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

At a time when game file sizes are growing ever larger and disk space is astonishingly expensive, 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.

TinySol is the creation of vintage computer enthusiasts Classic Bits, and was stumbled upon by YouTuber LGR Blerbs 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.

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 640x400 AT&T 6300 monochrome video."

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