After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander
Breakout launch
Beat 98% of Show HN launches that day
#2 of 164 on Nov 4
8.4% of Other launches (8 of 95) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Other →
points · traction gained Nov 10, 10:45 UTC → Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 160h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 4, 18:51 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 256points
- Comments
- 41
- Rank in MISC this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 8.4%8/95 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 29Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 256Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 160h
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Top on Nov 4 · 164 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)286 points
- #3Vegetable Gardening for Engineers217 points
- #4I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part122 points
- #5Kino AI (YC S23)AI media manager and video editor112 points
- #6Codemapone-page interactive map of any Go repository45 points
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- FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points0
- MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points0
- MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points▲ +6
Grades · each graded against other Other launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A5.33 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 99% · vs 377 Other · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
D1.6 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Better than 25% · vs 30 Other · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Staying Power
B8.8×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Better than 77% · vs 31 settled Other · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Launch-day race · #2 of 164 Show HN launches on 2026-11-04
- #1A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)286 points
- #2After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander256 points
- #3Vegetable Gardening for Engineers217 points
- #4I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part122 points
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