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A NES Game in 40kBytes

Source: https://youtu.be/ZWQ0591PAxM

Do you know how little 64 kilobyte actually is. Take a 128kBit mp3 file and play it for 4 seconds. That is it. 40kBytes is even less. Imagine, that in the 80's software engineers stored whole games in that little space. I mean, graphics, sprites, levels, music, sound effects, game logic.

Sounds incredible and close to unbelievable nowadays, but it is a matter of fact. I mean, yes, there was banking, but still, many games were delivered as cartridges containing just one 64kByte ROM chip.

Morphcat Games is a indy games development team and belongs to a huge community, that still produces fresh games for the NES. The video and the game MicroMages is 2 years old already, but should not you know it already, you will enjoy it.

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