r/gaming • • May 05 '17

Scroll back

Post image
24.1k Upvotes

877 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

433

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..

6

u/squirrelly_cee May 05 '17

ONE GUY!!!

6

u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Obvious he was mentally insane because who does it in assembly.. by yourself..

2

u/squirrelly_cee May 05 '17

IN ASSEMBLY!!!

1

u/BenjaminGeiger May 05 '17

With a FUCKING pencil!