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Today I discovered an absolute gem from the past.
If you were around in 1984 you might have been super awesome and played core wars.
Core Wars is a programming game in which two or more programs run in a simulated computer with the goal of terminating every other program and surviving as long as possible. Known as Warriors, these programs are are written in an assembly language called Redcode.
Basically it's Counter-Strike/COD for programmers where you can fight in a team team, as a free-for-all, or one-vs-one.
What other cool things from the past might us youngun programmers have missed or not have an appreciation of?
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Saturday October 25 2014, @02:09PM
The demoscene is still going strong. One of my favorite examples is Reum Zeit by Subdream [youtube.com] which is a Mandelbrot octree renderer synchronized with a thumping eurotechno soundtrack.
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