Core War

CORE WAR: Hostile Programs Engage in a Battle of Bits

[Core War @xcorewar]

pMARS 0.9.5 is ready for release, unless any further changes are requested over the next couple of days. This release includes a new larger X Window display, a new colour Curses display, an optional CVD-safe colour palette, and multiple small issues fixed: https://t.co/U3VHdUGYor

[pj4533 📱🎧 🌺 @pj4533]

CoreWars for Agents

https://t.co/FTjhsgKxW0

[Core War @xcorewar]

MTS MARS Tournament Scheduler has been updated. Bugs fixed include self-fight scores, benchmark scores, warrior names with leading digits, and score overflow
https://t.co/akPb1jhA3W #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

pMARS 0.9.5 screenshots #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

pMARS 0.9.5 is ready for release, unless any further changes are requested over the next couple of days. This release includes a new larger X Window display, a new colour Curses display, an optional CVD-safe colour palette, and multiple small issues fixed: https://t.co/U3VHdUGYor

[Core War @xcorewar]

Core War Challenge (Difficult): Write a program to spawn 8000 processes and fill the entire core with JMP 0 instructions, with one process running each JMP. If you solve the challenge, please share the program length and cycles, but not the code. #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

The Core War Tournament Weekend is over. Congrats to @inversed_ru who claimed first place in yesterday's 94 tournament:

1st "Twin Storms" by inversed
2nd "King Cobra" by inversed
3rd "smart clear" by Christian Schmidt
4th "Flaking Rust" by lain
5th "HELLHAMMER" by Drugganator

[Core War @xcorewar]

A few demos running on day one of the Retro Computer Fest in Cambridge. v5 of the Core War simulated annealing script on a @MilkV_Official MARS, Core War on the FUSE #zxspectrum emulator on @haikuOS, and genetic algorithms on a @Raspberry_Pi 3B #retrofest #corewar @computermuseum

[Core War @xcorewar]

The 88 Core War Tournament is over! Congratulations to Inversed. #corewar

1st "Semiopacity" by inversed
2nd "Janus" by inversed
3rd "chaoscan" by Christian Schmidt
4th "TrItE Fighter 5" by Philip Thorne
5th "Bewitching'88" by S.Fernandes

[Core War @xcorewar]

⭐ Core War tournament reminder... the deadline for the 88 tournament is at 11:30am (GMT) on Saturday 15th November. Entries currently received from two players. https://t.co/6zAc4PsjXy #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

You are invited to enter The Core War Tournament Weekend 2025: 15–16 November. Full details at https://t.co/6zAc4PrM80 #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

The Core War Tournament Weekend will return to The Retro Computer Festival on 15–16 November, featuring an 88 tournament on Saturday and 94nop tournament on Sunday. Entries by email, max entries two per person per tournament, more details to follow. #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

20 years ago - Mandragora entered the KOTH 94nop hill on this day in 2005. A clear/imp with a g2-style SPL/DAT clear and vortex-launched imps https://t.co/LMn0Hg94QH

[Core War @xcorewar]

@citcsmobile Yes, pMARS is a good choice, also exMARS. Both easy to call from a script and capture the results. AzureMARS also looks promising, but I need to experiment with it a bit more.

[Core War @xcorewar]

@wrbuckley CoreLife is the closest we have to Core War with 2D memory. https://t.co/fNK6JO1XjA

[Core War @xcorewar]

@wrbuckley Not much interest in write limits today, but ~30 years ago there was a write-limit hill with several effective strategies. Eric Schwertfeger wrote about them here: https://t.co/vAbUKTqjmF - pMARS and CoreWin both support read/write limits.

[William R. Buckley @wrbuckley]

@xcorewar What discussion has occurred respecting memory architecture? One problem I found with Core War is a lack of horizon; two dimensional memory might also help. How might the instruction set be modified to support these two concepts?

[Core War @xcorewar]

🏆 Congratulations to Inversed and Dave Hillis, who claimed first and second place in the Nano Core War Challenge with Reptiloid Supremacy, Reptiloid Conspiracy, and Smitten Atrocity. https://t.co/scXa77PHwl #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

The Core War Nano Challenge is about to go live... https://t.co/MEQScOJDTJ #corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

⏰ TOURNAMENT REMINDER - the entry deadline for the Nano Core War Challenge is at 10:00 UTC on Sunday 15th June. Please ask on the Core War Discord if you need any help.

▫️ Discord - https://t.co/2q6r1V0Ina
▫️ Tournament page - https://t.co/scXa77PHwl
#corewar

[Core War @xcorewar]

⭐️ CORE WAR TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐️
Inversed has announced the Nano Core War Challenge, with a first prize of $100 🙂 Entries will be scored against the Nash equilibrium, and a new equilibrium will be calculated.
▫️ https://t.co/scXa77P9GN #corewar