VINTAGE COMPUTING CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2024

A size optimizing challenge, where you try to implement the given
shape (a Christmas Present) as short as possible. Moreover 
you could get creative and implement some extended version.
The event was held online from 5th Decemember until 28th December.
More information can be found here: http://logiker.com/vccc2024

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The Christmas Diamonds Challenge

   1 Christmas Present (PC/APL) by Logiker [34]
   2 Christmas Present (IBM 5110/APL) by pdw [40]
   3 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC 6128../Z80 Assembler) by Longshot / Logon System [41]
   3 Christmas Present (Commodore C128/6502 Assembler) by GeirS [41]
   5 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by Dr Beep [42]
   5 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by Overflow [42]
   7 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by lightforce6128 [43]
   8 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler ..) by Bitbreaker/Performers [44]
   8 Christmas Present (MEGA65/4510 Assembler) by GeirS [44]
  10 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by serato / finnish gold [45]
  10 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by GeirS [45]
  10 Christmas Present (286 PC/Assembler) by pdw [45]
  13 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC 6128../Z80 Assembler) by SymbiosiS [46]
  13 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by Dalthon/Joker & Mat/ESI [46]
  15 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by UriS [47]
  15 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by Art-top [47]
  17 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler ..) by radek [50]
  18 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by Arnolde of Leosoft [51]
  19 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC6128/MAXAM Z80 Assem..) by TFM of FutureSoft [52]
  19 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by mustardtiger [52]
  19 Christmas Present (PC/x86 Assembler) by Xeleh [52]
  22 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BBC BASIC) by David Payne [53]
  22 Christmas Present (KC 85/4/Z80 Assembler) by dOc.K / Moods Plateau [53]
  24 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by g0blinish [54]
  24 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC 6128../Z80 Assembler) by Prodatron [54]
  24 Christmas Present (Commodore C128/6502 Assembler) by STK [54]
  27 Christmas Present (PC/Assembler) by iolo [57]
  27 Christmas Present (PC/Python) by Logiker [57]
  29 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/Assembler) by romwer [58]
  29 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by spaceWumpus [58]
  31 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/6502 Assembler) by David Payne [60]
  31 Christmas Present (BK-0010.01/MACRO-11 assemb..) by Sergey Pavlov [60]
  33 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by matofesi [62]
  33 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by Gallegux [62]
  33 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/6502 Assembler) by DMSC [62]
  36 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by Retropoke [63]
  36 Christmas Present (Commodore SuperPE../APL) by solarbreeze [63]
  38 Christmas Present (Amiga/Assembler) by Losso / AttentionWhore [64]
  38 Christmas Present (ZX Spectrum Next../Next BASIC) by matalog [64]
  40 Christmas Present (Atari XL/XE/6502 Assembler ..) by Irgendwer [66]
  40 Christmas Present (Pico-8/Lua) by ace-dent [66]
  40 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BASIC V2) by Flaxcottage [66]
  40 Christmas Present (CP/M-80/Assembler) by Prevtenet [66]
  44 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/6502 Assembler ..) by regregex [67]
  45 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BBC BASIC) by serato / finnish gold [68]
  45 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler ..) by Frostbyte of Artline Designs [68]
  47 Christmas Present (CP/M/Z80 Assembler) by Povi [70]
  47 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/APL) by solarbreeze [70]
  47 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/6502 Assembler) by F#READY [70]
  47 Christmas Present (ZX Spectrum 48K/Z80 Assembler) by zoon [70]
  47 Christmas Present (PC (modern)/Ruby 3.3.6) by Jinks@retrowiki [70]
  52 Christmas Present (Acorn BBC Micro/BBC BASIC 2) by BaZ4096 [72]
  52 Christmas Present (IBM PC/8086 Assembler) by Harm Backer [72]
  52 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BASIC) by Dominic Beesley [72]
  55 Christmas Present (PC/Python 2) by STK [73]
  55 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BBC BASIC) by BeebMaster [73]
  57 Christmas Present (Commodore CBM/PET../6502 Assembler) by Kratznagel [74]
  57 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/FastBasic) by DMSC [74]
  59 Christmas Present (Commodore 16/Plus../Assembler) by Csabo [75]
  59 Christmas Present (nano JAMMER/nano programmin..) by pépé [75]
  61 Christmas Present (PC/Python) by djcullen [76]
  61 Christmas Present (Commodore C128/BASIC V7.0) by STK [76]
  63 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler ..) by DnP [77]
  64 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by serato / finnish gold [78]
