Mark Moxon

@markmoxon@universeodon.com · Joined ⁨Nov⁩ ⁨2022⁩

Writer, walker, software archaeologist. Back in the day: Editor of Acorn User, Editor of h2g2.

I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen.

Purveyor of Elite/Lander/Revs hacks.

Personal website: https://www.markmoxon.com
GitHub: https://github.com/markmoxon verified
Software archaeology website: https://www.bbcelite.com
RSS feed of my posts on Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@markmoxon.rss

2026-08-09T12:54:21Z

Mark Moxon@markmoxon@universeodon.com

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@jmcd/117065549184807781

This is brilliant - it’s a conversion of David Braben’s classic game Lander for the Game Boy Advance.

https://github.com/jmcd/lander-gba

I highly recommend reading John’s explanation in the repository README. It’s a fascinating summary of how to convert ARM2 Archimedes code into a GBA-compatible game.

Exceptional stuff. 👏

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #arm #archimedes #gameboy

John McDowall@jmcd@mastodon.social

An LLM driven conversion of @markmoxon's documented source of David Braben's Lander from Acorn Archimedes to Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

https://github.com/jmcd/lander-gba

github.com/jmcd/lander-gba

2026-08-07T16:10:31Z

Mark Moxon@markmoxon@universeodon.com

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Two-player Elite on the BBC Micro is finally feature-complete. Phew, that was a long road!

Got a few bugs to fix, but the Acorn team at The National Museum of Computing have road-tested and given it a thumbs up, so that's a good sign.

September release, I hope...

#bbcmicro #retrocomputing #retrogaming #8bit #elite