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May 22, 2022 03:34 pm
Original Link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0017201/palm-os-developer-releases-source-to-classic-games-20-years-after-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlink
Palm OS Developer Releases Source To Classic Games, 20 Years After Release
Munich-based developer Aaron Ardiri is Slashdot reader #245,358, with a profile that still identifies him as a Palm OS developer. Which surprised me, because Palm OS's last update was in 2007. (Then again, ardiri's Slashdot profile also still includes his screen name on AOL Instant Messenger.) So, a long-time Slashdot reader. And this week he stopped by to share a little history — in more ways than one. ardiri writes:Before the iOS and Android entered the scene — heck, even before the smartphone concept — was the handheld personal digital assistant, with the likes of Newton, Palm OS, Windows Mobile and Symbian. Palm OS had a thriving gaming scene; with the likes of emulators and implementations/clones of classics such as LodeRunner, Lemmings, and the classic Game and Watch. But the real news of ardiri's original submission is hidden in its headline. "Palm OS developer releases source to classic games, 20+ years after release."Written mainly in C and optimizations in assembler — maybe these games will make their way to the various Arduino like micro-controllers out there; designed for low memory, low processing power environments they would port perfectly.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/05/22/0017201/palm-os-developer-releases-source-to-classic-games-20-years-after-release?utm_source=rss1.0mainlink
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