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Subpixel Snake calls for a microscope just to play

Rob Beschizza
Jan 24, 2025
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Patrick Gillespie created Subpixel Snake, an implementation of the classic Snake game that uses the RGB sub-pixel color elements of an LCD display.

"It's so small that you need a microscope to play it correctly," he writes.

You can play the game = at the link above, but even a magnifying glass might not be enough if you have a high-DPI display! The code i…

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