Hacker News with Generative AI: Source Code

Elite on the 6502: The original 6502 assembly source, heavily commented (bbcelite.com)
This site contains the original 1980s source code for the classic space game Elite, with every single line documented and (for the most part) explained. It is literally the original 6502 assembly source code, just heavily commented.

Retro Gaming, Programming, Assembly Language, 6502, Source Code

212 points by CharlesW 21 days ago | 59 comments

Xerox Alto Source Code (2014) (computerhistory.org)

Computer Science, History, Source Code, Operating Systems

117 points by todsacerdoti 22 days ago | 26 comments

Documented and annotated source code for Elite on the Commodore 64 (github.com/markmoxon)
This repository contains the original source code for Elite on the Commodore 64, with every single line documented and (for the most part) explained.

Commodore 64, Retro Gaming, Source Code, Documentation

193 points by thunderbong 67 days ago | 54 comments

The Faery Tale Adventure – Amiga (github.com/viridia)
This repository contains the source code to the original "The Faery Tale Adventure" published by MicroIllusions on the Amiga in 1987. It was written by me (Talin) over the course of seven months.

Amiga, Video Games, Source Code, Retro Gaming, History

5 points by elvis70 91 days ago | 0 comments

Fortran II Hypersource (texdraft.github.io)
This is a hypertext rendition of the source code of IBM's FORTRAN II compiler for the IBM 704/709/7090/7094.

Programming Languages, Source Code, Software Development

79 points by texdraft 95 days ago | 8 comments

Rogue Legacy's source code released (github.com/flibitijibibo)
This is the source code for Rogue Legacy - more specifically, it is only the code, and only the FNA build. The assets and contentproj are not included.

Video Games, Source Code, Open Source

16 points by Freedom2 129 days ago | 0 comments

Fully documented source code for Lander on the Acorn Archimedes (bbcelite.com)
This site contains reconstructed source code for Lander, David Braben's epic game for the Acorn Archimedes, with every single line documented and (for the most part) explained.

Retro Gaming, Programming, Acorn Archimedes, Documentation, Source Code

168 points by ibobev 150 days ago | 39 comments

Elite 40th Anniversary – Source code release (elitehomepage.org)
Today, 20th September 2024, is the 40th anniversary of the day the world first experienced Elite, the 3D space trading and combat game written by Ian Bell and David Braben, first on the BBC Microcomputer in conjunction with Acornsoft.

Video Games, History, Programming, Source Code

74 points by ndiddy 154 days ago | 9 comments

Apple Macintosh System Software 7.1 source (m68k and basic PPC) (github.com/laniku)

Apple Macintosh, Programming, Operating Systems, Source Code, History

56 points by lioeters 204 days ago | 24 comments

Symbian Source Code: Final Repositories from the Defunct Symbian Foundation (github.com/SymbianSource)

Source Code, Operating Systems, Mobile Development, History, Open Source

20 points by Bluestein 239 days ago | 0 comments

Doom for SNES full source code released by former Sculptured Software employee (gbatemp.net)

Retro Gaming, Source Code, Programming, Video Games, SNES

100 points by owlmusic 251 days ago | 4 comments

Rockman / Mega Man source code (2013) (bisqwit.iki.fi)