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The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon (larstofus.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] axh@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you are into game optimization tricks you might like this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I&pp=ygUhdGhlIGdhbWUgdGhhdCBjb3VsZG4ndCBiZSB3cml0dGVu

It's about the original Elite, and all tricks needed to create a full virtual galaxy on 8 bit computers

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That looks indeed awesome. I didn't know Elite was developed for the BBC Micro... 22 kB for a 3D open-world fighting/trading/mining flight simulator using only 8-bit integer addition operations. I had no idea...