Historical Source Code That Every Developer Should See

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/programming

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  • MS-DOS

    Discontinued The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes

  • MS-DOS is a good one too

  • wolf3d

    The original open source release of Wolfenstein 3D

  • There are far better historical sources to study, such as Wolf3D, the classic BSD games, or even Word 1.1.

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  • bsd-games

    Discontinued Traditional text mode games from BSD

  • There are far better historical sources to study, such as Wolf3D, the classic BSD games, or even Word 1.1.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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