Welcome to RetroCodeRamen: The Hub of All My Retro Experiments | Retro Code Ramen

If you're reading this, then welcome to RamenDesk 95, the strange little corner of the internet where every nostalgic obsession I’ve ever had finally gets to live in one place. This whole site started as a passion project built around my love for retro computers, operating systems, and the weird charm of Web 1.0. I’ve always wanted a single hub that feels like booting up a Windows 95 machine, clicking around random folders, and finding something fun, odd, or experimental hidden in every directory.

RamenDesk 95 is the centerpiece of everything I love: old-school UI, late-night hacking vibes, neon-soaked nostalgia, tabletop games, tiny games in weird formats, and a general refusal to let the spirit of 1998 disappear quietly. This site is going to grow over time. I’ll be adding features piece by piece—forums, a chat system, maybe even its own “Mail” client that feels like a throwback to dial-up days. There may even be a Geocities-style area at some point, full of blinking GIFs, tiled backgrounds, and the kind of chaos that defined early web culture. I want this place to become a little community and a functional retro playground. Rad Renegades and Fierce Foes One of the biggest inspirations for building this site was my ongoing tabletop RPG project, Rad Renegades and Fierce Foes. It’s a mash-up of everything I loved from 80s and 90s movies—horror marathons, sci-fi VHS rentals, campy action flicks, neon crime thrillers. The game uses a d20-inspired system but with its own rules and attitude. It’s weird, loud, nostalgic, and meant to feel like popping an old tape into a VCR. The Player’s Handbook is already here on the site, and it’s only going to keep expanding. Bloop Blaster 9000

This site also gives me a place to share small games and experiments, starting with Bloop Blaster 9000. It’s my first AI-generated game, inspired by the old Faceball series. It’s simple, strange, and very much the kind of project that would’ve appeared on a CD-ROM demo disc in 1997. And honestly, that’s exactly the vibe I was aiming for. Looking Ahead RetroCodeRamen isn’t just a website—it’s the staging ground for a whole lineup of future projects I’ve been excited to build: A modern-day Cybiko-style communicator, using LoRaWAN and custom firmware A tiny personal cable TV station built using Raspberry Pis and software-defined radios More BASIC-powered mini-games using the site’s own interpreter New sections, new apps, and whatever other retro-inspired experiments come to mind If you want to follow the chaos, see what I’m working on, or dig into the code behind the scenes, everything lives here: https://github.com/RetroCodeRamen/ More to come, and thanks for reading. The best part is that this is only the start.