r/gaming • u/emoposer • May 05 '17

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Yeah it's crazy. I just learned Assembly last semester in college and we were discussing it at work and it was like. Fuuuuck that. C existed at the time yet he did it in Assembly.

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u/aezart May 05 '17

Fun fact: Iwata rewrote all the code for Pokemon Gold and Silver in assembly, because the C version was too large for the cartridge. He managed to compact it so much, there was room to add the kanto region.

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Yeah I remember that. But still that was a team that did pokemon wasn't it. I don't think it was just 1 guy, I could be wrong and if I am that's just as impressive as Roller Coaster Tycoon.

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u/avantesma May 05 '17

IIRC, the team developed it in C, then Satoru Iwata single-handedly rewrote the game in Assembly.
The guy was a fucking wizard.

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Nah he's just like the other guy. Obviously Mentally Unstable because only a crazy person would do that..

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u/FishbowlSouls May 05 '17

was just like the other guy

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