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Pillman game in 512 bytes (boot sector or COM file)
by Oscar Toledo G. Jul/08/2019
http://nanochess.org
https://github.com/nanochess
This a game about a yellow man eating pills in 512 bytes. It can be
run as a COM file or put into a boot sector of a floppy disk to be
run.
Move with arrow keys, press Esc to exit (only COM file).
It's compatible with 8088 (the original IBM PC). So you now have
to look for a 8-bit compatible VGA card if you want to run it over
original hardware ;)
A small video of the game running under emulation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALBgsXOq11o
If you want to assemble it, you must download the Netwide Assembler
(nasm) from www.nasm.us
Use this command line:
nasm -f bin pillman.asm -Dcom_file=1 -o pillman.com
nasm -f bin pillman.asm -Dcom_file=0 -o pillman.img
Tested with VirtualBox for Mac OS X running Windows XP running this
game, it also works with DosBox and probably with qemu:
qemu-system-x86_64 -fda pillman.img
Enjoy it!
>> THE BOOK <<
Do you would like more details on the inner workings? This program
is fully commented in my new book Programming Boot Sector Games
and you'll also find a 8086/8088 crash course!
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These are some of the example programs documented profusely
in the book:
* Guess the number.
* Tic-Tac-Toe game.
* Text graphics.
* Mandelbrot set.
* F-Bird game.
* Invaders game.
* Pillman game.
* Toledo Atomchess.
* bootBASIC language.