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Can you fit a whole game into a QR code?

MattKC fits a playable Snake game into a QR code by writing tiny x86 machine code and patching the ZBar scanner so it can run the decoded data.

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I admire this type of content where the creator take some concepts we [all] use and understand then combine them in a specific, but a new way, add some tweaks to get some never-seen results. Here is another experience that, as a Windows developer, blows …
redbell on Hacker News · 2022-07
In Embedding an EXE inside a .REG file with automatic execution
Using all the browser functionality feels like cheating. There is a good YouTube video, where a person made a snake game that fits inside a QR Code (albeit a larger version that we're used to, which can hold up to 2953 bytes). You can check …
fath0m on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Flappy Bird in 228 bytes

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