Ninjalerts developers inscribed a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator into the Bitcoin network. This was made possible via the Ordinals protocol. Users can play classic video games like Pizza Ninja right in their browser.
Trevor Owens, CEO of Ninjalerts, spoke in a series of tweets on X about the developers’ success in integrating classic video games and Web3. Specifically, the project team successfully deployed the SNES emulator on the Bitcoin network.
The initiative used the Ordinals protocol, and the developers were busy setting up the emulator for about six months. According to Owens, the idea of introducing SNES into the blockchain network was aimed at solving the problem of preserving classic video games, about 90% of which are on the verge of extinction. Owens said the Bitcoin network is the best place to preserve video games, which he called cultural digital artifacts, for future generations.
Bringing the SNES emulator to Bitcoin was Ninjalerts’ first attempt to increase the technical level of projects based on the Ordinals protocol. Owens also noted that the capabilities of Ordinals are absolutely unique, so it’s quite difficult to replicate a similar experience on the Ethereum network.
The crypto community praised the initiative of the Ninjalerts team, calling it a new round of development of the Ordinals protocol, which has been actively criticized recently. Some members of the community also wondered whether copyright holders will be against the introduction of games into the Bitcoin network and whether the initiative will not entail lawsuits.
About 85% of the activity on Bitcoin the network is generated by users of Bitcoin Ordinals.
