{"id":1664077,"date":"2026-08-15T14:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CvmvpgrVSmzGdJcYL2gS6h"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:55:54","slug":"this-solitaire-game-is-so-tiny-it-can-load-from-a-qr-code-which-is-just-what-i-need-in-the-age-of-massive-games-and-expensive-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-solitaire-game-is-so-tiny-it-can-load-from-a-qr-code-which-is-just-what-i-need-in-the-age-of-massive-games-and-expensive-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"This Solitaire game is so tiny it can load from a QR code, which is just what I need in the age of massive games and expensive storage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At a time when game file sizes are growing ever larger and disk space is astonishingly expensive<\/a>, I increasingly appreciate the value of a small game. And they don’t come much smaller than TinySol, a solitaire game so diminutive that it can be loaded from a QR code.<\/p>\n

TinySol is the creation of vintage computer enthusiasts Classic Bits<\/a>, and was stumbled upon by YouTuber LGR Blerbs<\/a> at the VCF Southwest convention in Texas. In what sounds like the beginning of a horror film, Blerbs was randomly handed TinySol at a booth on a 5.25-inch floppy disk.<\/p>\n

Despite appearances, TinySol is a new(ish) game, having been in development since 2021. In the dot matrix-style manual that accompanies the hard copy, developer Classic Bits explains “I originally wanted a tiny game to shoehorn into ROM images for GRiD computers and that would leverage the sharp 640×400 AT&T 6300 monochrome video.”<\/p>\n

Weighing in at a paltry 3 kilobytes, TinySol lets players enjoy three-card Klondike Solitaire with simple black & white graphics. The program is so compact that it can fit within a QR code, which can be decoded with a snippet of code written on TinySol’s packaging.<\/p>\n

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