A project called NES Radar enables the vintage Nintendo Entertainment System to display live air traffic using 9600 baud connectivity. The proof-of-concept demonstrates the versatility of retro computing for modern data visualization.
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Air traffic visualizers seem to be having a bit of a moment right now, and now that moment has come to the venerable NES thanks to [k6lcm]’s NES Radar project, …read more
NES Radar Tracks Flights At 9600 Baud https:// hackaday.com/2026/09/06/nes-ra dar-tracks-flights-at-9600-baud/
Pretty cool how someone got air traffic radar working on an NES https:// hackaday.com/2026/09/06/nes-ra dar-tracks-flights-at-9600-baud/