Very much agree with the parent. If you want a better idea on how you can cram everything into 40KB — using every trick in the book, including ones not conside

Very much agree with the parent. If you want a better idea on how you can cram everything into 40KB — using every trick in the book, including ones not considered 30+ years ago — take a look at a how a recently released NES game (Micro Mages) managed it. Their primary design constrain was that they restricted themselves to 40KB, despite wanting to do far more than the games that were done in 40KB back in the 80s. https://youtu.be/ZWQ0591PAxM https://youtu.be/ZWQ0591PAxM