WYRM486M

A real PC that's also a game.

A genuine 486, built new by SilverClaw Gaming, with two open-source operating systems coming with it. Never-before-seen hacks for your WYRM486M and its family of games.

Hack it. Level it. Unlock it.

COMING SOON

486 the planet!_

The WYRM486M badge: a 486 chip in front of three silver claw marks, with a purple glow

01 / IT'S A REAL PC

A genuine 486. Built new.

Real hardware running real DOS games, the way they were meant to be played. No emulation, no shortcuts.

02 / IT'S A GAME

Hack it. Level it. Unlock it.

This PC plays back. Never-before-seen hacks are hidden inside. Some machines boot with them unlocked. The rest of you will have to find the way in.

03 / IT'S A STORY

One hacker with a dream.

Built by the founder of 2600 Buffalo, who hacked hardware in the 90s to get his games running. Now he's building the machine he always wanted, with help from BYTE, his AI sidekick.

04 / IT'S A FAMILY

One machine. One world.

Two open-source operating systems come with it, and a family of SilverClaw games is built for it.

Then to now

  1. THE 90sMy first PC, a 486, was a gift from my cousin David. I spent years fixing it, right down in the hardware. That's where I learned to never give up, try new things and make it work.
  2. THE 90sI founded 2600 Buffalo. The 716 crew was born.
  3. 1997Beyond HOPE, the Puck Building, New York City. I wore my HACKER CAT shirt, handed out the badges at the door, met Captain Crunch, and at 17 ended up on the national news in a segment about hackers.
  4. AFTERThe crew kept that clip on floppies for years. When the disks gave out, I moved it to a Gotek. I still have it.
  5. ALWAYSFixing computers for free and giving old machines away, paying forward the chance I was given.
  6. 20 YEARS LATERThe 2600 Buffalo reunion. The theme was "stay connected," and I called the crew back.
  7. 2026SilverClaw Gaming. A real 486, built new, with BYTE, my AI sidekick, helping me hack it into being.
  8. NEXTYours.

Why

I'm one hacker with a dream, and I'm honest about the help I get: the crew, the community, and BYTE. Helping each other, human or AI, is the hacker spirit.

I don't do it for the money. I do it for love: of the game, of the machines, and of the people who still remember what it felt like.

Some of the crew moved on over the years. I never let go. This machine is what not letting go looks like.

SLVCLW, sysop
SilverClaw Gaming