Nice, the new Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge (VC³) is on! This time the challenge isn’t made of festive stars (*) alone, arranged in christmassy patterns, no, there are six different characters to incorporate! \O/+-! for the win!

“Wait, what is this?” In short: A reference image in text form is given, and everyone tries to create a program that ouputs that exact image. Any platform, any language – small, weird, exotic, or bombastic. I might have a go at an Amiga assembly entry again, who knows…

If you’re into mind-boggling size optimization and obscure programming environments, why not join the fun? \O/

• Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024
  All the rules (and prizes!)
• Announcement video
  With a little retrospective on earlier competitions.