• lugal@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know if everyone gets the reference: RollerCoaster Tycoon is in fact writing mostly in assembly to use the hardware more efficiently

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      4 days ago

      It also makes it really portable which is a big part of why all the ports to modern systems are so close to the original. Obligatory OpenRCT2 shoutout.

      edit: This is not entirely correct, I was mistaken about my understanding of some things. Still check out openrct2