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Ask HN: Clever optimizations in old video games?
Does anybody know any interesting or creative stories about how old time games (NES, game boy) were optimized to be able to fit as much content as they did?
- totetsu 6y agoHeard of color cycling? http://www.effectgames.com/demos/worlds/ http://www.effectgames.com/demos/worlds/ http://www.effectgames.com/effect/article-Old_School_Color_Cycling_with_HTML5.html http://www.effectgames.com/effect/article-Old_School_Color_C... GDC talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcJ1Jvtef0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcJ1Jvtef0
- mkozakov 6y agoThat was awesome, thank you! The example where he had 2 images in one and would do a pallet swap to show one or the other was SUPER cool!