Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This was fun. When my cpu was barely functional I wrote a text mode version of the classic game snake which I called Snek. Simple thought it was the game was a massive proof of the early capabilities of the system. Since then the system has gained many new features including vga graphics, I thought it would be fun to give the game a refresh so it stands up beside the more recent demos better.
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Demonstration
2:05 Discussion
2:45 Defining the Goals
3:25 Vga circuit capabilities
3:53 Title Screen
5:08 Play Screen
7:02 Play Tiles
7:56 The snake
9:27 Game Over
10:12 Sound
11:05 A Look at the Code
14:21 Outro
14:45 More Demo!
This was fun. When my cpu was barely functional I wrote a text mode version of the classic game snake which I called Snek. Simple thought it was the game was a massive proof of the early capabilities of the system. Since then the system has gained many new features including vga graphics, I thought it would be fun to give the game a refresh so it stands up beside the more recent demos better.
0:00 Introduction
1:04 Demonstration
2:05 Discussion
2:45 Defining the Goals
3:25 Vga circuit capabilities
3:53 Title Screen
5:08 Play Screen
7:02 Play Tiles
7:56 The snake
9:27 Game Over
10:12 Sound
11:05 A Look at the Code
14:21 Outro
14:45 More Demo!









