Invaders
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Invaders
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Pi number calculator in 146 bytes of 8088 machine code
The author has other interesting bootable games, like:
- https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders (Invaders)
- https://github.com/nanochess/bricks (bricks and paddle)
- https://github.com/nanochess/bootRogue (Rogue)
If you like learning assembly language/OSDev, his repos are a must to be bookmarked.
- Ask HN: What are some impressive software projects that fit in 512 bytes?
x86-bootloader
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Just got my bootloader and real mode kernel working on 80s hardware!
I recently got my hands on a IBM PC Convertible (model 5140), rocking an Intel 8088 CPU and 256KB of RAM! I had to get my bootloader and kernel running on this thing, and after a few weeks of fixing up bugs its finally working!!! For those interested on the source code: FAT12/16 Bootloader (github.com) SuccOS: A hobby Operating System (github.com)
What are some alternatives?
hello - A 23-byte “hello, world” program assembled with DEBUG.EXE in MS-DOS
FutureDOS - A futuristic DOS
mandelbrot - Mandelbrot set drawers for vintage hardware
sjasmplus - Command-line cross-compiler of assembly language for Z80 CPU.
book8088 - Examples from my book Programming Boot Sector Games
optromloader - IBM PC/Clone 8086+ floppy-loading of option roms.
Pillman - Pillman boot sector game, a yellow thing eats pills and is chased by monsters.
BTAG - The Better Than Awful GRUB bootloader
Emulatrix - Emulatrix - JavaScript and WebAssembly Emulator - Sega Genesis, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, MAME32, DOSBox and Virtual Machines
Cyjon - A simple, clean code, multi-tasking kernel written in pure Assembly language for 64-bit processors from the AMD64 family.
bootloader - Mandelbrot set drawers for vintage hardware [Moved to: https://github.com/encse/mandelbrot]
Zero - 64 bit bootloader for Cyjon operating system.