A ChatGPT test recreates five arcade classics

TechRadar’s Becca Caddy tested ChatGPT’s ability to make games playable inside a conversation, using five arcade classics: Snake, Tetris, Pong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders. The article says the feature is called Intelligent UI and describes it as a way to generate interactive experiences within a chat.

Caddy found that ChatGPT recreated the basics of Snake and Tetris with responsive controls. For Snake, she then requested a neon cyberpunk version with moving obstacles, power-ups and a speed increase every five points. ChatGPT first returned code instead of a playable game in the conversation; a follow-up prompt fixed that. Her Tetris reinvention added changing rules and twists such as unusual blocks and powers that could destroy part of the grid.

Space Invaders was reworked as First Contact, giving players a choice between fighting aliens and negotiating with them. Caddy said she could not get past the first level. A Pac-Man-inspired maze game, renamed Maze Muncher, became a haunted 1980s arcade experience with a ghost hunter, changing passages and temporary power-ups. Caddy called this her favorite, though the changes began immediately rather than after every ten orbs as requested.

The article also describes a Pong prompt, but the supplied text ends before reporting its result.