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An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

by brownrout·Jun 17, 2026·247 points·137 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidCozyNiche Gem

8-bit pixel art baseball broadcasts with stadium details is genuinely charming.

Strengths
  • •Between-inning graphics and day/night modes show real attention to broadcast authenticity.
  • •Multiple simultaneous games with live data streams is non-trivial engineering.
Weaknesses
  • •MLB Gameday and existing sports visualizations already cover live game tracking.
  • •Early project with bare site suggests limited content beyond current game slate.
Category
Gaming
Target Audience

Baseball fans who appreciate retro aesthetics

Post Description

Hey HN, I built a website to watch live baseball games in an 8-bit broadcast. It takes live MLB data streams and converts them into near real-time pixel art gamecasts.

Been waiting to share this for when there’s actually a good slate of games happening since the site is pretty bare otherwise.

Here is today's schedule:

Mets @ Reds - 9:40am PDT https://ribbie.tv/watch/game/824503

Royals @ Nationals - 10:05am PDT https://ribbie.tv/watch/game/822721

Marlins @ Phillies - 10:05am PDT https://ribbie.tv/watch/game/823450

Tigers @ Astros - 11:10am PDT https://ribbie.tv/watch/game/824178

Padres @ Cardinals - 11:15am PDT https://ribbie.tv/watch/game/823044

..and another 14 games throughout the later day.

I'm still early on in this project, but I've tried to add little details with actual stadiums, day and night modes, between inning graphics and interstitials, live scoreboards, etc.

Would love any feedback and ideas. Thanks for checking it out!

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