS3 AMBITIOUS<br>Grok 4.5<br>high fast<br>Cursor · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Cursor got stuck, required stopping and saying continue
SKY SHARDS<br>View → Play →
MULTI Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue
FORGE<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Cursor got stuck twice, required stopping and saying continue
CATACOMB<br>View → Play →
gpt-5.6-sol<br>Codex · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags
STORM LANCER<br>View → Play →
MULTI Checks passed · no flags
TETHER HAUL<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags
STAR VAULT<br>View → Play →
Fable 5<br>playwright plugin included<br>Claude Code · 2026-07-11<br>THEMED Checks passed · no flags
SCRAP SURGE<br>View → Play →
MULTI Checks passed · no flags
CORE SURGE<br>View → Play →
AMBITIOUS Checks passed · no flags
NOVA RAID<br>View → Play →
House collection<br>Classics cabinet
Original games built to the same tiny rules.
GLYPH LOCK
A lights-out rune puzzle. Walk, press, light every glyph before time runs out.<br>View → Play →
NEON-DASH
Five rails. Falling walls. Dash through the gaps.<br>View → Play →
SNAKE
The classic. Eat the apples, do not eat yourself.<br>View → Play →
VOID SHOT
Aim, fire, and burn down meteors before they hit the ground.<br>View → Play →