  64 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by AdamM [78]
  64 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/6502 Assembler ..) by Julie M [78]
  67 Christmas Present (PC/Python) by DaSpider [79]
  67 Christmas Present (any/BBC BASIC) by Jonathan Harston [79]
  69 Christmas Present (Commodore 65/BASIC V10) by FeCO [80]
  69 Christmas Present (Amiga/MC68000 Assembl..) by STI\SCA [80]
  69 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by Logiker [80]
  72 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/FASTBASIC) by Preppie [81]
  73 Christmas Present (Commodore 16/Plus../BASIC V3.5) by FeCO [83]
  73 Christmas Present (Atari XL/XE/6502 Assembler) by JAC! [83]
  73 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BBC BASIC) by iamsi [83]
  73 Christmas Present (BK-0010/Assembler) by Terra [83]
  73 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/Assembler CA65) by Ervin / Abaddon [83]
  78 Christmas Present (VZ200/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [84]
  79 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Turbo-BASIC XL) by OxC0FFEE [85]
  79 Christmas Present (PC/Python) by raul76 [85]
  79 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by issalig [85]
  82 Christmas Present (Acorn Archimedes../BBC BASIC) by Cruxinc [86]
  82 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/BASIC 1.1) by Azicuetano [86]
  82 Christmas Present (Commodore CBM/PET../BASIC V4.0) by Kratznagel [86]
  85 Christmas Present (BBC Micro/BASIC) by regregex [87]
  85 Christmas Present (Commodore VIC-20../6502 Assembler) by Lechuck [87]
  85 Christmas Present (C64/6502 Assembler) by Geehaf [87]
  85 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by CLuB77 [87]
  85 Christmas Present (Matra-Hachette Al../BASIC) by paspeur [87]
  85 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/6502 Assembler ..) by Mira [87]
  91 Christmas Present (Enterprise 128/Z80 Assembler) by Geco [88]
  91 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by ceptimus [88]
  91 Christmas Present (Sinclair QL/SuperBASIC) by badaman [88]
  94 Christmas Present (IBM-PC/GW-BASIC) by Povi [90]
  94 Christmas Present (Amiga 500/68000 Assembler) by Crumb [90]
  94 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by Logiker [90]
  97 Christmas Present (Sinclair QL/SuperBasic) by javu61 [91]
  98 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by Red Zebra [92]
  98 Christmas Present (BBC Micro Model A../`BBC BASIC) by Jonnno [92]
 100 Christmas Present (Boscoop Aircomp 1../Homelab BASIC v..) by FeCO [93]
 100 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by <DarthNOdlehS> [93]
 102 Christmas Present (Camputers Lynx/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [94]
 102 Christmas Present (any/BBC BASIC) by Jonathan Harston [94]
 102 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../BASIC) by Art-top [94]
 105 Christmas Present (Commodore 64/BASIC V2) by Korodny [95]
 105 Christmas Present (Jupiter Ace/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [95]
 105 Christmas Present (PC/C) by Sergey Pavlov [95]
 105 Christmas Present (Jupiter Ace (3k R../Forth) by UriS [95]
 105 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by diecarro [95]
 105 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by Patrice Carré [95]
 111 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/BASIC) by Preppie [96]
 111 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Turbo-BASIC XL) by JAC! [96]
 111 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Z80 Assembler) by ValeriiBondar [96]
 114 Christmas Present (Commodore C128/BASIC V7.0) by TiGeR1x [97]
 114 Christmas Present (PC/PHP) by Art-top [97]
 114 Christmas Present (Commodore 64/basic) by Gray Defender [97]
 114 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by Arnolde of Leosoft [97]
 118 Christmas Present (MSX/MSX BASIC 1.0) by anderszapac [98]
 118 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../BASIC) by UriS [98]
 120 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by JoeyC64 [99]
 121 Christmas Present (PDP11 RT11/PDP11 Assembler) by Jonathan Harston [100]
 121 Christmas Present (PC/Assembler) by spark2k06 [100]
 121 Christmas Present (Atari XL/XE/Atari BASIC) by ivop [100]
 124 Christmas Present (TI-59 + PC100C/TI-59 keystroke) by Dirk [101]
 125 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Sinclair BASIC) by Manzolli [102]
 125 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../BASIC) by Marco's Retrobits [102]
 127 Christmas Present (Mattel Aquarius/BASIC) by LoudScotsBloke [103]
 127 Christmas Present (LASER500/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [103]
 127 Christmas Present (PC/Turbo Assembler..) by izne [103]
 130 Christmas Present (Ohio Scientific/BASIC) by ivop [105]
 131 Christmas Present (Aquarius/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [106]
 132 Christmas Present (Microkey Primo B3../Primo BASIC sys..) by FeCO [108]
 133 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by Michael Doornbos [110]
 133 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/CP/M 8080 Assem..) by DrSnuggles [110]
 133 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Z80 Assembler) by DrSnuggles [110]
 136 Christmas Present (Sam Coupe/Z80 Assembler) by Dave / Bushy555 [111]
 137 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by lightforce6128 [114]
