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rweichler
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Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so effic...
Write C, get good
lostgame
on Nov 7, 2021
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Honestly - a lot of the best early games were written in Assembler. C is kinda just one extra layer of abstraction. Even up through the PS1/N64 days there was still a lot of assembly stuff.
rweichler
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I was gonna suggest assembly but modern instruction sets are too complicated nowadays
lostgame
on Nov 9, 2021
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It’s best if you follow examples for developing for - say - the SEGA Genesis - that’s how I got my start on Assembly. :)
rweichler
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For me it was Gameboy
markus_zhang
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I think the get good part really takes a meaningful job (that asks for better C skills) plus a good number of years.
rweichler
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You don't need a job to get good.
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