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The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon (larstofus.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 4 months 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

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months 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...

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