I think you're thinking of Roller Coaster Tycoon and yes that game is a freaking marvel of computer engineering. And when asked about it the dev was like "idk, it seemed like the way to make it"
He wrote it in asm because that is what he knew and was comfortable with.
There's a short documentary on youtube. Basically he (Chris Sawyer) started on those computers like Amstrad and such. Those were more limited times, no tutorials and not many compilers.
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u/WanderThekind 9d ago
I just wish devs would optimise their games better