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Minesweeper from the Microsoft store is bigger than a standard Win98 install. :)
by csharptwdec19 6y ago
Minesweeper from the Microsoft store is bigger than a standard Win98 install. :)
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoThe original Xbox had 64MB of RAM, with no dedicated graphics memory. The Microsoft Teams chat application uses 200MB to 550MB of RAM when idle. My all-time favourite example of high-density software is Super Mario 64, which weighs in at 8MB.
- blattimwind 6y ago.kkrieger is a full 3D shooter in just 96K (needs slightly more than 96K of memory to run)
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoThat's a good example from the demoscene, but that was done as a tech demo, rather than as a serious commercial product. To illustrate the bloat of modern software, I think it's better to point to examples of highly compact 'real' software. Of course, a great deal of effort must have gone into squeezing it down to 8MB, and it wouldn't be reasonable to ask modern developers to go to those lengths, but still.