Retro enthusiast injects Snake game into vintage S3 graphics card VBIOS — enjoy some serpentum fun while your old PC boots
A retro PC enthusiast has modified the VBIOS of a vintage graphics card to embed a version of Snake – the game everyone used to play on their dumb phones.
This news reflects a niche interest in retro computing and modding, a perennial hobbyist activity.
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A vintage S3 graphics card can now play a simple game during boot-up.
The retro computing community might see a brief uptick in similar VBIOS modifications.
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