An implementation of Conway's Game of Life for Windows 3.1x and later

4 comments

• bluedino 4 hours ago
  It seemed like there were numerous versions of this, but LifeGenesis from Microsoft entertainment Pack was the one I remember playing the most

  https://games.zerker.ca/GameDetails/LifeGenesis_Windows%203....
• baruz 19 minutes ago
  I am not too familiar with Windows development in the 16-bit era, so I do not understand what Raiter means when he writes that he “de-Petzoldized” the code. I thought Petzold’s work on documenting the Windows API was foundational. Was it the style?
• imp 3 hours ago
  Man, that reminds me that as a kid I coded the game of life into Excel with a bunch of nested IF statements. It was a small field, but still a lot of fun
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  • nealabq 2 hours ago
    My wife once did the same in VisualBasic. The cells were buttons. Small but fun.
• trollbridge 2 hours ago
  Microsoft QuickC came with LIFE.C as a sample program. For DOS, although it would obviously run under Windows.