 138 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by issalig [115]
 139 Christmas Present (TRS80 model 4/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [117]
 139 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by fieserWolF [117]
 139 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by WarrenM [117]
 139 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/6502 Assembler) by DDT [117]
 143 Christmas Present (Microbee32/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [118]
 143 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Display List) by Ken Jennings [118]
 145 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/BASIC) by slx [119]
 146 Christmas Present (Atari XL/XE/Turbo-BASIC XL) by Irgendwer [120]
 146 Christmas Present (Timex Sinclair 20../Z80 Assembler) by TS2068_FAN [120]
 148 Christmas Present (TRS80 model 1/Z80 assembly) by Dave / Bushy555 [121]
 148 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by Goodwell [121]
 150 Christmas Present (VZ200/BASIC) by Dave / Bushy555 [122]
 150 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/Assembler) by Codey [122]
 152 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by BYTEBLADE [123]
 153 Christmas Present (PDP11 Unix/PDP11 Assembler) by Jonathan Harston [125]
 153 Christmas Present (Commodore VIC-20../6502 Assembler) by FaiRLane [125]
 155 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Turbo-BASIC XL) by DonkeyKongVet [126]
 156 Christmas Present (Enterprise EP64 /../IS-BASIC) by FeCO [127]
 156 Christmas Present (Lambda 8300/Z80 Assembler) by Dave / Bushy555 [127]
 156 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by DrSnuggles [127]
 159 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by Zima [128]
 159 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2.0) by Ervin / Abaddon [128]
 161 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/BASIC) by Retropoke [131]
 161 Christmas Present (Videoton TV-Compu../TVC BASIC 2.2) by FeCO [131]
 163 Christmas Present (6809 SBC/6809 Assembler) by izne [134]
 164 Christmas Present (Commodore 16/Plus../BASIC V3.5) by ergoGnomik [139]
 164 Christmas Present (Atari 400/800/XL/../Meta) by Kaj de Vos [139]
 166 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Action!) by slx [144]
 167 Christmas Present (Apple II/6502 Assembler ..) by circfruit [146]
 167 Christmas Present (Commodore VIC-20../BASIC V2) by anderszapac [146]
 169 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Forth) by Mira [147]
 169 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../BASIC) by DarthNOdlehS [147]
 171 Christmas Present (Apple II/AppleSoft Basic) by DaSpider [149]
 172 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../ZXBASIC) by javu61 [153]
 173 Christmas Present (BK-0010.01/BASIC) by Terra [164]
 174 Christmas Present (x86+PHP/PHP8) by moroz1999 [167]
 175 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX81/ZX81 BASIC) by Steven Reid [168]
 176 Christmas Present (ORIC 1/6502 Assembler) by ebrelion [172]
 177 Christmas Present (Jupiter Ace/Forth) by Georgeo [177]
 178 Christmas Present (PC/Sphinx C--) by izne [190]
 179 Christmas Present (Tic-80/Fennel) by zombieprozess [197]
 180 Christmas Present (Thomson MO5/BASIC v1) by sporniket [201]
 181 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/LOGO (Atari LOG..) by slx [203]
 181 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by zombieprozess [203]
 183 Christmas Present (Sinclair QL/SuperBasic) by Alvaro Alea [205]
 184 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Atari Logo) by Mira [207]
 185 Christmas Present (Sinclair ZX Spect../Sinclair Basic ..) by Frank Breuer [208]
 186 Christmas Present (Microsoft SQL Ser../SQL (Microsoft)) by Michal Wrobel [212]
 187 Christmas Present (Any RP2350 board ../zeptoforth) by Travis Bemann [214]
 188 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/BASIC V2) by JoeyC64 [218]
 189 Christmas Present (Apple II/Applesoft BASIC) by BillM [222]
 190 Christmas Present (TI-99/4A/TI Extended BAS..) by anderszapac [223]
 191 Christmas Present (Commodore Plus/4../BASIC V3.5) by George's Channel [235]
 192 Christmas Present (Commodore VIC-20../BASIC V2) by JavaJack [266]
 193 Christmas Present (PC/Python) by Kartoffel54 [288]
 194 Christmas Present (Enterprise 64/128../IS-Basic v2.1) by SlashNet [299]
 195 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/Turbo-BASIC XL) by TGB1718 [314]
 196 Christmas Present (Commodore C64/Assembler) by Martin Piper [387]
 197 Christmas Present (Amstrad CPC/Locomotive BASI..) by Pararaum/T7D [407]
 198 Christmas Present (PC/ELISP) by circfruit [505]
 199 Christmas Present (Apple II/cc65) by circfruit [512]
 200 Christmas Present (Apple II/Lisp) by circfruit [552]
 201 Christmas Present (Atari XE/XL/BASIC) by skr [990]


Wild

1 vc3snake_C64 by ceptimus
2 K2024 by Retropoke
  Atari Christmas Eye Candy Upgraded by Ken Jennings
  VZ/Laser Christmas Present by Dave / Bushy555
  Pressie by ace-dent
3 Spec-wild by Dr Beep
  Greetings from Sector 42 by DrSnuggles
  Artsy JScript by zombieprozess
  Christmas_xxiv by <DarthNOdlehS>
  VIC Package Tree Star by anderszapac
  Merry Rectangular Xmas by Mira
  The Spectrum Present (Wild) by Marco's Retrobits
  Christmas Vectors by Kratznagel
  Christmas Present by ZapataPhD


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