Commenters admired the idea of bringing the original ReBirth 338 music software into a browser, with JeffeFawkes asking whether it runs through BoxedWine and x86 emulation. Several focused on implementation and usability: flohofwoe suspected the page’s many repeated JavaScript downloads were a bug and said two large files and slow first loading made startup cumbersome. Others reported browser problems, including a missing mouse pointer in Firefox and failure to run in Firefox ESR. These reactions frame the project as technically impressive but in need of smoother loading and broader compatibility.
The appeal, for vegnus, is preserving ReBirth’s original sound and aesthetic rather than making another modern recreation; they argued that assembling equivalent hardware is easy, but reproducing the program itself matters. That emphasis on authenticity also shaped skrebbel’s criticism that the browser version sounded worse than the original, particularly its open hi-hat. Meanwhile, thm observed that many ReBirth-inspired clones and ports are appearing, and pointed to one they considered especially good. Commenters also connected the project to a wider revival of 1990s music software: hhthrowaway1230 hoped for a FastTracker 2 browser version, while skrebbel recommended an independent FT2 clone that vegnus praised alongside their own Android port of ProTracker 2.
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