{"id":15805,"date":"2026-03-04T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15805"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:30:37","slug":"bare-metal-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15805","title":{"rendered":"Bare Metal Gaming!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@InkboxSoftware\">Inkbox<\/a> decides <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CPRvc2UMeMI?si=Y7Un3ayc3iKevnDa\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CPRvc2UMeMI?si=Y7Un3ayc3iKevnDa\">everything in computing since sending man to the moon was a bad idea<\/a>. Even operating systems and programming languages! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He sets out to write a complete clone of Zaxxon in assembly language with no operating system. He handles display, keyboard, mouse input, booting the system himself &#8211; and walks us through it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of coding is exactly what got me into computer science as a kid. Watching demo scene videos and learning to program right to the display buffer with assembly was an era we don&#8217;t see much anymore. Still, I did get to make a graphics app that directly booted the display controller on recent hardware for an embedded platform (but that&#8217;s a story for another time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFHnbozz7b4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How does it go? Awesome! Open Source Project on GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/InkboxSoftware\/spacegamex64\/\">https:\/\/github.com\/InkboxSoftware\/spacegamex64\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inkbox decides everything in computing since sending man to the moon was a bad idea. Even operating systems and programming languages! He sets out to write a complete clone of Zaxxon in assembly language with no operating system. He handles display, keyboard, mouse input, booting the system himself &#8211; and walks us through it all. This kind of coding is exactly what got me into computer science as a kid. 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