Running a Working NES Console From ~1GB of Qwen Model Weights
dbreunig · hn · 2026-10-31
HN user dbreunig released nesformer, an open-source project claiming to encode a working Nintendo NES console into roughly 1GB of Qwen model weights, replacing traditional emulator code with weights that can run playable games. Repo available on GitHub.
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