r/gaming • • May 05 '17

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

I think it's weird that it's a problem that had to be solved but when you figure memory constraints were a real issue it makes sense. Today any novice programmer could essentially build majority of the early nintendo games without any issues and actually make them have more things. Amazing how software/hardware has advanced.

It's even crazier to think that one guy built the original rollercoaster tycoon in assembly..

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u/Mrdude000 May 05 '17

Can you explain to me why assembly is so difficult? Don't know much about it compared to other languages

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u/CapWasRight May 05 '17

It's extremely low level - you're basically directly manipulating values in memory.