Fully documented source code for Elite, Revs, Lander, Aviator and more
My name is Mark Moxon and I'm a software archaeologist and reverse engineer. I love analysing old code, and my aim is to create the best code disassemblies you have ever seen. These are my projects:
- Elite on the 6502 contains fully documented source code for this seminal space sim from 1984, including 130 deep dives into the code and lots of interesting Elite hacks. Covers the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64 and NES versions.
- Aviator on the BBC Micro dissects and documents Geoff Crammond's first simulator, analysing everything from the aerodynamic model of the Spitfire to the flicker-free drawing routines.
- Revs on the BBC Micro examines every single instruction in Geoff Crammond's masterpiece, which is regarded as the grandfather of modern racing sims and is still mind-blowing today.
- Lander on the Acorn Archimedes pulls apart the first ever game for the ARM platform, which also happens to be David Braben's second masterpiece (after Elite, of course).
- Acornsoft box screenshots contains every box screenshot from every Acornsoft game. Each screenshot has been carefully reconstructed, pixel by pixel and entirely by hand, using scans of the original boxes, magazines and brochures for reference.
I post updates and announcements about my projects to Mastodon and Bluesky, and there's also an RSS feed of my Mastodon posts.
If you'd like to find out more, then you might enjoy watching my talks and presentations.
If you want to know how I create my disassembly websites and repositories, check out the section on creating my disassembly websites.
Right on, Commanders!