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Snake game port is only 56 bytes big and and fits in a QR code
Like Tetris (1984) and Pong (1972), Snake (1997) is an all-time staple of low-spec gaming, especially on mobile devices. It's ...
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Fitting Snake Into A QR Code - Hackaday
QR codes are usually associated with ASCII text like URLs or serial numbers, but did you know you can also encode binary data into them? To demonstrate this concept, [MattKC] embarked on a journey … ...
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Developer creates a subpixel version of Snake that requires a microscope to play - TechSpot
A couple of weeks ago, developer donno2048 managed to squeeze the game down to just 56 bytes, making it small enough to be encoded into a single QR code. You can check out the demo of that project ...
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Coder shrinks classic Snake game down to a 56-byte QR code
It resulted in a much larger, 2,953-byte QR code. Subsequent efforts by different developers shrunk it further before donno2048 brought the size down to 85 bytes in 2023. // Related Stories ...