How we fit an NES game into 40 Kilobytes
Morphcat Games · 6 HN recommendations
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Morphcat Games explains how they fit Micro Mages, a full-featured NES game, into 40 kilobytes. It covers compression of sprites and level layouts and other space-saving tricks.
Why HN recommends it: HN points to it whenever discussion turns to how old games were so small, as a clear tour of 8-bit optimization and creative work under hardware limits.
“Here is my favorite video about 8-bit era optimisations. Makes you appreciate games from this era even more.” Read on HN ↗