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Invaders game in 512 bytes (boot sector)

11 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 4 stories, 7 comments · first 2019-06-05 · latest 2025-12-24

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  1. Definitely. For example, a boot sector Space Invaders in 512 bytes. https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders
    comment by ASalazarMX · 2025-02-04 · in Bouncing Beholder, my winning JS1K entry (2012)
  2. 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…
    comment by anta40 · 2022-12-12 · in Pi number calculator in 146 bytes of 8088 machine code
  3. …- Bootable minesweeper game in a 512-byte boot sector • Invaders game in 512 bytes - https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders The author has written a book called Programming Boot Sector Games. > A crash course into 8086/8088 assembler…
    comment by lioeters · 2022-07-20 · in Ask HN: What are some impressive software projects that fit in 512 bytes?
  4. This guy has written a bunch of boot sector games, although not boot sector games in forth ... https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders
    comment by rwmj · 2020-09-28 · in Sectorforth: A 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a boot sector
  5. …fbird https://github.com/nanochess/fbird Pillman https://github.com/nanochess/pillman invaders https://github.com/nanochess/invaders bootBASIC https://github.com/nanochess/bootBASIC And one can test the image: "find a pre-designed disk…
    comment by acqq · 2019-07-31 · in BootOS: Monolithic operating system in 512 bytes of x86 machine code
  6. …Boot Sector Games and you'll also find a 8086/8088 crash course! Now available from Lulu [4] [1] https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC976eejfms [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNZfw6jShng [4]…
    comment by guiambros · 2019-07-31 · in BootOS: Monolithic operating system in 512 bytes of x86 machine code
  7. …the HTML page[1] instead of the raw file. The HTML for a signed-out user is about 64kB. 1: https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders/blob/master/invaders.c...
    comment by oops · 2019-06-07 · in Invaders game in 512 bytes