Conway's Game of Life (written in x86 Assembly)

When the program begins, it displays some instructions on how to set up the board, and prompts the user to enter a key to begin:

    instructions db "                          Welcome to THE GAME OF LIFE!                          "
                 db "Use the ARROW keys to move around the board and press SPACE to toggle a cell.   "
                 db "Press S to save the current board layout, and L to load the most recently saved "
                 db "board. When you want to begin the game, press ENTER.                            "
                 db "Enter any key to create the board:$"

After the user reads the instructions and presses any key, an initial 50x80 board of dead cells is printed to video memory with a highlighted cell which represents the "current cell."

After setting up the board, the user can press enter and the game begins. Additionally, the user can save the current configuration of the board or load the most previous saved game board using S and L respectively.

Included Files

• mGOL.asm is the assembly file with the code
• mGOL.com is compiled and can be emulated using DOSBox or a similar software

Daniel Rosenthal