Ethan Mollick rebuilds 1984 classic Rescue Raiders with Claude's critic and art agents
emollick · x · 2026-09-24
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick asked Claude to create a modern version of Rescue Raiders, the 1984 Apple II abandonware game he loved as a kid, with new graphics, goals, and tech trees. Claude iterated back-and-forth with critic and art agents until the result was fun to play. He also linked the original playable version on ClassicReload.com.
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